Birkenhead Park School
Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational 11–16 secondary school with academy status near Birkenhead Park, in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in England. It was renamed University Academy Birkenhead in 2011 from the merger of Park High School and Rock Ferry High School and was based at the former Park High School site. It was called Park High Grammar School for Girls from 1926 to 1971, then just Park High School.
| Birkenhead Park School | |
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| Address | |
Park Road South , , CH43 4UY | |
| Coordinates | 53°23′26″N 3°02′34″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Hold Fast That Which Is Good |
| Established | 2011 (Rock Ferry High School 1925, Park High Grammar School 1926) |
| Trust | Wirral Academy Trust |
| Specialist | Sports College |
| Department for Education URN | 136411 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Helen Johnson |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 526 |
| Website | birkenheadparkschool |
University Academy Birkenhead was sponsored by the University of Chester, the University of Liverpool, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, Wirral Metropolitan College and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.[1] In April 2015 the school transferred to the control of the BePART Educational Trust, with Birkenhead Sixth Form College as sole sponsor, and took its current name.
Former pupils
Park High Grammar School
- Hilda Ellis Davidson, academic and antiquarian
- Sir Leslie Froggatt, chairman of Shell Australia
- Stephen F. Kelly, author and broadcaster
- Peter Johnson, businessman
- Tom Palin, artist
- David Pearson, computer scientist
- George Withy, journalist
- Steve Wilcockson, archdeacon of Doncaster
Park High School
- Emma Wray, television actress
References
- Marles, Leigh (17 January 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Top teachers resign from Birkenhead's new academy school". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 28 October 2015.