The Whitby High School

The Whitby High School
Gates and main building (2012)
Location
Sycamore Drive Ellesmere Port , Cheshire , CH66 3NU England
Coordinates	53°15′48″N2°54′42″W / 53.26342°N 2.91168°W / 53.26342; -2.91168
Information
Type	Foundation school Founder member of the Seahorse Educational Trust
Motto	Progrediamur "We Progress"
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Department for Education URN	111429 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chairman of Governors	D Cooper
Headteacher	Mrs. Geraldine Fraser
Gender	Coeducational (mixed)
Age	11to 19
Enrolment	1577
Houses	Hanover, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor, York
Website	http://www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.uk

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

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 situated on the A5032 Chester Road in the area known as Whitby near Great Sutton.

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 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. ^[2]

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 92% 5 A*-C.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable former students

• Dave Challinor, footballer
• Gideon Davies FRS FRSC FMedSci structural and chemical biologist working on structural biology, carbohydrates and glycobiology
• Rob Jones, footballer ^[3]
• Mark Leckey, artist, won the 2008 Turner Prize
• Jane Parry, Olympic athlete in 4x400 metres relay ^[4]

Ellesmere Port County Grammar School (both sections)

• John Basnett, rugby league player
• Karl J. Friston FRS, FMedSci, FRSB, is a British neuroscientist at University College London and an authority on brain imaging
• Beverley Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford
• Paul Jones, footballer ^[5]
• Kevin Kennerley, footballer
• Roger Allen Leigh, Head of the School of Agriculture since 2006 at the University of Adelaide; Professor of Botany from 1998 to 2006 at the University of Cambridge; President from 2005–7 of the Society for Experimental Biology
• Rick Parry
• Barry Siddall, footballer ^[5]
• Neil Whatmore, footballer ^[5]
• Mick Wright, footballer

References

1. The Whitby High School, A Specialist Technology College ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Royden, M.W. A History of The Whitby High School 1959–2009 (2009)
3. "Liverpool career stats for Rob Jones - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. "Jane PARRY | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
5. "A Short History of The Whitby High School 1959–2009" (PDF). The Whitby High School. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

• The Whitby High School – A Specialist Technology College
• EduBase
• The Whitby High School Prospectus
• The Whitby High School - Official Website