Penketh High School

Penketh High School
Address
Heath Road Penketh Warrington , Cheshire , WA5 2BY England
Coordinates	53.38815°N 2.6477°W / 53.38815; -2.6477
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Dare To Dream / perseverance
Department for Education URN	139506 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	John Carlin
Head teacher	John Carlin
Staff	82
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	1,053
Colour(s)	Red+White
Website	http://penkethhighschool.co.uk/ https://sparkpenkethmakerspace.wordpress.com/

Penketh High School is a secondary school in Penketh, Warrington. It is a coed, non-denominational academy school for 11–18 year old children. The school has an partnership with Kwadeda High School in South Africa, who helped to produce another feature film called The Opportunity. This film was targeted at teenage audiences, to make them aware of HIV, drugs and other problems, that are high risk factors in South Africa. Students won the Cheshire Cup in 2017 in football winning in several tournaments In 2018 Mr John Carlin one of the youngest Headteachers in the UK took the role of Headteacher at Penketh quoting within his first 100 days

"“The sky is the limit for our pupils, they are brilliant and can achieve whatever they want.We are keen as a school to build in a culture of aspiration"

In February 2018 Penketh High school became the first school in the Untied Kingdom to embedded Maker Education into the National Curriculum with "Spark Penketh" a bespoke community makerspace which runs within school time and outside of school hours. In March 2018 Penketh students won the Maths Fest 2018 taking first place at the event ran by the Further Mathematics Support Programme. Penketh became a Future Physics Leader Programme School in March 2018. Penketh Student also Won the Sellafield big bang project against 12 other regional schools.

Uniform

The uniform is a white shirt, black trousers or skirt, black blazer with school badge attached and correct tie, differing per year group. Optionally, a black cardigan or sweatshirt can also be worn. The compulsory P.E kit is a black/red polo shirt and black shorts for gymnastics, cross country and football, and royal blue rugby shorts and a blue and red long sleeved top for rugby. Girls may wear gymnastics shorts or skirts for netball.

Timetable

Penketh High School gives pupils only 25 minutes for break and a shorter 30 minute lunch. Lessons are one hour long and followed by a 5-minute "movement period" to allow pupils sufficient time to reach their next classroom.

Going for Gold

We set all our pupils ambitious targets at the start of Year 7, challenging them to make outstanding progress by the time they leave at the end of Year 11. At Penketh High School we have a Four Learning Pathway (4LP) strategy designed to encourage pupils to ‘Go for Gold’. Targets are linked to achievement in Maths and English from Primary School and pupils can measure their progress in all subjects by tracking the pathway they find themselves on: Bronze Pathway = Expected progress Silver Pathway = Good progress Gold Pathway = Outstanding progress

Extra Curricular Activities

Penketh High School have a strong philosophy of developing the whole child, to bring out new talents and to develop existing ones. The full range of extra-curricular activities that we offer is vast including; Football • Rugby • Basketball • Cricket • Athletics • Stem club • Robotics • Wearable technology

Various clubs such as trampoline, badminton, dance, volleyball that can be accessed by all skill levels.The Music department offers a vast range of group and individual lessons to suit almost any taste. The groups are run at no cost. The individual lessons may have a charge. Drama Club and/or Performing Arts Club. Drama is purely acting whereas Performing Arts is a mixture of acting, singing and dancing.The Art department runs an Art club after school for Years 7&8. The ICT department houses a homework club for all years every break time and after school. This is for all homework for which pupils need access to office software and/or the internet.

Notable former pupils

• Warren Brown
• Isobel Harrop
• Andrew J Marsh – Author – “World War II: The Silent Ballet”
• Pete Heywoode – Mayor of Stoke Newington.
• Robin Jarvis
• Curtis Jobling
• Gary Owen — Retired English football midfielder.

External links

• Official site
• UK Department for Education and Skills statistics
• UK Ofsted inspection report
• "The Challenge Academy Trust TCAT – Penketh High School Consultation". penkethhighschool.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2017.