Witton Park High School

Witton Park High School
Motto	Achievement for all
Established	c.
Type	Community school
Headteacher	Mr D Logan
Specialism	Business and Enterprise, Science
Location	Buncer Lane Blackburn Lancashire BB2 6TD England
Local authority	Blackburn with Darwen
DfE URN	119730
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	70 teachers, 45 other staff
Students	1066
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	WPHC

The Witton Park High School is a comprehensive secondary school in the west of Blackburn.

1 Admissions
2 History
3 Academic performance
4 Alumni
- 4.1 Blackburn High School for Girls
5 External links
- 5.1 News items

Admissions

It is for ages 11-16. It is near Witton Country Park, to the east of Blackburn. A levels are taken at Blackburn College. It has GNVQ courses in Business, Art, Leisure & Tourism. In each year there are eight forms.

History

It was originally called Blackburn High School for Girls, a grammar school. It was first at Spring Mount on Preston New Road from 1883, then moved to Crosshill. It moved to Buncer Lane (B6447) in 1961. It became comprehensive in 1968, when it merged with Witton Park Secondary Modern School, which was next-door.

In January 2011, Balfour Beatty started to construct the new building in association with Building Schools for the Future.

Academic performance

Based on prior levels of attainment Witton Park performs extremely highly and caters for all its students exceptionally well. The school consistently performs at a higher level than other similar schools nationally.

Alumni

Blackburn High School for Girls

Dr Valerie Caton, Ambassador to Finland since 2006
Prof Patricia Easterling, Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge from 1994-2001
Kathleen Ferrier CBE, contralto, and the Kathleen Ferrier Awards were named after her

External links

News items

Ecstasy in December 2004

Schools in Blackburn

Comprehensive schools	Beardwood Humanities College Blakewater College Darwen Moorland High School Darwen Vale High School Our Lady & St John Catholic Arts College Pleckgate High School St Bede's Catholic High School St Wilfrid's CofE High School & Technology College Witton Park Business & Enterprise College

Primary schools	Ashleigh Primary School Audley Community Infant School Audley Junior School Avondale Primary School Belmont Primary School Brookhouse Primary School Cedars Infant School Daisyfield Primary School Feniscowles Primary School Griffin Park Primary School Hawthorns Junior School Higher Croft Primary School Holy Souls Catholic Primary School Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Intack Primary School Lammack Primary School Livesey St Francis' CofE Primary School Longshaw Infant School Longshaw Junior School Lower Darwen Primary School Meadowhead Infant School Meadowhead Junior School Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Roe Lee Park Primary School Sacred Heart RC Primary School Shadsworth Infant School Shadsworth Junior School St Aidan's CofE Primary School St Alban's Catholic Primary School St Andrews CofE Primary School St Anne's Catholic Primary School St Antony's Catholic Primary School St Barnabas and St Paul's CofE Primary School St Barnabas CofE Primary School St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School St Cuthbert's CofE Primary School St Edward's Catholic Primary School St Gabriel's CofE Primary School St James' CofE Primary School, Darwen St James' CofE Primary School, Lower Darwen St James' CofE Primary School, Blackburn St Joseph's Catholic Primary School St Luke and St Philips CofE Primary School St Mary's and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School St Matthew's CofE Primary School St Michael with St John CofE Primary School St Paul's Catholic Primary School St Paul's CofE Primary School St Peter's Catholic Junior School St Peter's CofE Primary School St Silas CofE Primary School St Stephens's CofE Infant School St Stephens's CofE Junior School St Thomas' CofE Primary School Sudell Primary School Tockholes CofE Primary School Turton and Edgworth Primary School Wensley Fold CofE Primary School

Special schools	Broadlands School Crosshill Special School Fernhurst Newfield School Windsmoor House School

Independent schools	Al-Asr Primary School Al-Islah Schools Islamiyah School Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School Markazul Uloom Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn Rawdhatul Uloom School Tauheedul-Islam Girls' High School Westholme School

Further education	Blackburn College St Mary's College