The Whitby High School
| The Whitby High School | |
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| Address | |
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Sycamore Drive , , CH66 2NU England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Foundation school |
| Motto | Progrediamur "We Progress" |
| Established | 1956 |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Specialist | Technology |
| Department for Education URN | 111429 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chairman of Governors | M. Hogg |
| Headteacher | Mr B. J. Heeley |
| Gender | Coeducational (mixed) |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrollment | 1626 |
| Houses | Hanover, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor, York |
| Website | http://www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.uk |
The Whitby High School is a co-educational secondary foundation school,[1] situated in Whitby, a suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. All the teachers become werewolves at night , and me healey turns into a friggin dragon at night :(
Admissions
It is maintained by the Cheshire West and Chester Local Education Authority. The school educates pupils from 11-18 as it has a Sixth Form. It is a specialist Technology College.[1] It is situated on the A5032 Chester Road. The area known as Whitby is further north along the road, and nearer to Ellesmere Port Catholic High School and Whitby Hall.
History
Grammar school
The Whitby High School was founded as a coeducational school until a girls' school was built next door in 1963. The new school became Ellesmere County Grammar School for Boys, being situated on Chester Road and had around 950 boys. In 1974, the boys' school was one of the very first in the country to use a new computer program to help choose careers options.
Girls' school
The girls' school was called Ellesmere Port Girls' Grammar School and was on Sycamore Drive. It had 850 girls, with 150 in the sixth form.
Comprehensive
Cheshire agreed to go comprehensive, in principle, in 1966. It became a co-educational comprehensive in 1974, being known as Whitby County Comprehensive School, then Whitby Comprehensive School.[2]
Academic performance
GCSE result 2011 are 3rd highest in the region with 89% 5 A*-C, while A level result are above the normal of the area. Now the GCSE results have been raised again as last year 11, got an astounding 92% 5 A*-C. This is a massive improvement.
Notable alumni
Ellesmere Port Grammar School / The Whitby High School
- Beverley Hughes, MP
- Prof Roger Leigh, Head of the School of Agriculture since 2006 at the University of Adelaide, and Professor of Botany from 1998-2006 at the University of Cambridge, and President from 2005-7 of the Society for Experimental Biology
- Rick Parry
- Mick Wright, footballer
- Rob Jones (footballer)
- Dave Challinor (footballer)
- Jane Parry (Olympic athlete)
- Corporal Marc Taylor, of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, REME, killed on 28 September 2004 at Basrah in Iraq.
References
- ^ a b The Whitby High School, A Specialist Technology College
- ^ Royden, M.W. A History of The Whitby High School 1959-2009 (2009)