Bushloe High School

Bushloe High School
Bushloe High School
Address
	Station Road; Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, LE18 2DT; England
Information
Type	Middle school;; Academy
Established	1959
Closed	2015
Department for Education URN	138892 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	mixed
Age	10 to 14
Enrolment	709
Successor School	Wigston Academy
Website	http://leicestershire.schooljotter.com/bushloe

Bushloe High School was a middle school with academy status located in Wigston, Leicestershire, England.

Admissions

It was a middle school, using the three-tier education system (invented in Leicestershire in the early 1960s as part of the Leicestershire Plan, later adopted by some parts of the UK, notably Northumberland and Bedfordshire). Many middle schools in Leicestershire returned to the more traditional age ranges in 2009. Middle schools are classed as secondary schools.

It was situated on the B582 in Wigston, next to two other schools - a middle school (Abington Academy) with the same age ranges as Bushloe, and a college (Guthlaxton College), both of which, in September 2015, merged with Bushloe to become Wigston College - opposite Oadby and Wigston council offices at Bushloe House, after which the school was named.^[1]

History

Bushloe High School opened in September 1959.^[2]

Headteachers

Mr Gaylon 1959-c1964 Mr Blackhurst c1964-19xx?

Ann Webster 2004-2015

New building

A new building was opened in 2006. The former building was completely demolished, except the older sports hall, which was used by Abington Academy, which neighboured Bushloe.

Merger

A merger with neighbouring school Abington Academy was proposed towards the end of 2013. After several consultation periods, it was announced in Spring 2015 that Bushloe would close and merge into Abington in September 2015 to form Wigston Academy under the new trust, Wigston Academies Trust. In September 2015, the age range of the school changed from 10 - 14 to 11 - 16.

Activities

The Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra used the school over many years for weekly practice sessions.

Notable former pupils

Luke Abraham, rugby player
Rosemary Conley, exercise guru
Harry Ellis, rugby player
Prof Mark A. Smith, neuroscientist
Hamza Choudhury, football player
Harry Panayiotou, football player

References

^ Bushloe House
^ "1959 opening". Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

External links

EduBase^{[permanent dead link]}
Pictures of the former building demolition Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Bushloe House

[2] "1959 opening". Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

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