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Birkdale High School
Birkdale High School
Address
	Wheelwright Drive; Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4JB; England
Coordinates	53°41′59″N 1°38′49″W / 53.69986°N 1.64696°W
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Motto	Forward to Success
Closed	2011
Local authority	Kirklees
Department for Education URN	107774 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Age	11 to 16
Website	www.birkdalehigh.org.uk/

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Birkdale High School was a secondary school located in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

History

The school's buildings were constructed in two distinct phases; the older building, comprising mainly the former Wheelwright Grammar School for Girls and a newly built wing connected by a bridge c. 1980. The school was set amongst grassed grounds with a large playing and track area and more secluded grassed quadrangles located within the main building.

The school was located on Wheelwright Drive. near the Dewsbury/Batley border. The intake of the school was reflected by the surrounding area, most pupils were taken from the Batley/Dewsbury area due to the school's central location and its position on many bus routes through the surrounding towns. The school had a slightly higher male population due to the presence of an all-girls school in the school's catchment area as noted by OFSTED. The school became quite small in the years before closure, with just under 600 pupils in 2006/7. In May 2015 the CBBC show Hank Zipzer was filmed at the closed school premises after production was relocated from St Catherine's Catholic High School to Birkdale for Series 3 and onwards. The main entrance sign was carved as Westbrook Academy.

Closure

Despite a campaign by parents, staff, pupils and members of the local community to keep Birkdale High School open,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Kirklees Council formally closed the school in August 2011.

The school was merged with Westborough High School, with some pupils from Birkdale transferring to the Westborough campus. However the former Birkdale High School campus is no longer still used to educate any pupils as the final set of year 11's have left to pursue further education or work^[5]

Notable staff

Maggie Atkinson, Children's Commissioner for England was Head of English in the 1980s.^[6]

Notable former pupils

Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, politician.
Gary Sykes, featherweight boxer.

References

^ "Rallying call to save Dewsbury school from closure". Dewsbury Reporter. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
^ "Online gallery showing protest". Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
^ "Dewsbury: Protest march over plans to close school". Yorkshire Evening Post. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
^ "Pupils take to the streets to save Birkdale High". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
^ "Halifax Road Campus". Westborough High School. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
^ "Former Dewsbury teacher in job row". Dewsbury Reporter. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

External links

[1] "Rallying call to save Dewsbury school from closure". Dewsbury Reporter. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.

[2] "Online gallery showing protest". Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.

[3] "Dewsbury: Protest march over plans to close school". Yorkshire Evening Post. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

[4] "Pupils take to the streets to save Birkdale High". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

