Middlewich High School
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Middlewich High School is a small specialist Science, Mathematics & Computing secondary school
Secondary school
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 in Middlewich
Middlewich
Middlewich is a market town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is east of the city of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach....

, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

. It is a mixed-sex school containing 11–16 year olds and has 700 pupils on roll as of the last OFSTED
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 report: less than the average comprehensive. In its last OFSTED
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 report, it achieved Distinction. 98.6% of pupils are of White British origin and no pupils take English as an additional language. 10.7% of pupils have Special Educational Needs (SEN) and the school welcomes these pupils, aiming to integrate them fully into school life. In 2006 Middlewich High School celebrated its 100 years of education. Then in 2007 Middlewich High School achieved its best GCSE results ever: 71% at A* - C.

The school is one of sixth form college Sir John Deane's partner high schools, and sends around 30% of its Year 11 leavers there every September. The school also has a yearly interform sports day which is the only day in the school calendar when lessons are closed for everybody and is the largest mass participation event in the school.

The school also supports many charitable causes, such as Children In Need, Comic Relief and Jeans for Genes day. The pupils have an active involvement in this mainly through non-uniform days where a donation of £1 is requested. For some events, pupils have been known to participate in all sorts of activities, such as cross dressing and attending school in pyjamas.

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