The Whitby High School

The Whitby High School is a co-educational secondary foundation school,[1] situated in Whitby, a suburb of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.

The Whitby High School
Gates and main building (2012)
Address
Sycamore Drive

Ellesmere Port
,
Cheshire
,
CH66 3NU

England
Coordinates53°15′48″N 2°54′42″W
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
GenderCoeducational (mixed)
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1577
HousesHanover, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor, York
Websitehttp://www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.uk

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] It is situated on the A5032 Chester Road. The area known as Whitby is further north along the road, and nearer to Ellesmere Port Catholic High School and Whitby Hall.

Local news

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

In 2018, Whitby High School received 7075 GBP from Cheshire Community Foundation to engage learners in Hungerball.[2] The project had a dual purpose of promoting informal exercise of the school population plus focused work with groups of vulnerable learners. The grant paid for equipment and venue hire, and staff time.

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.[3]

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.

Notable former pupils

Ellesmere Port County Grammar School (both sections)
gollark: HIGHLY æsthetic.
gollark: Things can in fact break without being engines.
gollark: Spherical wheels WHEN?
gollark: I *sort of* like it.
gollark: Were you likely to escape battery explosions with non-bulletproof glass?

References
  1. The Whitby High School, A Specialist Technology College
  2. "Cheshire Community Foundation 360 Giving 2018 report". Cheshire Community Foundation.
  3. Royden, M.W. A History of The Whitby High School 1959–2009 (2009)
  4. "Her Football Hub – Covering the World of Women's Football". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. "About". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. "A Short History of The Whitby High School 1959–2009" (PDF). The Whitby High School. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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