Codsall Community High School

Codsall Community High School
Established	31 May 1940
Type	Comprehensive secondary school
Headteacher	Mr Alun Harding
Location	Elliotts Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PQ England Coordinates: 52°37′48″N 2°11′14″W / 52.6299°N 2.1873°W / 52.6299; -2.1873
Local authority	Staffordshire County Council
Staff	100
Students	1017
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	13–18
Houses	Java, Vector, Matrix and Oberon
Website	www.cc-hs.com

Codsall Community High School is a school in Codsall, Staffordshire, England. In September 2004 it became the first to achieve specialist school status in Maths and Computing and in 2013 was rated good by Ofsted.^[1] It is a comprehensive school in a large village in South Staffordshire, near Wolverhampton. A total of 1017 pupils (including more than 300 Sixth-Formers) attend the school.

History

Codsall High School was opened in May 1940, taking 126 pupils aged 11 and over from the village's school by St Nicholas Church. The school also took pupils from the neighbouring village of Bilbrook. After the war, the school expanded; by 1954, there were 728 children on the roll. An extension was opened in 1957, including the school's present Main Hall. A small swimming pool was constructed in the school's quadrangle in 1964, a roof was added in the 1970s.

The school became an 11-18 Comprehensive in 1969; at the same time, headteacher George Gibbs retired and was replaced by Ron Mitson. A further extension was built in the early 1970s, and the school's catchment area expanded to include the village of Pattingham.

Geoff Bate succeeded as headmaster in September 1972, at the same time that the school's capacity was reduced due to the entry age being increased from 11 to 13 as part of the introduction of three-tier education in the area.

Original plans for a high school in Perton were cancelled, and pupils travelled to Codsall upon completing middle school, leading to a growth in pupil numbers. A community sports centre opened during the mid-1970s, refurbished using National Lottery money from 2003.

Mr Bate retired in 1994, replaced by Mr E. Liddy. A further extension was built around this time. The school's current head until the end of the 2014-2015 academic year was Mrs Tunnicliffe, appointed in 2005. The current head, Mr Harding, was appointed in 2015. The school is joined up with two local middle schools (Bilbrook and Perton) making it part of a federation of schools.

Curriculum

Following the recognition of the school as a specialist in mathematics and computing, the school's focus shifted in the 2000s to the delivery of more ICT and computing courses, as well as vocational qualifications. However, Codsall Community High School offers a wide range of courses, and was the last comprehensive school in South Staffordshire still to offer classical subjects, including Classical Civilisation and Latin, however, these stopped being taught after the year of 2010.

Academic attainment peaked in 2008 when the school achieved record results in GCSE exams with 72% of candidates receiving the top four grades, A*-C.^[2] Since then results have fallen steadily, In 2012, 62% of all pupils attained five GCSEs grade A* to C including English and mathematics. This is a decrease of six percentage points since 2011.^[3]

A room for the Sixth Form was opened by Sir Patrick Cormack in September 2008, named in memory of former headmaster Geoff Bate. Rock band The Hoosiers visited the community project in October 2008 to support the students and the hard work that they had undertaken.^[4]

In 2009, Codsall Community High School extended their curriculum provision by becoming the first state school in the country to run a post-16 Football Academy. The scheme offers students, aged 16–18 years, the opportunity to study for nationally recognised qualifications whilst receiving high quality football coaching daily.

Notable former students Of Codsall Community High School

Paul Tucker (banker), Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England
Jim Lea - member of Slade, perfected his electronic violin skills under the tutelage of Ron Williams
Emma Reynolds Labour Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East & Shadow Junior Foreign Office Minister
William Regal - WWE Wrestler
Gareth Morgan - Daily Star Sunday editor
Christopher Sadler - award winning Animator Director for Aardman Animations who has worked on Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Cracking Contraptions, Creature Comforts and Shaun the Sheep
Peter Baker - Golfer, and member of 1993 Ryder Cup team.
Professor David Leigh FRS - Scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, currently Forbes Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh
Bernard O'Mahoney - Author
Jamie Postones - Drummer for the award winning British prog-rock band, Tesseract.

Sources

The Story of Codsall and Bilbrook Schools, Codsall and Bilbrook History Society, 1993

References

↑ "Codsall Community High School". Ofsted. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
↑ Pupils shine with record GCSE results, Express and Star, 21 August 2008
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↑ Pupils Go Crazy for Hoosiers Special Gig, Express and Star, 22 October 2008

External links

Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)

Primary	St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Middle	Oldfields Hall Middle School Windsor Park Middle School

Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School Chase Terrace Technology College The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Sport & Community High School Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School The Co-operative Academy of Stoke-on-Trent The de Ferrers Academy Discovery Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy Fair Oak Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley High School Hagley Park Academy Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School King Edward VI School, Lichfield King Edward VI High School, Stafford The King's Church of England School Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Ounsdale High School Paget High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School St John Fisher Catholic College St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Peter's Academy St Thomas More Catholic Academy Sandon High School Sir Graham Balfour School Sir Thomas Boughey High School Stafford Manor High School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham High School University Academy Kidsgrove Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College Wilnecote High School Wolgarston High School Wolstanton High School

Grammar	St Joseph's College

Special	Abbey Hill School Blackfriars Academy The Meadows School Shenstone Lodge School

Further education	Burton & South Derbyshire College Buxton & Leek College Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Moorlands Sixth Form College Newcastle-under-Lyme College South Staffordshire College Stafford College Stafford Collegiate

Independent	Abbotsholme School Abbots Bromley School Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School Stafford Grammar School St Dominic's High School for Girls St Dominic's Priory School

Independent (preparatory)	St Joseph's Preparatory School Vernon Lodge Preparatory School Yarlet School

Former	Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Longton High School Mitchell High School

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