Witton Park High School

Witton Park High School
Motto Achievement for all
Established 1883/1968
Type Academy
Headteacher Mr D Logan
Location Buncer Lane
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 6TD
England
Coordinates: 53°44′38″N 2°30′36″W / 53.74397°N 2.50994°W / 53.74397; -2.50994
DfE number 889/4048
DfE URN 140879 Tables
Ofsted Pre-academy reports
Staff 70 teachers, 45 other staff
Capacity 1075
Students 1040
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Website Witton Park High School

Witton Park High School is a secondary school with academy status in the west of Blackburn.

Admissions

Witton park is a high school with academy status for children aged 11-16. It is within the boundary of Witton Country Park, to the west of Blackburn. A levels are taken at Blackburn College. It has GNVQ courses in Business, Art, Leisure & Tourism. In each year there are eight forms.

History

It was originally called Blackburn High School for Girls, a grammar school. It was first at Spring Mount on Preston New Road from 1883, then moved to Crosshill. It moved to Buncer Lane (B6447) in 1961 and became a comprehensive in 1968, when it merged with Witton Park Secondary Modern School, which was next-door, the combined school was then housed in two separate buildings, known as the North and South wings.

Under the Building Schools for the Future plans, in January 2011 Balfour Beatty started to construct a new school building close to the South wing on what had originally been a tennis court and a school playing field.

In 2014 the school converted to an academy, becoming independent from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.[1]

Academic performance

Based on prior levels of attainment Witton Park performs extremely highly and caters for all its students exceptionally well. The school consistently performs at a higher level than other similar schools nationally.

Notable former pupils

Blackburn High School for Girls

References

  1. Cruces, Emma (8 May 2014). "Blackburn school now an academy". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest (North West). Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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