Penketh High School is a secondary school in Penketh, Warrington. It is a co-educational, non-denominational academy school for 11 to 16 year olds. It converted from comprehensive to academy status in April 2013. In April 2018, Mr. John Carlin, one of the youngest headteachers in the United Kingdom, took the role of headteacher at Penketh.[1]
| Penketh High School | |
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| Address | |
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Heath Road Penketh , , WA5 2BY England | |
| Coordinates | 53°23′17″N 2°38′52″W / 53.38815°N 2.6477°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Dare To Dream / Perseverance |
| Department for Education URN | 139506 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | John Carlin |
| Head teacher | John Carlin |
| Staff | 90 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 1,900 |
| Colour(s) | Red+White |
| Website | penkethhigh |
The school has an partnership with Kwadeda High School in South Africa, who helped to produce a feature film called The Opportunity.[2] This film was targeted at teenage audiences, to make them aware of HIV, drugs and other problems, that are high risk factors in South Africa.[3]
Extra curricular activities
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Penketh High School offers a range of extra curricular activities, including: football, rugby, Basketball, Cricket, athletics, trampoline, badminton, dance and volleyball that can be accessed by all skill levels. Students won the football Cheshire Cup[4] in 1996 & 2017.[5]
The music department offers a range of group and individual lessons. The groups are run at no cost. The individual lessons may have a charge. Drama Club and/or Performing Arts Club. Drama is purely acting whereas Performing Arts is a mixture of acting, singing and dancing. The art department runs an Art club after school for Years 7 an 8. The ICT department houses a homework club for all years every break time and after school.
This is for all homework for which pupils need access to office software and/or the internet. Other extra curricular activities include STEM Club, Robotics and wearable technology, as well as student led clubs from 2018 in the school Makerspace. In February 2018, Penketh High School became the first school in the United Kingdom to embed Maker Education within the National Curriculum.
Spark Penketh makerspace runs within school time and outside of school lessons.[6] In March 2018, Penketh students won the Maths Fest[a] 2018 taking first place at the event ran by the Further Mathematics Support Programme.[7] Penketh became a Future Physics Leader Programme School in March 2018. Penketh Student also won the Sellafield Big Bang Project against twelve other regional schools.
Notable former pupils
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- Warren Brown, actor
- Robin Jarvis, novelist
- Gary Owen, football midfielder
- Chris Riley, rugby league player
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "High school head, 36, reflects on first 100 days in the job". Warrington Guardian. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ The Opportunity at IMDb
- ^ "News | South Africa and England unite". SecEd. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Junior Cup | The FootballAssociation". www.cheshirefa.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Top of the class for football team at Penketh High School following Cheshire Cup win". Warrington Guardian. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Penketh High becomes first state school in the country to build dedicated 'makerspace'". Warrington Guardian. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Penketh students maths skills add up to success". Warrington Guardian. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
External links
edit- Official website
- UK Department for Education and Skills statistics
- UK Ofsted inspection report
- "The Challenge Academy Trust TCAT – Penketh High School Consultation". penkethhighschool.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2017.