Hilbre High School

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Hilbre High School Humanities College
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Hilbre High School
Frankby Road

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CH48 6EQ

Coordinates 53°22′29″N3°09′30″W / 53.374850°N 3.158234°W / 53.374850; -3.158234 Coordinates: 53°22′29″N3°09′30″W / 53.374850°N 3.158234°W / 53.374850; -3.158234
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Type Academy
MottoProgress Through Endeavour
SpecialistHumanities
Department for Education URN 138355 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherMark Bellamy
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,041
PublicationHilbre Endeavour
Website https://www.hilbre.wirral.sch.uk

Hilbre High School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Newton, a suburb of West Kirby on the Wirral Peninsula, England.

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The school has a drama studio theatre and many other drama classrooms funded by the school's specialist Humanities College status. This facility includes a lighting and sound booth which can be used as a recording studio. The school also has a sixth form block. Hilbre High School also has a music block, commonly known to pupils as A block, the main building, and D block.

Notable former pupils

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