Bridgewater High School (Warrington)

Bridgewater High school is a state school located in Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire. It consists of the "Lower Site" where pupils aged between 11 and 14 attend, and the "Upper Site", which is for pupils between the ages of 14 and 18, with 16 to 18 being the Sixth Form. The school is a specialist Arts College and has also recently become specialised in Science and Maths. It consistently achieves good GCSE results, and came second in the Warrington League tables.The school also has an attached 6th Form, called Appleton College, which recently received the highest average A-Level results in Warrington.

The school recently became linked with Soweto High School in Johannesburg in South Africa, and an exchange between pupils and teachers now takes place.

The current headmaster Mr. Christopher E. Marks has headed the school for 15 years, but as of September 2009 he has taken retirement. The new headtecher has not yet been decided, but current deputy head, Mr T. Long will be acting headteacher for the 2009 academic year.Infobox School
name = Bridgewater High School
location = Appleton
city = Warrigton
county = Cheshire
postcode = WA4 3AE
country = United Kingdom
religion = None
headteacher = Mr T Long
staff = 120+ Staff
LEA = Warrington Borough Council
avg_class_size = 28
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
schooltype = Secondary School
fundingtype = Public Funding
system = GCSE
Hours_in_Day = 6.5
rival = Lymm High School
sports = Rugby, Football, Tennis, Basketball, Hockey,Badminton, Netball
school_colours = Blue and White
yearbook = Published Each Year
newspaper = The Bridge
students = 1,200+
homepage = [www.bridgewaterhigh.com]

Location

The School is located in Warrington, in the North West of England. The "Lower Site", which consists of a main building containing the hall and sports hall and the humanities building where geography and history are taught, is located at the top of Hall Drive. The "Upper Site" consists of one main building which includes the "bunny garden", a small grassy courtyard inside the building, and is located on London Road adjacent to Broomfields Leisure Centre which is used by the school for certain subjects as it contains a pool, gym, tennis hall and modern dance facilities.

References

* [http://www.bridgewaterhigh.com/ Bridgewater High School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=111447&providerCategoryID=32 Bridgewater High School Ofsted Report (2005)]