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The Whitby High School
Address
Map
Sycamore Drive

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CH66 2NU

England
Information
TypeFoundation school Founder member of the Seahorse Educational Trust
MottoProgrediamur
"We Progress"
Local authorityCheshire West and Chester
Department for Education URN111429 Tables
OfstedReports
Chairman of GovernorsMr D Cooper
HeadteacherMr B. Heeley
GenderCoeducational (mixed)
Age11 to 19
Enrollment1577
HousesHanover, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor, York
Websitehttp://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.

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]

Local news

The school has received many news reports largely based around the success if the students. The school recently hit the headlines when it was voted Sports Secondary School of the Year for the whole Cheshire region.[citation needed]

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 Port 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 1973, being known as Whitby County Comprehensive School, then Whitby Comprehensive School.[2]

Academic performance

GCSE results 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 former pupils

Ellesmere Port County Grammar School (both sections)

References

  1. ^ a b The Whitby High School, A Specialist Technology College Cite error: The named reference "DCSF" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Royden, M.W. A History of The Whitby High School 1959-2009 (2009)