Weatherhead High School

Weatherhead High School
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr N R Dyment
Location	Breck Rd Wallasey Merseyside CH44 3HS England
DfE number	344/4069
DfE URN	137815 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Girls
Ages	11–18
Website	School website

Weatherhead High School is a single sex girls' academy school with mixed Sixth Form, located in Merseyside, England in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. In 2003, the school relocated from three separate sites around the Wallasey area to a new purpose-built state of the art site on Breck Road.

The school has over 1500 pupils on roll, ranging from 11-18. There is a mixed Sixth Form of up to 400 students. The headteacher, Neil Dyment, states that the school "aims to create a very supportive and caring environment where each student can have the self-confidence and belief to realise their ambitions".^[1]

The school has held the Sportsmark Award and the Artsmark Gold Award for several years,.^[2] In 2012 the school received an Ofsted inspection and was described as "outstanding in all areas"

Former students include Melissa Jane Wild, author of many short stories and the published fantasy story 'The Darkness Within'; Dr Katie Petty-Saphon, MBE, Weatherhead Alumna (1962-1969), Cambridge Alumna (Newnham College) and Chief Executive of the Medical Schools Council; and British & Olympic Boxer, Natasha Jonas, Weatherhead Alumna (1995-2002).

References

Schools in Wirral

Primary schools	St Joseph's Primary School Birkenhead High School Academy New Brighton Primary School

Non-selective secondary schools	Bebington High Sports College Birkenhead High School Academy Birkenhead Park School Hilbre High School The Kingsway Academy The Mosslands School The Oldershaw Academy Pensby High School for Boys Pensby High School for Girls Prenton High School for Girls Ridgeway High School St John Plessington Catholic College St Mary's College South Wirral High School Weatherhead High School Woodchurch High School

Grammar schools	Calday Grange Grammar School St Anselm's College Upton Hall School FCJ West Kirby Grammar School Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Independent schools	Birkenhead School Kingsmead School Redcourt St Anselm's

FE & sixth form colleges	Birkenhead Sixth Form College Wirral Metropolitan College

Closed schools	Rock Ferry High School Wellington School

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