Brine Leas High School
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Brine Leas School is a comprehensive
academy in Nantwich
, Cheshire
, UK. The school has 1287 students enrolled, and has Technology
and Language
, status.
The school opened in 1977 as a comprehensive co-educational establishment. The first head teacher was Daphne Howard; on her retirement Michael Butler became headteacher. Andrew Cliffe became the school's third headteacher in September 2007. In September 2010 the school became one of just 32 to take up academy status. In 2011 the school received a capital grant of over £1.1 million pounds to improve facilities around the site. The school operates a House system
, with every student and staff member in either "Audley", "Lovell", or "Warwick". For the last ten years the school has been oversubscribed although it does continue to take students on distance criteria.
The 2008 Ofsted
inspection outlined the school as having outstanding overall effectiveness, with constantly exceptional student achievement. Since the school was inspected results have improved yet further with headlines for 5 A*to C inclusing English and Maths being over 79%. The percentage of A*'s and A's is over 34%.
The school opened a sixth form
in September 2010. The Sixth form is proving to be very popular and the first Year 12 enjoyed an outstanding set of examination results at AS. With the addition of a new Year group sports teams have now become popular and it is fast establishing a reputation for excellence.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
academy in Nantwich
Nantwich
Nantwich is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The town gives its name to the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, UK. The school has 1287 students enrolled, and has Technology
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
and Language
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
, status.
The school opened in 1977 as a comprehensive co-educational establishment. The first head teacher was Daphne Howard; on her retirement Michael Butler became headteacher. Andrew Cliffe became the school's third headteacher in September 2007. In September 2010 the school became one of just 32 to take up academy status. In 2011 the school received a capital grant of over £1.1 million pounds to improve facilities around the site. The school operates a House system
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
, with every student and staff member in either "Audley", "Lovell", or "Warwick". For the last ten years the school has been oversubscribed although it does continue to take students on distance criteria.
The 2008 Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection outlined the school as having outstanding overall effectiveness, with constantly exceptional student achievement. Since the school was inspected results have improved yet further with headlines for 5 A*to C inclusing English and Maths being over 79%. The percentage of A*'s and A's is over 34%.
The school opened a sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
in September 2010. The Sixth form is proving to be very popular and the first Year 12 enjoyed an outstanding set of examination results at AS. With the addition of a new Year group sports teams have now become popular and it is fast establishing a reputation for excellence.