Wombourne High School

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Wombourne High School
Address
Wombourne High School
Ounsdale Road

Wombourne
,
Staffordshire
,
WV5 8BJ

England
Coordinates 52°32′07″N2°11′50″W / 52.5354°N 2.1972°W / 52.5354; -2.1972
Information
Type Academy
Established1956
Local authority Staffordshire
Department for Education URN 141343 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherClaire Powell
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Colour(s)   Navy-blue and White
Website wombournehighschool.co.uk

Wombourne High School (formerly Ounsdale High School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wombourne, Staffordshire, England. It is situated on Ounsdale Road in the west of the village, and stands on an adjacent site to the local leisure centre. In addition to its main function as a secondary school, Wombourne High School has a standalone building dedicated to its sixth form, which was opened by the pop star Beverley Knight.

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The school has approximately 1,100 pupils and provides education at Key Stage 3, GCSE and sixth form. Its current head teacher is Ms Claire Powell, who took over from Dr. Gemma Smith in May 2022.

Wombourne High School is a part of the Invictus Education Trust, which was setup in 2015 with then-named Ounsdale as one of its founding member. Invictus now include the following schools: Ellowes Hall Sports College, Wombourne High School, Kinver High School, The Crestwood School, Leasowes High School, Pedmore High School, and Rufford Primary School.

81% of the school's GCSE students gained 5 or more GCSEs at grade 4 or higher, with 49% achieving at least one grade 7 or higher. [1] Additionally, 19% of student achieved 5 or more GCSEs at grade 7 or higher. [1]

As of its latest inspection in March 2022, the school was awarded the "Good" rating from Ofsted. [2]

History

The school opened in September 1956 as a secondary school with a GCE stream. It stood in eighteen acres of playing fields in a rural area five miles south west of Wolverhampton. The first stage of the building works was finished in 1957. [3]

As the school building programme progressed, the three form entry was increased to four in 1957 and five in 1958, at which time the school became fully comprehensive with a non-selected intake. Ounsdale attracted children of all abilities from its catchment area from Pattingham and Patshull in the north to Enville in the south. It provided all secondary level education, grammar, technical and modern, without any clearly defined streaming of individual pupils. [3]

The second stage of building works was completed by September 1960. The school then consisted of three blocks; an administrative block with offices, dining hall, assembly hall, library, gymnasium, indoor heated swimming pool and changing rooms; a three-storey block of 22 classrooms (including specialist rooms for history, geography and music); and a practical block consisting of laboratories for general science, physics, chemistry and biology along with rooms for arts, crafts, needlecraft, domestic science, woodwork, technical drawing and metalwork. Outside were six hard tennis courts, and a school garden with greenhouse, tool shed and potting shed. There were playing fields and hard areas which could be configured for various outdoor sports. [3]

The first headmaster was Harold Holyrde, MA. He retired in March 1975. [4]

Anwar Shemza, the Pakistani artist, worked as a teacher at Ounsdale between 1962 and 1979.

In September 2002, the school was granted specialist school status as an Arts College. This has led to the addition of a slightly modified school motto: Pursuing excellence by developing the creativity of learners through and in the arts.

In March 2015, the school became one of the founding members of the Invictus Education Trust, and converted to academy status. Since being founded in 2015, the Invictus Education Trust has grown to

In 2019, the school changed its name from Ounsdale High School to Wombourne High School.

As a part of the Department for Education's school rebuilding program, [5] Wombourne High School received a share of £1 billion of allocated grant money to use towards the demolition and build of a new Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) building. The announcement of the school's inclusion in the scheme by Gavin Williamson took place in June 2020, [6] with the plans for the building being approved by South Staffordshire Council at the start of 2023. [7] The build began in May 2023 and is currently underway.

Notable former pupils

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  2. ↑ enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (5 September 2022). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Programme: The official opening of Ounsdale Comprehensive School, Wombourn. Dedication Service and Concert, page 2". www.friendsreunited.co.uk. 15 March 1961. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Vennis, Diana (2012). A Lifetime in English Education: Philip Vennis from Pupil to Principal in Post-war Britain. Troubador. p. 135. ISBN   9781780882963 . Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "About the school rebuilding programme". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gavin announces £1.3 million for schools in South Staffordshire". Rt. Hon. Sir Gavin Williamson CBE. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Majstrova, Maggie (13 July 2023). "Plans for new Wombourne High School building get go-ahead". Reds10. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Sarah Spurgeon
  9. ↑ Adam Lavender
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