The Stourport High School and Sixth Form Centre
| The Stourport Academy & VIth Form Centre | |
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| Address | |
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Minster Road , , DY13 8AX | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Carpe Diem |
| Established | 1956 |
| Local authority | Worcestershire County Council |
| Department for Education URN | 135039 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Christopher King |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1300 |
| Website | http://www.shs.worcs.sch.uk/ |
The Stourport Academy & VIth Form Centre, formerly known as the Stourport High School and Language College, opened to students in 1956 as an 11-18 school. The starting age was increased to 13 during the 1970s, but reverted to 11 in 2007 as part of the Wyre Forest Review. The school is located in the town of Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire, England. It was built to replace the Stourport Secondary Modern School, which was formerly Lickhill Middle.
Present Day
In January 2009, Ofsted graded the school as 1 (Outstanding) on their 4-point scale.[1] Elizabeth Quinn, the previous principal, won the 2009 secondary headteacher of the year award for the West Midlands region. Ofstead rated them 'Outstanding' in 2009 and have recently been put into the top 100 school in England for consistent improvement![2][3]
On 5 July 2010, Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, announced that the planned rebuild of the school would be cancelled with the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future programme.[4]
Sport and Local Involvement
The Sixth Form are regular entrants into the(5-a-side football) Kidderminster Premier League. In the 2009/2010 season, both an A and B team were entered into the league with the A team finishing as league champions and the B team finishing fourth. The Sixth Form are hoping to repeat this success in the 2010 season with just the one team.
Stourport is part of a Worcestershire organisation called ContinU, a trust that creates more courses for students attending secondary, and high schools in the Wyre Forest and Hagley area.[5] Stourport is currently working with:
- Baxter College, Business and Enterprise
- The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre
- Hagley RC High School
- Haybridge High School
- King Charles I School
- Stourminster and Blakebrook Special Needs School
- Wolverley C E Secondary School
References
- ^ "Stourport High School Ofsted report 2009". Stourport High School. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "Teaching Awards 2009: the winners". The Guardian. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ Brown, Cadisha (2009-06-17). "Stourport headteacher tops in West Midlands". The Shuttle. Kidderminster. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Impact on BSF schools by local authority" (PDF). BBC News. 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ The ContinU Trust.
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