The Whitby High School
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The Whitby High School is a co-educational secondary foundation school
, situated in Whitby, a suburb of Ellesmere Port
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. The school educates pupils from 11-18 as it has a Sixth Form
. It is a specialist Technology College
. 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.
It opened as a coeducational school until a girls' school was built next door in 1963. It was built at the same time as two other grammar schools: Altrincham and Marple Hall County Grammar School. There were many protests against the separation of genders in the new school throughout 1960-1. The new school became Ellesmere 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.
Foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
, situated in Whitby, a suburb of Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on the south border of the Wirral Peninsula on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, which in turn gives access to the River...
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Admissions
It is maintained by the Cheshire West and Chester Local Education AuthorityLocal Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
. The school educates pupils from 11-18 as it has a Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
. It is a specialist Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
. 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.
Grammar school
The Whitby High School was founded in September 1959, as Ellesmere Port County Mixed Grammar School. It was built to accommodate 460 pupils, although it initially accommodated 750. The overall cost of the new build was over £9,000. The school was opened by Sir David Eccles, the Minister of Education at the time.It opened as a coeducational school until a girls' school was built next door in 1963. It was built at the same time as two other grammar schools: Altrincham and Marple Hall County Grammar School. There were many protests against the separation of genders in the new school throughout 1960-1. The new school became Ellesmere 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 1974, being known as Whitby County Comprehensive School, then Whitby Comprehensive School.Academic performance
GCSE result 2010 are 3rd highest in the region with 87% 5 A*-C, while A level result are above the normal of the area.Notable alumni
- Corporal Marc Taylor, of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the armoured field artillery role, and is equipped with the AS-90 self-propelled gun...
, REMERoyal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersThe Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and WAH64 Apache...
, killed on 28 September 2004 at Basrah in IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, he collected bees in his spare time.
Ellesmere Port County Grammar School (both sections)
- Beverley HughesBeverley HughesBeverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010. In 2004, she was appointed to the Privy Council...
, MP - Prof Roger Leigh, Head of the School of Agriculture since 2006 at the University of AdelaideUniversity of AdelaideThe University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
, and Professor of Botany from 1998-2006 at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and President from 2005-7 of the Society for Experimental BiologySociety for Experimental BiologyThe Society for Experimental Biology is a learned society which was established in 1923 at Birkbeck College in London to “promote the art and science of experimental biology in all its branches”. The Society has an international membership of approximately 2000 biological researchers, teachers and... - Rick ParryRick ParryRick Parry is the former chief executive of Liverpool Football Club, and the former head of the FA Premier League. He is currently on the board of directors at New York Cosmos .-Career:...
- Mick Wright, footballer
- Rob Jones (footballer)
- Dave Challinor (footballer)
- Jane Parry (Olympic athlete)