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Droitwich Spa High School 
Type State School - Academy Religion non denominational Headteacher Natalie Waters Chair Peter Evans Specialism Sports Location Briar Mill
Droitwich Spa
Worcestershire
WR9 0AA
EnglandLocal authority Worcestershire DfE URN 116931 Ofsted Reports Students 1477 Gender Mixed Ages 12–18 Website droitwichspahigh.worcs.sch.uk Coordinates: 52°16′02″N 2°10′05″W / 52.26711°N 2.16800°W
Droitwich Spa High School is a Secondary school and specialist Sports College in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England It serves the town of Droitwich Spa and the surrounding villages with 1395 students enrolled, including 276 students in the sixth form. The school was opened following the closure of the Droitwich Secondary School, the building is now Witton Middle School.
The buildings have grown in size from the original administration, science, sport, languages and technology blocks. The actual site for the School is an island. In August 1992, the drama and music block was burnt in an arson attack. The building took 4 years to be fully rebuilt. The Maths block was also struck by lightning in 2007.
An Ofsted report in 2008 awarded the school a Grade 2 (good).[1]
Droitwich Spa High School celebrated it's 40th anniversary on the 9th of July 2011 with a fête and reunions of old school colleagues.
Previous teachers have included Chas Newby and Jacqui Smith.
The High School became an Academy in July 2011.[citation needed]
In November 2011, Droitwich Spa High School was judged to be 'inadequate' by OFSTED inspectors, who issued the school with an official notice to improve due to the school "performing significantly less well than in all the circumstances it could reasonably be expected to perform". [2]
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