Great Sankey High School
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| Great Sankey High School | |
| Established | 1970s |
| Type | Comprehensive School |
| Religious affiliation | Non-denominational |
| Headteacher | Alan Yates |
| Specialism | Engineering College, Artsmark Gold |
| Location | Barrowhall Lane Warrington Cheshire WA5 3AA  |
| LEA | Warrington Borough Council |
| Ofsted number | 111434 |
| Staff | c. 200 |
| Students | c. 2000 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Austen, Newton, Parks, Bannister, Stephenson, Thompson |
| School colours | Dark Green, Gold |
| Publication | Contact Magazine |
| Website | http://www.greatsankey.org |
Great Sankey High School is a high school located in Warrington, Cheshire. The school is a state school and was built in the 1970s. Extensions have included a mathematics block and a humanities block. The school also has a linking leisure centre and arts theatre. GSHS has been awarded, and retained, an Artsmark Gold award, the highest award for the Arts. The school also has a sixth-form college, Barrow Hall College. This has recently had extensions and the common room has been up-graded. GSHS is twinned with South Peninsula High School in South Africa.
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[edit] Houses
In September 2007 the school adopted a new "house system", replacing the old year system. The houses are named after famous people who have excelled in their areas and/or been an inspiration.
- Austen (after Jane Austen)
- Newton (after Sir Issac Newton)
- Parks (after Rosa Parks)
- Bannister (after Sir Roger Bannister)
- Stephenson (after George Stephenson)
- Thompson (after Tanni Grey-Thompson)
[edit] Engineering
In 2004, the school was awarded specialist schools status in the field of Engineering and has since increased the provision of Engineering within the curriculum. GSHS are now one of the many schools in the United Kingdom with this status.
[edit] Sport
The school has many teams participating in sports such as football, rugby league, hockey,netball, basketball, cricket, badminton and athletics.[citation needed]
[edit] Music
The school has more than adequate teachers teaching this subject. Andrew Jones, who recently wrote lots of passages for the AQA specification CGP revision guide for music, has grade 8 distinction in many instruments and has composed lots of songs for TV films teaches alongside: Susan Edwards with a degree in music performance on the Tuba, Joanne Foster who specialises in singing with perfect pitch and Jane Cottrell with a degree in Music and is a grade 8 clarinetist and grade 7 pianist.
Tied to the Music department is the Music Technology department. The teachers for subject consist of: John Anstee - who has been the school sound and light technician specialises for many years, Paul Bryan - who has a degree in Music Technology from Huddersfield university, Jane Cottrell who specialises in the theory side of music technology and Andrew Jones who also specialises in the theory of Music Technology as well.
The school has too bands that perform very regularly in the local area and abroad. The swing band, known for its driving rhythms, tight rhythm section consisting of Matt Malone(piano), Joe Bowers(bass) and an array of drummers due to a hospitilisation of Zak Harding Dixon, have been and played at many places on the globe with its partnering concert band. These places consist of London (covent garden), Warrington train station (played for the Duke of Edinburgh), Italy twice, Spain and Germany. The Swing Band has already, in the past, gained a Silver medal at international level competing against some of the best school and college bands from all around the world, will be competing in Warwick at the national final after gaining a gold medal at a regional final last year (2007) and will also be performing on the Walt Disney Resort Paris Village Stage by formal invitation.
