Great Wyrley High School

Great Wyrley High School
Motto	Dare to dream, Aim to achieve
Type	Community school
Executive Headteacher	Mrs N Crookshank
Associate Headteacher	Mrs K Adams
Location	Hall Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6LQ England Coordinates: 52°39′56″N 2°01′08″W / 52.6656°N 2.0188°W / 52.6656; -2.0188
Local authority	Staffordshire
DfE number	860/4079
DfE URN	124402 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Capacity	1100
Students	940 as of February 2016
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Colours	Maroon
Website	School website

Great Wyrley High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Great Wyrley in the English county of Staffordshire.^[1]

It is a community school administered by Staffordshire County Council. However Great Wyrley (and the school) are located at the extreme south of the Staffordshire border with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and therefore the school educates pupils from both areas.

Academics

Great Wyrley High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. Students can also study vocational courses at South Staffordshire College as part of their GCSE timetable.

Facilities

The school has facilities including 30+ classrooms, 8 science laboratories, 8 computer rooms, 2 design and technology workshops, 2 creative art suites, a 330 seat theatre, a radio broadcast studio, a drama studio, a sports gym, sixth form centre and swimming pool.

Former headteachers

Mr A Sweet (1967 - 1985)
Mr J Large (1985 - 2004)
Mr C Leach (2004 - 2015)

Notable former pupils

Michael Foster, Labour Party politician
Melody Hossaini, Entrepreneur & BBC's The Apprentice star
Claire Nixon, Olympic Athlete

References

↑ http://www.gw-hs.org/

External links

Great Wyrley High School official website

Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)

Primary	St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Middle	Oldfields Hall Middle School Windsor Park Middle School

Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School Chase Terrace Technology College The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Sport & Community High School Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School The Co-operative Academy of Stoke-on-Trent The de Ferrers Academy Discovery Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy Fair Oak Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley High School Hagley Park Academy Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School King Edward VI School, Lichfield King Edward VI High School, Stafford The King's Church of England School Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Ounsdale High School Paget High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School St John Fisher Catholic College St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Peter's Academy St Thomas More Catholic Academy Sandon High School Sir Graham Balfour School Sir Thomas Boughey High School Stafford Manor High School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham High School University Academy Kidsgrove Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College Wilnecote High School Wolgarston High School Wolstanton High School

Grammar	St Joseph's College

Special	Abbey Hill School Blackfriars Academy The Meadows School Shenstone Lodge School

Further education	Burton & South Derbyshire College Buxton & Leek College Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Moorlands Sixth Form College Newcastle-under-Lyme College South Staffordshire College Stafford College Stafford Collegiate

Independent	Abbotsholme School Abbots Bromley School Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School Stafford Grammar School St Dominic's High School for Girls St Dominic's Priory School

Independent (preparatory)	St Joseph's Preparatory School Vernon Lodge Preparatory School Yarlet School

Former	Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Longton High School Mitchell High School

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