Brine Leas School Explained

Brine Leas School
Type:Academy
Head Label:Headmaster
Head:Paul Whitehead
Chair:Su Turner
Address:Audlem Road
City:Nantwich
County:Cheshire
Country:England
Postcode:CW5 7DY
Local Authority:Cheshire East
Ofsted:yes
Urn:136279
Enrolment:1,278 pupils[1]
Gender:Co-educational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:Audley, Lovell, Warwick
Colours:Red, Green, Yellow

Brine Leas School is an academy school in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The school has 1,287 pupils enrolled,[2] and has technology and language status.[3]

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 million to improve facilities around the site.

The 2008 Ofsted inspection outlined the school as having outstanding overall effectiveness, with constantly exceptional pupil achievement.[4], the school's most recent inspection was in 2022, with an outcome of Good.[5]

The school opened a sixth form in September 2010.[6] In 2016, the school became part of the Brine Multi Academy Trust.

On the 29th April 2024, it was reported that the Headteacher Mr Cole had died the previous day.[7]

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Census 2012
  2. Web site: Brine Leas High School. Ofsted. 27 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100623124736/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/111439. 23 June 2010. dead.
  3. Web site: Community Involvement. School Prospectus. Brine Leas High School. 27 January 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720234216/http://clc2.uniservity.com/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=16312. 20 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Brine Leas High School. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100505040007/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/%28id%29/100221. dead. 5 May 2010. Wareing. Susan. 17 September 2008. Inspection Report. Ofsted. 29 January 2010.
  5. Web site: Marikar . Ahmed . Inspection of a good school: Brine Leas School . Ofsted . 21 March 2024 . 2022.
  6. Web site: Welcome from the Director and Headteacher. Cole. David. 3 December 2009. BL6 - Brine Leas Sixth Form. Brine Leas High School. 29 January 2010.
  7. https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/cheshire-school-deeply-shocked-following-29078294
  8. News: Page wins Team GB's first trampoline gold . BBC . 2024-08-02 . 2024-08-02.
  9. Web site: http://brineleas.cheshire.sch.uk/Docs/NewsLetters/WinterBullet.pdf. brineleas.cheshire.sch.uk. 7 January 2019.
  10. http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/video-mum-laura-smith-32-swaps-teaching-for-politics-after-winning-crewe-and-nantwich-for-labour/story-30380797-detail/story.html The Sentinel

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