Hilbre High School
Encyclopedia
Hilbre High School is a co-educational state secondary school located in West Kirby
, on the Wirral Peninsula
, England
. The school holds Humanities College
status and is administered by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
.
The school has been recently remodelled, with a City Learning Centre
being added on the site. Reconstruction took place in phases over a period of a few years (starting approx 2001 still not fully completed).
The school is run by Miss Levenson. Since she took charge in 1999 the standard of examination results has increased, with 99% of students achieving 10 or more A-D GCSEs in 2009.
A latest part of the site that's been developed is the "drama studio theatre" which was funded by the school's Humanities College status and charity fund raising money kept in the schools back pockets. This new facility includes a lighting and sound booth which can be used as a recording studio.
A recently built 6th form block has also just opened. The most senior member of staff by length of service is Mr Steve Parker, IT teacher, who is now in his 40th year at the school.
West Kirby
West Kirby is a town on the north-west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, England, at the mouth of the River Dee across from the Point of Ayr in North Wales. To the north-east of the town lies Hoylake, with the suburbs of Grange and Newton to the east, and the village of Caldy to the...
, on the Wirral Peninsula
Wirral Peninsula
Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school holds Humanities College
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
status and is administered by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England. It has a population of 311,200, and encompasses of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead, Wallasey, Bebington, Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. The city of...
.
The school has been recently remodelled, with a City Learning Centre
City Learning Centre
A City Learning Centre is a facility in the United Kingdom which provides state-of-the-art ICT-based learning opportunities for the pupils at the host school, for pupils at a network of surrounding schools and for the wider community...
being added on the site. Reconstruction took place in phases over a period of a few years (starting approx 2001 still not fully completed).
The school is run by Miss Levenson. Since she took charge in 1999 the standard of examination results has increased, with 99% of students achieving 10 or more A-D GCSEs in 2009.
A latest part of the site that's been developed is the "drama studio theatre" which was funded by the school's Humanities College status and charity fund raising money kept in the schools back pockets. This new facility includes a lighting and sound booth which can be used as a recording studio.
A recently built 6th form block has also just opened. The most senior member of staff by length of service is Mr Steve Parker, IT teacher, who is now in his 40th year at the school.
Notable former pupils
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, Olympic cyclist - The CoralThe CoralThe Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral and follow up Magic and Medicine...
, musicians - Paul LinwoodPaul LinwoodPaul Linwood is a professional footballer currently playing in the Conference National for Fleetwood Town. Linwood plays as a central defender.-Tranmere Rovers:...
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player - Miles KaneMiles KaneMiles Peter Kane is an English musician originally from Meols on the Wirral near Liverpool, best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals...
, musician and one half of The Last Shadow PuppetsThe Last Shadow PuppetsThe Last Shadow Puppets is a band consisting of Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane formerly of The Rascals, and composer/producer James Ford.-Formation:... - The RascalsThe Rascals (English band)The Rascals were an indie rock band from the Hoylake, England. Consisting of Joe Edwards and Greg Mighall .Both members were previous members of now-defunct indie band The Little Flames....
, musicians - Joe Collister, Tranmere Rovers F.C.Tranmere Rovers F.C.Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
goalkeeper - Daniel CraigDaniel CraigDaniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. His early film roles include Elizabeth, The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert...
, actor and the current James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...