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Christleton High School 
Motto We strive to be a happy, hardworking and courteous school[1] Established September 1958 Type Comprehensive community school Headteacher Mr. Tony Lamberton Chair Mrs S Leake Specialisms Business and Enterprise College, Maths and Computing College Location Village Road
Christleton
Cheshire
CH3 7AD
EnglandLocal authority Cheshire West and Chester DfE URN 111421 Ofsted Reports Staff 140 Students 1,276 Gender Coeducational Ages 11–18 Publication The Swan[2] Website christletonhigh.co.uk Coordinates: 53°10′59″N 2°50′00″W / 53.18316°N 2.83320°W
Christleton High School is a large comprehensive school located in the small village of Christleton on the outskirts of Chester. Its current headmaster is Mr Tony Lamberton. The school has Specialist status in Maths and Computing with Business and Enterprise. It has its own Sixth Form and so offers A-Levels, amongst many other qualifications.
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School uniform
The current uniform for the school consists of a white shirt (or polo shirt during the summer term with the school creast), grey or black trousers or skirt, a tie (optional during the summer term) and a navy blue sweatshirtwith the school creast. The sixth form have a more relaxed uniform, consisting of - for males - a top with collar (shirt or t-shirt) and any trousers excluding tracksuit bottoms, and for females - a sleeved top (that covers the shoulders) and any trousers or skirt again excluding tracksuit bottoms. Both sexes cannot wear tops with large logos or writing, or clothing that is obtrusive or impractical.
Sports facilities
On site is Christleton Sports Centre, run by CADSART, the Chester And District Sports And Recreation Trust. The facilities include a sports hall, gym, squash court, dance room and a large outdoor floodlit court (suitable for tennis and football)[3]. A new Olympic sized swimming pool has recently been built. Students at the school are free to use these facilities either as part of their Physical education lessons or during breaks in lessons but the students must hold a mebership and pay if it is to be used during their own time.
The school in the news
The school first made headlines in 2002 when former headteacher Geoff Lawson introduced an experiment aimed at helping nicotine-addicted pupils quit smoking[4]. Fifteen-year-old pupils from the school were permitted two cigarette breaks a day under strict supervision of teachers. This policy no longer applies with smoking being forbidden on school grounds.
The school has been in the news numerous times for good exam results - both at GCSE level and A level - nearly always achieving above national average[5]. In 2007 72% of GCSE grades were A*-C and 55% of A level grades were A or B.
OFSTED
The school's last OFSTED inspection was in June 2007, and was a follow-up from a previous inspection (February 2006) in which the school was given notice to improve. In the first inspection the school was given the lowest possible grade (grade 4 - inadequate) for the overall effectiveness of the school. The Sixth Form was given a grade 3 (satisfactory).[6]
In the re-inspection Ofsted found the school to have significantly improved, and gave it a grade 3 for overall effectiveness of the school, and grade 2 (good) for the Sixth Form.[6]
Recent improvements
Building work was recently completed on a large new block housing the maths department, connected to the school by a covered area (for use by junior students at break and lunch, etc) and the swimming pool, described above. The library was also renovated, a number of new ICT facilities added and lots of the old furniture replaced. Although in 2010 ofsted gave the school mostly 1s and some 2s, a big improvement.
References
- ^ Christleton High School's official website. Retrieval date: 20 September, 2007.
- ^ The Swan. Christleton High School's Magazine. Retrieval Date: 20 September, 2007.
- ^ Christleton Sports Centre's official website. Retrieval Date: 20 September, 2007.
- ^ BBC News article on smoking at the school. Retrieval Date: 20 September, 2007.
- ^ The school's results statistics. Government Schoolfinder website. Rewtrieval Date: 20 September, 2007.
- ^ a b Ofsted reports for the school. Official Offsted website. Retrieval Date: 20 September, 2007.
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