Alsager School

Alsager School
Motto An Achieving School; A Caring Community.
Type Academy
Headteachers

Mr Richard Middlebrook (Executive Head),

Mrs Andrea O’Neill (Head of School)
Deputy Headteachers

Mrs Ellen Walton (Pastoral),

Mrs Liane Young (Academic)
Assistant Heads

Mr Neil Williams,

Mrs Adele Snape
Chair of Governors Mr Lindsay Purcell
Location Hassall Road
Alsager
Cheshire
ST7 2HR
England
53°05′57″N 2°19′06″W / 53.099055°N 2.318246°W / 53.099055; -2.318246Coordinates: 53°05′57″N 2°19′06″W / 53.099055°N 2.318246°W / 53.099055; -2.318246
DfE URN 140108 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff 150
Students 1,500 pupils
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Colours

Dod, Lovell, Moreton, Royce                    

Website Alsager School Website

Alsager School (formerly known as Alsager Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Alsager in the English county of Cheshire.[1]

Location

Alsager School is situated opposite the former Manchester Metropolitan University Alsager campus (former Cheshire County Training College), next to Christ Church, Alsager and Alsager Leisure Centre, and is attended by over 1300 pupils from the local area.[2]

History

In 2008 the school made local and then national newspapers after a teacher allegedly forced pupils to 'pray to Allah', or get a detention.[3][4]

In May 2009, the same teacher was mentioned in local newspapers, which stated that 'Cheshire East had dismissed her following an "irretrievable breakdown of communication" with her bosses'.[5]

In September 2009 Alsager School became a Foundation School as it joined the Alsager Community Trust.[6]

In September 2011, Richard Middlebrook replaced David Black as Headteacher.

The school converted to academy status in September 2013.

Academic performance

The school gets results above the England average at GCSE and the eighth best in Cheshire. At A level it gets results above the England average. Following the September 2016 Ofsted inspection, it was rated Excellent, point four on a four-point scale.[7]

Notable former pupils

+ Dean Field, World, European and National Karate Gold Medalist

References

  1. 1 2 "About". Alsager School. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  2. ↑ Alsager School website. Retrieval Date: 10 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah". www.dailymail.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Pray to Allah or get detention, pupils are told". www.chronicleseries.com. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  5. ↑ "Teacher sacked in RE lesson row". www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  6. ↑ "Alsager schools set up community trust". www.crewechronicle.co.uk. 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  7. ↑ "Alsager School - Inspection Report", Ofsted, Inspection 23–24 September 2009.
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