Henbury School

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Henbury School


Established	2012
Type	Secondary Academy
Headteacher	Clare Bradford
Location	Station Road Bristol BS10 7QH England Coordinates: 51°30′35″N 2°37′55″W / 51.5096°N 2.6319°W / 51.5096; -2.6319
DfE URN	138217 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Capacity	945
Students	739
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Aquila, Delphinus, Draco, Pegasus, Phoenix
Website	henbury.bristol.sch.uk

Henbury School is a state secondary school with academy status in Henbury, Bristol, England.

History

The school opened in 1956 by Earl Attlee former Prime Minister. Its first Headmaster was John Luget from 1956 to 1976. In 2005, it was rebuilt under a Private Finance Initiative. As of January 2012, it had 739 students. The school has achieved Art College status which increases the funding that the school receives for art-related studies. A number of projects have spawned from the receiving of Art College status. These include piloting the Community Transformers scheme.^[1] It became an academy on 1 June 2012.

Academic achievement

The school has improved its results year on year and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2012, the table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics.^[2]

2009	2010	2011	2012
27%	39%	46%	52%

References

External links

Official website

v t e Education in Bristol Including establishments with sites in the Bristol Local Authority

General	Education in Bristol List of schools in Bristol

Primary and junior schools	Bishop Road Primary School Bridge Learning Campus

Secondary schools	Ashton Park School Bedminster Down School Bridge Learning Campus Brislington Enterprise College Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol Free School Bristol Metropolitan Academy The City Academy Bristol Colston's Girls' School Cotham School Fairfield High School Henbury School Merchants' Academy Oasis Academy Brightstowe Oasis Academy John Williams Orchard School Bristol Redland Green School St Bede's Catholic College St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Independent schools	Andalusia Academy Badminton School Bristol Grammar School Carmel Christian School Clifton College Clifton High School Colston's School Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Redland High School The Red Maids' School

Special schools	Bristol Gateway School Kingsweston School St Christopher's School

Former schools	Fairfield Grammar School St Ursula's School Merrywood Grammar School

Further education & sixth form colleges	City of Bristol College North Bristol Post 16 Centre St. Brendan's Sixth Form College South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Universities	University of Bristol The University of Law University of the West of England

Other higher education centres	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Theological colleges	Trinity College Wesley College

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