Great Wyrley High School
| Motto | Dare to dream, Aim to achieve |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Executive Headteacher | Mrs N Crookshank |
| Associate Headteacher | Mrs K Adams |
| Location |
Hall Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6LQ England Coordinates: 52°39′56″N 2°01′08″W / 52.6656°N 2.0188°W |
| Local authority | Staffordshire |
| DfE number | 860/4079 |
| DfE URN | 124402 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Capacity | 1100 |
| Students | 940 as of February 2016 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Meissa, Castor, Rigel, Vega |
| Website | School website |
Great Wyrley High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Great Wyrley in the English county of Staffordshire.[1]
It is a community school administered by Staffordshire County Council. However Great Wyrley (and the school) are located at the extreme south of the Staffordshire border with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and therefore the school educates pupils from both areas.
Academics
Great Wyrley High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. Students can also study vocational courses at South Staffordshire College as part of their GCSE timetable.
Facilities
The school has facilities including 30+ classrooms, 8 science laboratories, 8 computer rooms, 2 design and technology workshops, 2 creative art suites, a 330 seat theatre, a radio broadcast studio, a drama studio, a sports gym, sixth form centre and swimming pool.
Former headteachers
- Mr A Sweet (1967 - 1985)
- Mr J Large (1985 - 2004)
- Mr C Leach (2004 - 2015)
Notable former pupils
- Michael Foster, Labour Party politician
- Melody Hossaini, Entrepreneur & BBC's The Apprentice star
- Claire Nixon, Olympic Athlete