Great Wyrley High School

Great Wyrley High School
Motto Dare to dream, Aim to achieve
Type Community school
Executive Headteacher Mrs N Crookshank
Associate Headteacher Mrs K Adams
Location Hall Lane
Great Wyrley
Staffordshire
WS6 6LQ
England
Coordinates: 52°39′56″N 2°01′08″W / 52.6656°N 2.0188°W / 52.6656; -2.0188
Local authority Staffordshire
DfE number 860/4079
DfE URN 124402 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Capacity 1100
Students 940 as of February 2016
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Meissa, Castor, Rigel, Vega
Website School website

Great Wyrley High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Great Wyrley in the English county of Staffordshire.[1]

It is a community school administered by Staffordshire County Council. However Great Wyrley (and the school) are located at the extreme south of the Staffordshire border with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and therefore the school educates pupils from both areas.

Academics

Great Wyrley High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. Students can also study hands-on vocational courses at Staffordshire College as part of their GCSE timetable. Departments at the school include:

Facilities

The school has facilities including 30+ classrooms, 8 science laboratories, 8 computer rooms, 2 design and technology workshops, 2 creative art suites, a 330 seat theatre, a radio broadcast studio, a drama studio, a sports gym, sixth form centre and swimming pool.

The School Day

Lesson/Period Start Time End Time
Period 1 8:50 9:50
Period 2 9:55 10:55
Break Period 10:55 11:15
Period 3 11:20 12:20
Period 4 12:25 13:25
Lunch Period 13:25 14:05
Period 5 14:10 15:10
Tutor Period 15:15 15:30

Former Headteachers

Notable former pupils

References

External links

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