Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School, Chester

Motto	Know. Nurtured. Inspired
Established	1984
Type	Academy
Religion	Church of England
Headteacher	Ian Wilson BA, PGCE, MA, NPQH
Chair	Rt Revd Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead
Location	Vaughans Lane Chester Cheshire CH3 5XF England Coordinates: 53°11′03″N 2°51′59″W / 53.18422°N 2.86636°W / 53.18422; -2.86636
Local authority	Cheshire West and Chester
DfE URN	111455 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	144
Students	1,080
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–18
Colours	Navy Blue / Mint Green
Website	www.bishopschester.co.uk//

The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School is a secondary school in Chester, United Kingdom. It is an academy and the current Headteacher is Mr Ian Wilson. The School is an affiliated school of the Woodard Group of Schools.

School history

The Bishops’ Blue Coat Church of England High School was founded in 1984 after an agreement between Cheshire County Council and the Church of England. The Bishops of Chester and Birkenhead were instrumental in the school’s foundation.

The Bishops’ High School is the only Anglican secondary school in the Cheshire West & Chester Local Authority and at present one of only two within the Chester Diocese. The other, Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School, is in Warrington.

Since 1984 the school has grown in size. Today around 1,060 attend, including 160 sixth form students. A massive investment in new buildings and facilities has accompanied this growth in numbers.

Academy status

The results of a consultation between 14 December 2010 and 13 January 2011 indicated a clear majority of parents, staff and the wider community to be in favour of the school applying for Academy Status. The Bishop of Chester, the Diocesan Board of Education and the Blue Coat foundation expressed their support for the change of status, and The Bishops' Blue Coat C of E High School became an Academy on 1 April 2011.

2015 Exam Results

In 2015, 68% of A Level students obtained A* to C grades. 76% of GCSE students achieved 5+ A* to C grades.

School Buildings

The School Reception and the "W" Block

The school has 5 main buildings.

These buildings include:

"C" - Centre block - used for History, Music, Religious Studies among numerous others. It also homes the main entrance to the school, as well as a sports hall, public library, school canteen and a sixth form common room.
"S" - Science block - as the school specialises in science, it holds vast resources for all science practical lessons.
"W" - Named honoring The Reverend Canon Andrew White - used for Maths and English, as well as an ICT suite.
"D" - Design block - used for Design and Technology, Art and Home Economics.
"N" - New block - an unconventional "block" with different buildings both permanent and temporary scattered around the school, used for Geography and Modern Foreign Languages

The school also possesses a building solely used as an assembly hall, and is currently constructing a new "humanities" block. A £1.6 million sixth form building is currently under construction.

School Facilities

The school is set in extensive and landscaped grounds, the largest of any school in Cheshire, close to the River Dee. Each subject has its own suite of specialist rooms and further planned development will provide more facilities in the coming years.

Facilities include:

Sports Hall
Cricket and Football Pitches
Athletics Track and Sand Pit
Tennis Courts
Canteen
Resources Room
Medical Room
9 Science Laboratories
Workshops (3) and Art Classrooms (3)
English and Media Studies classrooms
Wide variety of Sport equipment
Library
Assembly Hall and Theatre Stage
Drama Studio and Amphitheatre
Sixth Form Social and Study Areas
7 Computer Suites and study areas with over 400 PCs and laptops for use by students
31 classrooms with ICT projectors and/or interactive whiteboards

Activities

Sports at the school include handball, rock climbing, cheerleading, volleyball and fencing. In addition, the school has a Concert and Training Band.

References

Woodard Schools

Owned Schools	Abbots Bromley School for Girls Ardingly College Bloxham School Denstone College Ellesmere College Hurstpierpoint College King's College Lancing College The Peterborough School Prestfelde School Queen Mary's School St James' School The Cathedral School Worksop College Worksop College Preparatory School

Affiliated Schools	Archbishop Temple School Bishop Stopford School Crompton House Church of England School Derby Grammar School St Olave's Grammar School St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School St Peter's Church of England Aided School The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School St Marylebone School Wren Academy

Associated Schools	Alderley Edge School for Girls Derby High School

Academies	St Augustine Academy Kings Priory School The Littlehampton Academy The Sir Robert Woodard Academy

Schools in Cheshire

Primary

Secondary

Cheshire East	All Hallows RC College Alsager School Brine Leas School Congleton High School Eaton Bank Academy The Fallibroome Academy Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School King's Grove High School Knutsford Academy The Macclesfield Academy Malbank School Middlewich High School Poynton High School Ruskin High School St Thomas More RC High School Sandbach High School Sandbach School Shavington Academy Sir William Stanier Community School Tytherington School Wilmslow High School

Cheshire West & Chester	Bishop Heber High School The Bishops' Blue Coat CE High School Blacon High School Chester RC High School Christleton High School County High School Ellesmere Port RC High School Hartford High School Helsby High School Neston High School Queens Park High School St Nicholas RC High School Tarporley High School University of Chester Academy Northwich University CE Academy Upton-by-Chester High School Weaverham High School The Whitby High School The Winsford Academy

Halton	The Grange School, Runcorn The Heath School Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Ormiston Chadwick Academy St Chad's RC & CE High School Saints Peter & Paul RC College Sandymoor School Wade Deacon High School

Warrington	Beamont Collegiate Academy Birchwood Community High School Bridgewater High School Cardinal Newman RC High School Culcheth High School Great Sankey High School Lymm High School Penketh High School St Gregory's RC High School Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School University Academy Warrington

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