Newall Green High School is a secondary school in Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...

, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England

England

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with about 996 students enrolled, including 105 students in the sixth form which opened in September 2009. Following a September 2009 inspection, an Ofsted report classed the school with a Grade 3 (satisfactory). The school was designated as an arts college in 2000, a science with mathematics college in 2004, and a vocational college in 2006. and has received the Healthy Schools Award (Gold), Investors in People status, Inclusion Charter Mark, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Kite Mark, and the Leading Aspect Award for its collaboration with primary schools.

Theatre Company

In 2009, then year 9 students, who had taken a BTEC in Drama were tasked with putting together a theatre company. They worked with the Manchester Library Theatre and Arts teachers such as Mrs Samantha Fitzpatrick and Miss Bethan Evans, to create their first show "Asbo's and As' beens", which consisted of multiple sketches. The Main Sketch Was Entitled "The Melanie Smiles Shows".