[5] "Halifax Road Campus". Westborough High School. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[dewsbury1-6] "Former Dewsbury teacher in job row". Dewsbury Reporter. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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+'''Birkdale High School''' was a [[secondary school]] located in [[Kirklees]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]].
-'''Birkdale High School''' is a school in [[Kirklees]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]. The school is quite small, with just under 600 pupils at present 2006/7. The school's buildings are in two distinct phases; the older building, comprising mainly the former Wheelwright Grammar school (Girl's section) and a newly built wing connected by a bridge c1980.  The school is fortunate to be set amongst lovely grassed grounds with a large playing and track area and more recluse grassed quads located within the main building. The Current Head Boy and Head Girl are Jonathan Piestrak and Rukhsar Masood.
-== Overview ==
+==History==
+The school's buildings were constructed in two distinct phases; the older building, comprising mainly the former '''Wheelwright Grammar School for Girls''' and a newly built wing connected by a bridge {{circa|1980}}.  The school was set amongst grassed grounds with a large playing and track area and more secluded grassed quadrangles located within the main building.
-The school is located on Halifax road, near the [[Dewsbury]]/[[Batley]] border.  The intake of the school is reflected by the surrounding area, most pupils are taken from the Batley/Dewsbury area due to the school's central location and its position on many bus routes through the surrounding towns. The school, oddly, has a slightly high male population due to the presence of an all girls school in the school's catchment area as noted by [[OFSTED]].
+The school was located on Wheelwright Drive. near the [[Dewsbury]]/[[Batley]] border. The intake of the school was reflected by the surrounding area, most pupils were taken from the Batley/Dewsbury area due to the school's central location and its position on many bus routes through the surrounding towns. The school had a slightly higher male population due to the presence of an all-girls school in the school's catchment area as noted by [[OFSTED]]. The school became quite small in the years before closure, with just under 600 pupils in 2006/7.
+In May 2015 the [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] show [[Hank Zipzer]] was filmed at the closed school premises after production was relocated from [[St Catherine's Catholic High School]] to Birkdale for Series 3 and onwards.  The main entrance sign was carved as Westbrook Academy.
+===Closure===
-The school was placed in '[[special measures]]' by the government’s inspectorate, [[OFSTED]], under a section 3 inspection in 2005 for several reasons. The school has since been removed from 'special measures' and placed on a 'notice to improve'.[http://www.http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=107774&inspectionNumber=307206&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\107\\s5_107774_20071113.xml]
+Despite a campaign by parents, staff, pupils and members of the local community to keep Birkdale High School open,<ref>{{cite news|work=Dewsbury Reporter |url=http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/Rallying-call-to-save-Dewsbury.6435512.jp|date= 23 July 2010|accessdate=4 August 2010|title=Rallying call to save Dewsbury school from closure}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birkdalehigh.org.uk/news/galleries/save-our-school-pictures-july-2010.html |title=Online gallery showing protest |accessdate=4 August 2010 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901064658/http://www.birkdalehigh.org.uk/news/galleries/save-our-school-pictures-july-2010.html |archivedate=1 September 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Yorkshire Evening Post |url= http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Dewsbury-Protest-march-over-plans.6541914.jp |date=21 September 2010|accessdate=21 September 2010|title=Dewsbury: Protest march over plans to close school}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=The Huddersfield Daily Examiner |url= http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/09/21/pupiles-take-to-the-streets-to-save-birkdale-high-86081-27307267/|date= 21 September 2010|accessdate=21 September 2010|title=Pupils take to the streets to save Birkdale High}}</ref> [[Kirklees Council]] formally closed the school in August 2011.
+The school was merged with [[Westborough High School, Dewsbury|Westborough High School]], with some pupils from Birkdale transferring to the Westborough campus. However the former Birkdale High School campus is no longer still used to educate any pupils as the final set of year 11's have left to pursue further education or work<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-h-s.org.uk/halifax-road-site/|title=Halifax Road Campus|publisher=Westborough High School|accessdate=23 January 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305054629/http://www.w-h-s.org.uk/halifax-road-site|archivedate=5 March 2012|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
-The school has been re-inspected by the local authority and given a clean, educational bill of health. They saw improvements in teaching and learning, and pupil's achievement. The school received a congratulatory letter from the local authority upon their improvement in GCSE exam results, nearly doubling their previous results and achieving a 40% 5x A*-C pass rate for the school. The school reached a [[Contextual value added|CVA]] of 989.7 showing that they had turned around and were starting to add value to the education of those pupils in their intake. The school has also reached its KS3 targets for all core subjects and has even exceeded some targets. They will be inspected by [[OFSTED]] again in the near future.
+==Notable staff==
-Despite all this success and praise it was recently announced by [[Kirklees]] council (with leaks in the local press) that they were aiming to merge the school with another local one to form a city academy under the [[Building Schools for the Future]] program. The local authority are beginning the consultation phase of the project. It is generally believed that the local community are against the program; but lack of information, impressive glossy brochures, and a lack of open public consultation are a worry to those opposed to the plan.
+* [[Maggie Atkinson]], [[Children's Commissioner for England]] was Head of English in the 1980s.<ref name="dewsbury1">{{cite news | url=http://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/local/former-dewsbury-teacher-in-job-row-1-1351762 | title=Former Dewsbury teacher in job row | newspaper=Dewsbury Reporter | date=22 October 2009 | accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref>
+==Notable former pupils==
-The Conservative party lost control of council in Kirkless recently over the Building Schools for the Future. The new council, a joint venture between the Liberal and Labour party, have vowed to reconsider the proposals.
+* [[Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi]], politician.
+* [[Gary Sykes]],   featherweight boxer.
-== Notable alumni ==
-* [[Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi]], politician
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [http://www.birkdalehigh.org.uk/ Official site]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100404021025/http://www.birkdalehigh.org.uk/ Former school website]
+* [http://www.w-h-s.org.uk/halifax-road-site/ Halifax Road Campus website]
-[[Category:Schools in Kirklees]]
-[[Category:Comprehensive schools in Yorkshire]]
+{{Schools in Kirklees}}
+[[Category:Defunct schools in Kirklees]]
-{{Yorkshire-school-stub}}
+[[Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2011]]
+[[Category:2011 disestablishments in England]]
+[[Category:Schools in Dewsbury]]

v t e Schools in Kirklees
Primary schools	Batley Grammar School Crowlees Junior & Infant School Hill View Academy Netherhall Learning Campus Royds Hall Academy
Secondary schools	All Saints RC College Batley Girls' High School Batley Grammar School BBG Academy Castle Hall Academy Colne Valley High School Creative & Media Studio School Holmfirth High School Honley High School King James's School Manor Croft Academy The Mirfield Free Grammar Moor End Academy Netherhall Learning Campus Newsome Academy North Huddersfield Trust School Royds Hall Academy St John Fisher RC Academy Salendine Nook High School Shelley College Spen Valley High School Thornhill Community Academy Upper Batley High School Westborough High School Whitcliffe Mount School
Grammar schools	Heckmondwike Grammar School
Independent schools	Huddersfield Grammar School
FE & sixth form colleges	Greenhead College Huddersfield New College Kirklees College
Defunct schools	Almondbury Community School Birkdale High School Thornhill Grammar School