Henbury School is a state secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

  in Henbury

Henbury

Henbury is a suburb of Bristol, England, approximately 5 mi northwest of the city centre. It was formerly a village in Gloucestershire and is now bordered by Westbury-on-Trym to the south; Brentry to the east and the Blaise Castle estate Blaise Hamlet and Lawrence Weston to the west...

, Bristol

Bristol

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, England.

History

The school opened in 1956 by Earl Attlee former Prime Minister. Its first Headmaster was John Luget from 1956 - 1976. In 2005, it was rebuilt under a Private Finance Initiative

Private Finance Initiative

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. It has approximately 800 students. The school has achieved Art College status which increases the funding that the school receives for art-related studies. A number of projects have spawned from the receiving of Art College status. These include piloting the Community Transformers scheme.

For some years Henbury School failed to reach the national average in terms of academic results. In recent years, the school has improved its GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...

results considerably, moving from 28% 5 A-C including English and Maths in 2009 to 38% in 2010. However in 2011 the figure dropped to only 27% against the national average of 49.8%.