Birchwood Community High School

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Birchwood Community High School
Address
Birchwood Community High School
Brock Road
Birchwood

Warrington
,
Cheshire
,
WA3 7PT

England
Coordinates 53°25′00″N2°31′46″W / 53.4166°N 2.52957°W / 53.4166; -2.52957
Information
Type Academy
MottoAspiration Knowledge Kindness
Established1985 (1985)
Department for Education URN 139840 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairAndrea Atherton
HeadteacherEmma Mills
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Capacity1130 Learners
Houses Fides
Libertas
Veneratio
Dedicatio
Website www.birchwoodhigh.org

Birchwood Community High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Birchwood area of Warrington in the English county of Cheshire. [1]

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Previously a community school administered by Warrington Borough Council, Birchwood Community High School converted to academy status on 1 July 2013. However, the school continues to coordinate with Warrington Borough Council regarding its admissions.

Birchwood Community High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form (named Birchwood College) have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. [2]

The school has four houses: Fides, Libertas, Veneratio and Dedicatio – the Latin names of the school's values of belief, independence, respect and commitment. [3]

History

Birchwood Community High School was opened in September 1985, by the first headteacher Sheila Yates. The aim back then was to be a focal point for the area of Birchwood. Birchwood has grown from 180 pupils and 14 staff in 1985 to 1016 pupils and over 200 staff in 2021.

Notable former pupils

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  2. ↑ "Curriculum". Birchwoodhigh.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rewards". Birchwoodhigh.org. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Turner, Matt (13 October 2021). "David Brooks: Cancer diagnosis for AFC Bournemouth midfielder". Warrington Guardian . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Turner, Matt (3 June 2016). "Former Birchwood Community High student Josh Brownhill completes move to Championship side Bristol City". Warrington Guardian . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Wales star James Chester makes surprise visit to his old school". Warrington Guardian . 21 July 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "James Chester returns to his roots to open refurbished 3G pitch at Birchwood Community High School". Football Foundation . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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