Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

Along the front of the school, towards reception
Motto	Striving for Excellence
Established	1952 (1952)
Type	Secondary
Religion	Non denominational
Headteacher	Simon Grieves
Deputy Headteacher	Debbie Langford
Chair	Jeremy Stobart
Specialism	Technology College
Location	Long Lane Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire SK23 OTF England Coordinates: 53°19′07″N 1°55′21″W / 53.3186°N 1.9224°W / 53.3186; -1.9224
Local authority	Derbyshire County Council
DfE URN	112932 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	912
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Houses	Combs Hollins Bowden Kinder
Colours	Black and Red
Publication	Summit
UKPRN Number	10015122
Website	Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School is a mixed gender comprehensive school in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derbyshire, England. It serves pupils aged 11 to 16 from the town, from nearby Whaley Bridge, and the surrounding towns and villages.

The school has described itself as a specialist mathematics, science and technology college.^[1] The school has achieved National Healthy Schools status, the Sportsmark, Artsmark, Inclusion Quality Mark and the International Schools, Eco-Schools and Investors in People awards.

The building is owned and maintained by Initial Facilities Management, whose Eden Foodservice provide the catering.

History

The school was established in 1952 as Long Lane Comprehensive. It has since been renamed Chapel-en-le-Frith County Secondary School, and finally Chapel-en-le-Frith High School. In 2005 the school relocated to the other side of Long Lane, and the former site was redeveloped as the school's sports fields. The school is housed in a specially built one-piece building.

There have only been four headteachers to date,^[2] Stuart Ash having left at the end of the 2010/11 academic year to be replaced by Simon Grieves.^[3]

Admissions

Admission is open to all students aged 11–16 residing in the catchment area. As of March 2012 the number of pupils on roll is 860.^[4]

Academic performance

In 2010, 52% of the school's students achieved at least five A*–C GCSE results including maths and English. This was below the averages nationally and for the Derbyshire Local Education Authority, 55% and 53.4% respectively.^[5] It does not have a sixth form, although it does have an adult education programme.

Daily life

Uniform

The school uniform is a white polo shirt with the school emblem on the chest (striving for excellence), a red stripe on the collar and sleeves; a black sweatshirt with the school emblem, and black trousers.^[6] It used to be a classic shirt-and-tie uniform, but changed when the school moved into the new building.

Houses

The four school houses (Bowden, Combs, Kinder and Hollins) are named after local hills in the area.

Special needs department

The department has a selection of specially trained staff who work full-time on the department undertaking special lessons with those pupils who have been deemed to need support.^[7]

STEM day

Every year, the school holds an event called the STEM (Science, TEchnology and Maths) day where there are different displays and events relating to science. Some popular activities are building paper rockets and cooking.^[8][9]

Alumni

• High Peak Constituency MP Andrew Bingham was a pupil at the school, when it was called Long Lane Comprehensive.^[10]
• Technology entrepreneur David Carter, current CEO of The Corporate Group, was a pupil.

References

External links

• Official website