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Moordale Secondary School

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Moordale Secondary School is a location on the Netflix series Sex Education. It is a secondary school, however, the show's main focus is on the school's sixth-form (students aged 16 to 18). Demolition of part of the site began following the release of Season 3.[2]

The school was located in the small town of Moordale.

History[]

Season 1[]

In assembly, Jackson was announced as the new head boy.

After Maeve witnessed Otis' counselling abilities, she suggested running a sex therapy business. The counselling sessions were held in the derelict bathrooms behind the gymnasium.

After Liam's accident during the school dance, principal Michael discovered Percocet pills in his jacket that were sold to him by Maeve's brother, Sean. Not wanting Sean to be sent back to jail, Maeve claimed that she sold the pills, and was expelled from Moordale. Jackson attempted to convince Michael Groff to allow Maeve to stay by agreeing to compete in the swimming championships, in exchange for allowing Maeve to stay at Moordale, but Mr. Groff did not hold up his end of the promise. Later, Maeve read out plagiarised student essays over the school speakers, while Maxine, Moordale’s Chairman, visited the school. Miss Sands then implied that she could reveal to Maxine that Adam's award-winning essay was plagiarised, pressuring Mr. Groff to allow Maeve to stay.

Season 2[]

After an outbreak of mass hysteria due to several cases of Chlamydia, Jean was brought to Moordale to observe their SRE classes and give advice to students.

Season 3[]

After Michael was fired, Hope was hired as the new principal. She tore down the derelict bathrooms and imposed strict rules. Signs with school rules and school values were put up all over the school building. Students requiring to wear uniforms and lockers were painted over. She also arranged for abstinence-only sex education and punished students who criticised these methods.

Moordale had a new school anthem, "Non Sibi, Sed Toti", which is a Latin song that means "Not for oneself, but for all." It was performed by the Moordale Choir in assembly.

When Hope's methods were challenged by the students, she began publicly humiliating the students who broke her rules.

Under pressure from the school board and investors, Hope decided to rebrand Moordale. She renamed Moordale to Sparkside Academy and arranged an open day to show prospective students and journalists that Moordale was no longer a 'sex school.' She even locked Cal in a room to prevent them from interrupting the open day. However, the students protested against Hope's rules and use the open day as an opportunity to show that Moordale was a sex positive school. The acapella group and swing band perform "F**k the Pain Way", the very song that Hope disapproved of.

Hope then quit and Mark announced that investors have withdrawn all their funding. As a result, Moordale would be sold to developers and students would need to find new schools.

Season 4[]

Moordale Secondary was already closed and was about to be destroyed. Despite this, Maeve and Otis went there after their first official date and were about to have sex in the school's pool. Instead, Otis told Maeve he spent the night with Ruby, which upset her. To make matters worse, they were caught by the security guards, who later called Otis’ mother to pick them up.

Known students[]

Students forced to choose work or alternative education due to the school's closure:[]

Expelled:[]

Graduated:[]

Staff[]

Principals[]

Moordale Principals
  • Mr. P. Henderson (1910-17)
  • Mr. C. Barnett (1917-24)
  • Mr. J. Poole (1924-38)
  • Mr. R. Edwards (1938-43)
  • Mr. E. Weber (1943-65)
  • Mr. L. Cain (1965-73)
  • Mr. E. Whitaker (1973-89)
  • Mr. N. Burns (1989-2000)
  • Mr. H. Ramsden (2000-01)
  • Mr. J. Ashley-Pitt (2001-08)
  • Mr. M. Cassell (2008-2011)
  • Mr. M. Groff (2011-2021)
  • Mrs. H. Haddon (2021)

Visitors[]

School activities[]

Events[]

Appearances[]

Season One[]

Season Two[]

Season Three[]

Season Four[]

Trivia[]

  • According to Michael, the derelict bathrooms behind the gymnasium is full of asbestos.[5]
  • Prior to Hope's time as principal, Moordale had a school anthem, but it has only been heard in the show once. It was performed by Eric using the French Horn during assembly in Episode 1.
  • In real life, the secondary school is the University of South Wales - Caerleon Campus in Newport, Wales.[1]
  • In real life, school uniforms are mandatory at almost all state and independent schools in the UK, whereas in the show, the school's lack of uniform for Seasons 1-2 is regarded as normal. In fact, a lack of school uniform policy is found in most American public schools.
  • It is uncertain just what type of funding model the school uses. As the school is said to have "investors", this would normally make it an independent (private) school in the UK, but none of the students seem to pay for school fees, which an independent school would require (as that is where most of their funding comes from). Most schools in the UK are state-funded, meaning they do not have private investors. In addition, the Department of Education of the UK government would typically place a school in "special measures" if it was deemed to have inadequate standards, rather than close it down.

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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Where is 'Sex Education' filmed?
  2. ↑ Caerleon Campus memories - Sex Education location demolished
  3. ↑ Episode 3.5
  4. ↑ Episode 4
  5. ↑ Episode 1
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