Bramhall High School

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Bramhall High School, is a comprehensive high school in the English town of Stockport, Cheshire. It is an 11-16 school with around 1500 pupils.

The school has the leading GCSE pass rate for a comprehensive school in the Stockport LEA area [1].

The school came under the spotlight in 2002, when they asked parents of pupils to pay £10 a month in the form of a direct debit to help with finances lost, blaming poor funding in the Stockport Education Authority under the Labour government (see: BBC News: School asks parents for £10 a month). It was later discovered that the funding shortfall was partially due to a miscalculation by a council accountant.

The school also came under criticism when it hit the news, after it installed unisex toilets within its building in an attempt to tackle bullying and smoking. However now that they have been installed for several years, no adverse signs of any problems have been noted, proving that there is nothing wrong with having unisex toilets in schools. In previous years, the school has also been the focus of controversial news headlines after it introduced sniffer dogs to search the school premises for traces of illegal drugs.

In September 2004, the school achieved specialist status as a science college under the government’s specialist school programme.

In March 2007, Mr Peckham came under further criticism for banning traditional knotted ties from the school uniform and replacing them with clip-on versions in an effort to improve student moral and safety. Critics have commented though that that normal ties do not pose any threat to students. Peckham later came out to reiterate that the move to introduce clip-on ties was more about student appearance than health and safety.