Henbury High School
Henbury High School is a comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11 - 18 in Whirley, Macclesfield, Cheshire. It has approximately 1000 pupils, and 60 members of staff. The school used to be known as Broken Cross Secondary Modern School, but changed its name around 20 years ago.
The school's headteacher is Ged Ward; the deputy head is chemistry teacher George White.
Uniform
The uniform is navy blue in colour: pupils must wear a skirt or trousers in either black or navy blue, as well as a pale blue polo shirt and a navy blue sweater. The famous "HH" badge was abolished in the late 1990s for different design.
If students choose to further their education and wish to participate in the wondrous learning world of Sixth Form Education, uniform is more lenient than with the younger years. Students in Sixth Form are asked to wear smart casual clothes.
Subjects taught at Henbury
All the subjects required by the National Curriculum are taught to some standard at Henbury.
English is taught by a number of members of staff; the head of department is Miss Helen Wilson, a former Teacher of the Year for North-West England.
The three main disciplines of Science are led by Mrs. Margaret Jordan. Head of Biology is Mr. Richard Blindell, the school's longest serving member of staff. Head of Chemistry is Richard Fisher.
The school's longest serving Mathematics teacher is Mr. Darrell Small, accompanied by Mr. James Watson.
Early 90's - Late 90's
The old uniform was still present at this time, with the famous, aforementioned, "HH" badge still present on all school jumpers with the much preferred shirt and tie dress code still strictly in force. Plans were eventually made for part of the Henbury field to be sold to private developers, this would eventually come to fruition in the late 90's (see below).
Also at the time, plans were being made to construct a newly designed footpath linking Henbury High School with the "Greenside" neighbourhood located just outside the school borders. Development was also under way to construct a brand new "all-weather pitch" on the grounds next to the school playground. This would mean a hefty sacrifice of the Henbury field which had occupied the area since the school was first opened.
The late 90's - 2005
The uniform of the early 90's was scrapped and a jumper and polo shirt uniform was brought in to appease the younger years that had been crying out for a new dress code. To this day, the uniform still stands until Henbury closes for good (see below).
At this time, part of the school field was sold to private developers, and several houses were built on what became the aptly-named Scholar's Way. The money from this development was used to fund the development of a new Technology block.
The money that was earned from the selling of Henbury fields brought plans to insurrect a new larger car park for staff and students which was to be built on a small field located next to the Sixth Form Centre (or The Bailey Block as it has become known in local folklore). The small field was stripped of its belongings and in its place came a new, all expenses paid, car park.
In September 2004 Henbury merged with Ryles' Park School, Macclesfield. Most Ryles Park students moved to the Henbury site, though many chose to join various other schools. Various staff from Ryles' decided to join Henbury along with the former Ryles' students, already adding to the busking clientele of Henbury.
At this time, the front of the school went though a phase of redevelopment. The monumental grass verge just at the front of the school was stripped, taken away and replaced with a new layby for school buses to park and drop off/pick school people up from. The road stretches round the back of the school to the large playground making access easier (shown in the Henbury Astro-Turf picture). In conjunction with this, two new gates were installed next to the new layby for security reasons.
This expansion gave the need for several new temporary classrooms and a large purpose built sports hall.
2005 and Beyond - The End Of An Era
Henbury will be demolished starting July 2007 and its students will move to a new "Learning Zone" incorporating Macclesfield College, on Park Lane, Macclesfield. The school sector of this will be known as "Macclesfield High School".
Students from Henbury will be relocated to the new school site when construction is complete and demolition will then commence on the old Henbury site.
The old Henbury site will become a brand new housing development site with amenities such as open areas, leisurely play areas and two new football fields as well as being home to new apartments and houses (see picture of Henbury housing plans adjacent).
The infamous Henbury astro-turf will be handed over and moved to local rival school, Fallibroome high school for use for training practice etc. This won't be done until demolition work on Henbury High School begins.
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Links
[[1]]- Official School Website (don't forget the http) [[2]] - Ofsted Inspection Report