Great Wyrley High School

Great Wyrley Academy (formerly Great Wyrley High School)
Motto Relentlessly Pursuing Excellence
Type Community school
Trust Windsor Academy Trust
Headteacher Mr Ian Moreton
Deputy Headteacher Mrs C Hazel
Chair of Governors Mr L Wiggin
Location Hall Lane
Great Wyrley
Staffordshire
WS6 6LQ
England
52°39′56″N 2°01′08″W / 52.6656°N 2.0188°W / 52.6656; -2.0188Coordinates: 52°39′56″N 2°01′08″W / 52.6656°N 2.0188°W / 52.6656; -2.0188
Local authority Staffordshire
DfE URN 124402 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Capacity 1100
Students 940 as of February 2016
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Colours Maroon
Former Name Great Wyrley High School
Website School website

Great Wyrley Academy is an academy and sixth form located in Great Wyrley in the English county of Staffordshire.[1]

Formerly a state ran school under Staffordshire, Great Wyrley was converted to an Academy for the academic year 2018/19 following a period of Ofsted special measures. Great Wyrley Academy is 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. It has played a major role in the village for many years and is known for their music and performance events.

Academics

Great Wyrley Academy 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)
  • Mrs N Crookshank (Interim 2015 - 2017)
  • Mr L Taylor (2017 - 2018)

Notable former pupils

Andrew Tift Realist portrait artist exhibited Nationally and at the Walsall New Art Gallery.

References

  1. ↑ "Great Wyrley High School | Dare to Dream, Aim to Achieve". Gw-hs.org. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
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