North Bromsgrove High School
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North Bromsgrove High School | |
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Coeducational | |
Age | 13 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1009 [1] |
Sixth form students | 203 |
Colour(s) | grey and black |
Website | https://www.northbromsgrove.worcs.sch.uk/ |
North Bromsgrove High School is a
, England.History
Grammar school
The school dates back to the co-educational grammar school Bromsgrove County High School.
Comprehensive
It became comprehensive in 1970, when the grammar school took those at the secondary modern schools of Catshill, Parkside, and Watt Close. The school was rebuilt in 2007 at the same time as it was designated as a specialist
Curriculum
It offers education for
Facilities and key information
North Bromsgrove High School was rebuilt in 2007 as a PFI project ensuring a high standard of construction and annual maintenance. Its facilities management is currently led by BAM. It has five acres of playing fields, a sports hall, gym, dance studio, an Apple Mac suite, drama studio, equipment to deliver music technology, a radio station, and well-equipped science laboratories. The creative suite has two food rooms, two well-equipped design and technology rooms for the delivery of engineering and product design, a textiles room and three art and photography rooms. The area houses a specialist kiln and light room to support the curriculum with two technicians across the faculty.
The school has five computer suites to deliver Business Studies, Computing, Film Studies, Health and Criminology. They are supported by an in-house IT technical support team. The school has a modern foreign languages department that offer French and Spanish.
It has a house system made up of four houses voted for by students: Churchill, Attenborough, Rowling and Earhart all of which align with the school's pastoral system of Community, Aspiration, Respect and Endeavour.
The school also has a specialist mainstream autism base for 10 children that are allocated by the Local Authority from across Worcestershire and a large sixth-form accommodation which offers both traditional A Levels and Level 3 qualifications. It has a history of students achieving places at Oxbridge each year.
Reflecting the school's motto Studies Determine Character, North Bromsgrove has an established range of extra-curricular activities including the
The new school was opened officially by an ex-pupil, the actor Mark Williams. He established an award in the name of former teacher Alan Holden and this is presented annually to the student who has shown the most dedication and commitment to the performing arts.
Catchment
The school's main feeder schools are Parkside Middle School and Catshill Middle School. Students also come from
A significant number of students stay on into the school's successful Sixth Form, which was judged 'Good' by Ofsted in 2019 and applications are accepted from students attending other schools as well.
Notable alumni
- Stacey Francis, England netball player
- Rufus Norris, British theatre director
- Kevin Poole, footballer
- Lauren Rowles MBE, Paralympian gold medallist
- Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England
- Chris Trenfield, principal dancer with the Matthew Bourne company
- Mark Williams, The Fast Show, Harry Potter, and many other film appearances
- Sarah Leamy, MFA, author, cartoonist & photographer
Bromsgrove County High School
- John Ford CBE, Chief Executive from 1993-94 of the Driving Standards Agency, and from 1995-2000 of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
- Sir Scottish Marine Biological Association, President from 1995-2001 of the Freshwater Biological Association, Chairman from 1977-80 of the Nature Conservancy Council
- David Penny CBE FREng, President from 1981-82 of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Director from 1967-69 of the National Engineering Laboratory[3]
- Trudie Styler, actress and producer
Catshill Secondary Modern School
- Derek White, High Commissioner to Kiribati from 1990–93, and Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands from 1992–93
Notable teaching staff
- David Rudkin, playwright
- Clifford T. Ward, singer/songwriter
References
- ^ a b OFSTED report 2014 Retrieved 9 June 2015
- ^ "Headteacher's Welcome - North Bromsgrove High School - North Bromsgrove High School". Northbromsgrove.worcs.sch.uk. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ David Penny