Poynton High School

Poynton High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Poynton, Cheshire,on the fringes of Greater Manchester. The school was maintained by the Cheshire East, Local Education Authority until December 2018 when it converted and became a founder member of the True Learning Partnership. The school was opened in 1972, and was awarded Arts College status in 2002. It has 1,421 pupils between Years 7 and 13 (ages 11–18). This includes a sixth form of 285 pupils.

Poynton High School
Address
Yew Tree Lane

Poynton
,
Cheshire
,
SK12 1PU

England
Coordinates53.34399°N 2.11163°W / 53.34399; -2.11163
Information
TypeAcademy
EstablishedSeptember 1972 (1972-09)
Local authorityCheshire East
TrustTrue Learning Partnership UID:17110
Department for Education URN146387 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsApril Nolan
Head teacherMatthew Dean
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1421
Capacity1552
HousesNewton, Legh, Vernon, Davenport
PublicationThe Poynton High Flyer
Websitehttp://www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk/

Description

The school serves the communities of Poynton, Disley, Adlington, Pott Shrigley and further afield out towards Macclesfield and Stockport.[1] This is a relatively advantaged area where a high proportion of adults have received higher education. The proportion of students entitled to free school meals is small. The number of students with learning difficulties or disabilities is well below the national average. The number of students whose first language is not English is well below the national average. [2]

Ofsted have rated the school as 'Good' in December 2015.[3] Poynton High School was previously ranked the best state school in Cheshire East Local Education Authority in 2012,[4] and was rated as an 'outstanding school' by Ofsted at the previous inspections in October 2008.[2]

The school was a maintained school until December 2018, Poynton High School and Lostock Hall Primary School became the founding partners of The TRUE Learning Partnership.[1][5]

Academics

Students remain the same tutor group from year 7 until the end of the sixth form in year 13. Year 7 students focus on balancing their wide ranging academic National Curriculum studies with a great number of extra-curricular opportunities. In Years 8 and 9 students work towards achieving a “Cultural Passport”, demonstrating the wider knowledge and understanding needed in the world.[6]

Alongside GCSEs, in Years 9, 10 and 11, students are supported in learning about personal finance, careers and enterprise opportunities and how to revise and prepare for external examinations effectively. A percentage of student achieve the prestigious EBacc. Most students opt to continue their studies in the sixth form, which prepares students for Oxbridge and Russell Group universities, apprenticeships or employment in diverse fields.[6]

Extra curricular activities

Students are expected to be involved in the wider school life. This is encouraged though a house and house point system. There are the traditional sports clubs, and performance groups. Poynton enters teams at district, county and national level events. PE staff coach over 20 sports teams. There are opportunities to be involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and trips and visits: ski trip, individual subject trips and field courses, modern foreign language exchanges, Camps International trips and performing arts tours.[6]

The site

With a sports hall, gymnasium, swimming pool, tennis courts, squash courts, outdoor gym and mile track and football and rugby pitches, Poynton High is well equipped for team sports, fitness and wellbeing. The school has a purpose built dance studio, a hall theatre and drama studios. As a performing arts school it has the facilities to teach both the performance side and the technical back stage operations.[6] There is a separate sixth form centre, and a Emotional Health and Wellbeing Centre, with state of the art medical room, to give access to CAMHS workers, first aid officers and intervention managers[6]

Notable former pupils

Film and media

Politicians

Sports

Notable former staff members

References
  1. "Home". Poynton High School. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. "Ofsted Report 2008". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2020. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright
  3. Ofsted. "Inspection report: Poynton High School 2015". Ofsted. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. McDowall, Rhiannon (1 February 2012). "Pupils are at top of the class with great results". Macclesfield Express.
  5. "Poynton High School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. "Prospectus" (PDF). www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk/. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. "Flushed away with success!". Manchester Evening News. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. Stephanie Merritt; Laura Barnett; Luke Jennings. "Rising stars of 2014". The Observer. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  9. Carr, Tim; Dale, Iain (2015). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2015. ISBN 978-1849549233.
  10. Hudson, Elizabeth (31 December 2013), "Paralympic sport's ones to watch for 2014", BBC, retrieved 23 July 2014
  11. News, Manchester Evening (11 August 2010). "Massey and Pepper set to make a splash in Eindhoven". men. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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