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Penketh High School
Address
Map
Heath Road
Penketh

, ,
WA5 2BY

Information
TypeAcademy
MottoDare To Dream / perseverance
Department for Education URN139506 Tables
OfstedReports
PresidentBen Dunne, Judith Wright
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Houses
  • Mackinnon
  • Owen
  • Jarvis
  • Simmons
  • Fazackerly
Websitehttp://www.penkethhigh.com

Penketh High School is a secondary school which contains a sixth form, in Penketh, Warrington. It is a coed, non-denominational 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.[1]

The film was premièred at Liverpool Football Club, and received notable recognition for the mass project, undertaken by the schools media director Mr J. Kay. This was along with Learning For Life teacher Miss Gibson. On 1 April 2013, the school converted to academy status.

References

  1. ^ "News | South Africa and England unite". SecEd. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2012.