| Type | Community School |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Kevin Hollins |
| Specialism | Humanities |
| Location | Bexton Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 0EA England |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| DfE URN | 111427 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Capesthorn, Tabley, Gawsworth and Tatton |
| Colours | Orange, Blue, Green and Red |
| Website | www.knutsfordhs.cheshire.sch.uk |
Knutsford High School is a secondary school in Knutsford, Cheshire, England. It has Specialist School Status in the areas of English and Humanities.
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There are two main sites to the school, lower and upper school. Between the two sites there is a public walkway known as the link path. Students in years 7 to 8 are taught in the lower school building. At year 9 the students begin at upper school. Lower school was once known as middle school as it was considered the middle stage of education back when students were expected to find work after their final year at the school - upper school being the last stage of education. The upper school building is joined to the Knutsford Leisure Centre providing excellent sporting facilities for the P.E department. Outside both buildings are vast fields with multiple football pitches and multiple tennis courts and a three-pitch astroturf pitch,
Knutsford High School offers the latest technology available for CAD (Computer Aided Design), Computer Graphics and physical construction design, with hardware including over 100 of Apple macs . However, these are only available to the upper students and all teachers have white mac books (most running OSX Tiger). For students, there are over two hundred top of the range high performance, general use, ICT computers. All computers at Knutsford High School have the latest and best available software to meet students needs. One such example being the full Adobe CS3. The school also has laser cutters for cutting out CAD work and numerous other wood working devices.
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