North Bromsgrove High School is a High School

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 and Sixth Form Centre located in Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. The town is about north east of Worcester and south west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 with a small ethnic minority and is in Bromsgrove District.- History :Bromsgrove is first documented in the early 9th century...

, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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. It offers education for GCSE and A level courses. It is also a specialist Arts College

Arts College

Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...

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In a 2008 Ofsted inspection the school was given an overall a Grade 3 (satisfactory) result, with a Grade 2 (good) for its sixth form.

The school has links in the community and overseas in the Gambia. The school has recently gained Media Arts status under the specialist status scheme

The school has established three new houses - Pinewood and Ealing, named after British film studios to reflect the schools connection with the arts,) and Murdoch - named after media baron Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

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Facilities

The main school building was recently rebuilt in 2007/08 and stands alongside the Millennium block which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in the year 2000. The school was opened to students in September 2007 but the actual opening ceremony was held in 2008 when construction work was completed. The school was formally opened by Mark Williams (actor), an old boy of the school.

Arts

The school has a drama,media arts department so the school puts on special plays and concerts however the media part helps students to learn valuable skills.

Notable alumni

• Kevin Poole
  Kevin Poole
  Kevin Poole is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League Two side Burton Albion, where he is also goalkeeping coach...
  
   (footballer)
• Trudie Styler
  Trudie Styler
  Trudie Styler is an English actress and producer. She is the second wife of the musician Sting.-Life and career:Styler was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. She attended North Bromsgrove High School, where one of her teachers was Clifford T. Ward...
  
   (actress and producer)
• Mark Williams
  Mark Williams (actor)
  Mark Williams is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter. He is best known as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show, as well as for his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films....
  
   (The Fast Show and many film appearances).
• teaching staff - Clifford T. Ward
  Clifford T. Ward
  Clifford Thomas Ward was a popular English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist.-Early life:...
  
  , singer/songwriter.
• Peter Bright aka This Window
  This Window
  This Window was formed by Peter Bright around 1985; earlier tape experiments exist from 1979 to 1984. These tape experiments formed the basic philosophy of This Window. The analogue tape machine became the main instrument used to create ‘songs’...
  
  (artist/musician)

External links

• North Bromsgrove High School Website