Burnage High School

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Burnage High School For Boys
Motto	"achieving excellence"
Established	1933
Type	Community High School
Religious affiliation	Non-Denominational
Headteacher	Ian Fenn
Specialism	Media Arts
Location	Manchester England
LEA	Manchester City Council
Staff	55
Students	1040
Gender	Male
Ages	11 to 16
School colours	Black, blue, gold, white
Website	http://www.burnage.manchester.sch.uk

Burnage High School is an all-boys secondary school in Burnage, Manchester, England. The school is also a specialist Media Arts College.

1 History
2 Controversy
3 Notable Alumni
4 References

[edit] History

The school was founded in 1933 as Burnage High School for Boys. For many years it was a selective grammar school, later becoming a comprehensive school. The school draws pupils from various districts of Manchester, including Didsbury, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, Hulme, Ardwick, and Burnage itself. According to its 2006 OFSTED report ^[1], the school has a very high proportion of students from ethnic minority groups, and over 50 % of its students are of South Asian and British Muslim heritage owing to the schools multi-ethnic catchment area and a preference for single-sex education.

Previously, the school had been based at two locations with its lower school (years 7-9) being situated on Parrs Wood Road and the upper school (years 10-11) on Burnage Lane. The lower and upper schools were amalgamated in 2000 and are now based solely at the Burnage Lane site, which has been extensively expanded. The lower school site on Parrs Wood Road was demolished following its closure and a new housing estate was built in its place.

[edit] Controversy

In September 1986, the school made headline news when 13 year old Asian pupil Ahmed Iqbal Ullah was fatally stabbed in the school playground by another 13 year old pupil, Darren Coulburn, in what was believed to be a racially motivated attack. The incident severely damaged the reputation of what was once a leading and well-respected school in the district, and launched the MacDonald Inquiry into racism in Manchester schools ^[2]. The school has made considerable progress in rehabilitating its image in recent years.