Wilmslow High School
Address
Holly Road

Wilmslow
,
Cheshire
,
SK9 1LZ

England
Coordinates53°19′20″N 2°13′45″W / 53.3221°N 2.2293°W / 53.3221; -2.2293
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1960
Local authorityCheshire East
Department for Education URN111443 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairJ Caulkett[1]
Head teacherRuth Powley
Teaching staff130[2]
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment2,079 (2021/22)[2]
Houses  Bollin
  Harefield
  Norcliffe
  Thorngrove
Colour(s)   Maroon and black
Former nameWilmslow County Grammar School
Websitewww.wilmslowhigh.com

Wilmslow High School is a mixed-sex 11–18 comprehensive secondary school in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.[3] The school began in 1960 as a grammar school and gradually became a comprehensive school, becoming Wilmslow High School in 1991.

History

Grammar school

Wilmslow High School began life as the co-educational Wilmslow County Grammar School in September 1960 with 900 pupils. The new county grammar school was opened by Sir James Mountford, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, on 24 March 1961. A girls' grammar school was built on 14 acres (57,000 m2) of the former Colshaw Hall Farm, and situated on Dean Row Road. It opened in 1964 and housed 750 girls. The school on Holly Road became an all-boys' school.

Comprehensive

Wilmslow Boys' Grammar School (Holly Road) became Harefield County High School when it became a sixth form-entry comprehensive in 1978, gradually becoming more comprehensive. Wilmslow Girls' Grammar School (Dean Row Road) became Dean Row County High School. In the mid-1980s it became Wilmslow County High School, then Wilmslow High School in 1991.[4] The school was designated a Specialist Sports College in September 2003 and subsequently re-designated in 2008[5] before the specialist schools programme ended in 2010. [6] Officially, the school is no longer a Specialist Sports College, despite still being advertised as such.

Other former schools in Wilmslow included Wilmslow County Secondary School for Girls on Wycliffe Avenue. When the Wycliffe Avenue Secondary Modern School closed, the girls moved to Thorngrove County High School, formally Hough Secondary Modern School for Boys. This school was originally opened in 1965 on Thorngrove Road – the land now occupied by the A34 bypass. Later, all schools closed, leaving Wilmslow with one high school on the site of the original boys' grammar school.

Extracurricular activities

The school operates the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, and a bi-annual "World Challenge" expedition is available to older students, which for the last three years has been run through Camps International. Competitive sport is a feature of the school's extracurricular programme "Sports Xtra". In 2016, School Sport Magazine ranked the school 6th best sporting state school in the country.[7]

Academic performance

The school is currently designated "good" by Ofsted, who reviewed the school in 2013; this is a drop from their previous position of "outstanding" in 2011.[8][9] As of 2016, 75% of students achieve a C or better in both English and maths (compared to a national average of 59.3%), and the average A level grade attained by students is a C (equal to the national average). Although the school is below national average according to the government's "Progress 8" metric, they have an "Attainment 8" score above national average.[10]

Houses

The school is split into two halves and four houses. Bollin and Harefield form half of the school while the Norcliffe and Thorngrove make up the other half, consequently students of the two halves are scheduled within classes together. Students wear ties according to their house colours.[11] The name of the houses come from locations within the Wilmslow area.

Notable former pupils

Matty Healy, George Daniel, Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald formed the band that would become the 1975 while students at Wilmslow High School in 2002, and started professionally releasing music in 2012

Wilmslow County Grammar School for Boys

Wilmslow County Grammar School for Girls

Wycliffe Avenue School

References

  1. ↑ "Governing Body". wilmslowhigh.com. Wilmslow High School. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "SchoolDash - Wilmslow High School". www.schooldash.com.
  3. ↑ "Schools in Wilmslow". SchoolsSearch. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Schools in Wilmslow: Recent Schools (Retrieved 20 November 2014)
  5. ↑ "About Us | Wilmslow High School". Wilmslow High School.
  6. ↑ "Specialist schools programme: Michael Gove announces changes". GOV.UK. Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Reeves, Lisa (18 November 2016). "Wilmslow High School amongst the best at sport". Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Ofsted: Wilmslow High School (Retrieved 30 November 2014)
  9. ↑ "Ofsted report" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "Wilmslow High School". Department for Education.
  11. ↑ "House Ties (Clip On)". Express Uniform.
  12. ↑ "Seren Bundy-Davies makes her choice - she's off to Estonia!". Wilmslow Guardian.
  13. ↑ Doves fly to top Wilmslow Express – 16 March 2005
  14. ↑ Sarah's big break as star of Confetti Wilmslow Express – 24 May 2006
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