Birchwood Community High School

Birchwood Community High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Birchwood area of Warrington in the English county of Cheshire.[1]

For the secondary school in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, see Birchwood High School.

Birchwood Community High School
Address
Brock Road
Birchwood

Warrington
,
Cheshire
,
WA3 7PT

England
Coordinates53.4166°N 2.52957°W / 53.4166; -2.52957
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoAspiration Knowledge Kindness
Established1985 (1985)
Department for Education URN139840 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairAndrea Atherton
HeadteacherEmma Mills
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Capacity1130 Learners
HousesFides
Libertas
Veneratio
Dedicatio
Websitehttp://www.birchwoodhigh.org/

Previously a community school administered by Warrington Borough Council, Birchwood Community High School converted to academy status on 1 July 2013. However, the school continues to coordinate with Warrington Borough Council regarding its admissions.

Birchwood Community High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form (named Birchwood College) have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[2]

Their pastoral system is made up of four Houses: Fides, Libertas, Veneratio and Dedicatio – the Latin names of their core values of belief, independence, respect and commitment. Each House is made up of forms from across all five year groups to form a pastoral family. They have weekly assemblies together and compete in the regular House competitions to strive to be awarded the accolade of House of the Year in the summer term and win the House Cup.[3]

History

Birchwood Community High School was opened in September 1985, by the first headteacher Sheila Yates. The aim back then was to be a focal point for the area of Birchwood. Birchwood has grown from 180 pupils and 14 staff in 1985 to 1016 pupils and over 200 staff in 2021.

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Birchwood Community High School". Birchwoodhigh.org. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. "Curriculum". Birchwoodhigh.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. "Rewards". Birchwoodhigh.org. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. Barnes, Jessica (13 February 2023). "Birchwood High school pays tribute to pupil Brianna Ghey". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. Holmes, Wesley (13 February 2023). "'My heart is breaking': Tributes to Brianna Ghey posted to teen's TikTok". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 13 February 2023.


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