Brine Leas School

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Brine Leas School
Motto	A successful Education for all our students
Type	Secondary school
Headmaster	Andrew Cliffe
Chair	Mrs Janet Furber
Specialism	Technology and Language^[1]
Location	Audlem Road Nantwich Cheshire CW5 7DY United Kingdom
Local authority	Cheshire East
DfE URN	111439 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1278^[2]
Gender	Co-educational^[3]
Ages	11–18
Houses	Audley, Lovell, Warwick
Website	Official website

Brine Leas School is an academy school in Nantwich, Cheshire, UK. The school has 1287 students enrolled,^[3] and has technology and language, status.^[1]

The school opened in 1977 as a comprehensive co-educational establishment. The first head teacher was Daphne Howard; on her retirement Michael Butler became head teacher. Andrew Cliffe became the school's third head teacher in September, 2007. In September, 2010, the school became one of just 32 to take up academy status. In 2011, the school received a capital grant of over £1.1 million to improve facilities around the site. The school operates a house system, with every student and staff member in either "Audley", "Lovell", or "Warwick". For the last ten years the school has been oversubscribed although it does continue to take students on distance criteria.

The 2008 Ofsted inspection outlined the school as having outstanding overall effectiveness, with constantly exceptional student achievement.^[4] Since the school was inspected results have improved yet further with headlines for five A*to C including English and maths being over 79%.

The school opened a sixth form in September, 2010.^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Community Involvement". School Prospectus. Brine Leas High School. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
↑ Census 2012
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Brine Leas High School". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
↑ Wareing, Susan (17 September 2008). "Brine Leas High School". Inspection Report. Ofsted. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
↑ Cole, David (3 December 2009). "Welcome from the Director and Headteacher". BL6 - Brine Leas Sixth Form. Brine Leas High School. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

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Special	Buglawton Hall School Dorin Park School

Further education & sixth form colleges	Macclesfield College Mid Cheshire College Reaseheath College Priestley College Riverside College, Halton Sir John Deane's College South Cheshire College Warrington Collegiate West Cheshire College

Former	Bluecoat School Brook Farm School Coppenhall High School Frodsham School Henbury High School Nantwich Grammar School Warrington Academy

Coordinates: 53°03′23″N 2°30′53″W / 53.0564°N 2.5148°W / 53.0564; -2.5148

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