Buile Hill High School
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Buile Hill High School is an educational secondary school, in Salford
, in the north-west of England
on the A576 Eccles Old Road.
, which is across the field to the north. It was formerly Salford Grammar School until 1973, when its sixth form along with Pendleton High School for Girls was moved to Pendleton College, which is next door. The building had opened on 12 January 1956, being officially opened on 21 March 1956 by the Mayor of Salford, G. H. Goulden.
Gold Award in May 2006. It is one of the few schools in the area with a fully working theatre and performance space.
The school was rebuilt on the adjacent field and completed in 2008. The new buildings were funded through the Private Finance Initiative
.
now stands at 999 - 1000 being the country's national average.
The school underwent an OFSTED
inspection in October 2007 which described the school as satisfactory overall with elements of good.
It got very low GCSE results in 2008, well under the Government's minimum for comprehensives.
City of Salford
The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton-Pendlebury, Walkden and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over...
, in the north-west of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on the A576 Eccles Old Road.
History
The school is over 100 years old in some parts, with the school itself owning a playing field with a nearby college, Pendleton CollegePendleton College
Pendleton College was a sixth form college in the Pendleton district of Salford, Greater Manchester. As of January 2009 the campus merged with Eccles College and Salford College and is now a part of Salford City College and is situated between the A6 and the A576, between Irlams o' th' Height and...
, which is across the field to the north. It was formerly Salford Grammar School until 1973, when its sixth form along with Pendleton High School for Girls was moved to Pendleton College, which is next door. The building had opened on 12 January 1956, being officially opened on 21 March 1956 by the Mayor of Salford, G. H. Goulden.
Admissions
The school has a strong arts and drama department and received an ArtsmarkArtsmark
Artsmark is a national award scheme managed by Arts Council England. The scheme, that is open to all schools in England, recognises schools with a high level of provision in the arts.There are three levels of award:* Artsmark Gold* Artsmark Silver...
Gold Award in May 2006. It is one of the few schools in the area with a fully working theatre and performance space.
The school was rebuilt on the adjacent field and completed in 2008. The new buildings were funded through the Private Finance Initiative
Private Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative is a way of creating "public–private partnerships" by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital...
.
Academic performance
GCSE figure for 2007 show a marked rise from 26% of students gaining 5 A* to C the previous year, to 52% in 2007. Coupled with rise there has been significant success in its Key Stage 3 performance for this Year. The school's contextual value addedContextual value added
Contextual value added is a statistic used by the government of the United Kingdom to assess the performance of schools.The statistic is intended to show the progress children have made whilst attending a particular school...
now stands at 999 - 1000 being the country's national average.
The school underwent an 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 in October 2007 which described the school as satisfactory overall with elements of good.
It got very low GCSE results in 2008, well under the Government's minimum for comprehensives.
Headteacher controversy
The school's headteacher left the school in the summer of 2006 and was replaced by a 'super head'. The new headteacher, Mr. P. Fitzpatrick, was paid a larger-than-usual salary of £100,000 per year, and was contracted for two years to improve the school's results and ready the school for the move into its new buildings in 2008. However, the 'super head' failed to achieve the results that the council had been looking for, and in 2007 he was removed by "mutual agreement" after just two terms. In 2007 the school's results on the standard measure (% of pupils reaching 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C) jumped from 26% to 52%. He was replaced by Mrs W. O'Neill, previously the deputy head of Albion High School, SalfordNotable past pupils
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Salford Grammar School
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from 1946–73 - Mark HendrickMark HendrickMark Phillip Hendrick is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Preston since winning a by-election in 2000.-Biography:Hendrick, who is half Somali, was born in Salford, Lancashire...
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since 2000 - Rt Rev Thomas Henshaw, RC Bishop of SalfordBishop of SalfordThe Bishop of Salford is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford in the Province of Liverpool, England.With the gradual abolition of the legal restrictions on the activities of Catholics in England and Wales in the early 19th century, Rome decided to proceed to bridge the gap of the...
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of Joy DivisionJoy DivisionJoy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
and New OrderNew OrderNew Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris... - Dr Ralph KohnRalph KohnSir Ralph Kohn FRS is a British businessman, recipient of the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for his work in the pharmaceutical industry...
, pharmacist - Mike LeighMike LeighMichael "Mike" Leigh, OBE is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid 1960s...
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- John Pitt-Brooke CB, Director-General Secretariat at the Ministry of DefenceMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom)The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
since 2006 - James Porter CBE, Director General of the Commonwealth InstituteCommonwealth InstituteThe Commonwealth Institute was an educational charity connected with the Commonwealth of Nations, and the name of a building in West London formerly owned by the Institute...
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from 1992–93
External links
- Buile Hill - The school website
- Old Salfordians Association
- EduBase