The County High School, Leftwich

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Established 1957 (1978) DfE number 896/4134 Phone +44 1606 333300 Date founded 1957 Gender Mixed-sex education		Type Academy DfE URN 138743 Tables Principal Miss J Brandreth Number of students 933
Location Granville Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 8EZ England Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports Address Granville Rd, Northwich CW9 8EZ, UK Similar Weaverh High School, St Nicholas Catholic, Middlewich High School, Hartford Church of England, The Grange School

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The County High School, Leftwich is a small sized coeducational secondary school with academy status, for students between 11 and 16 years of age. It is next to the A556 bypass at the A533 junction, and near the River Dane.

Admissions

It is located in the district of Leftwich, Northwich in Cheshire, England. Children come here from neighbouring areas such as Moulton, Davenham, Leftwich, Kingsmead and Winsford which form the schools local catchment area.

History

The school used to be known as the Northwich County Grammar School for Girls from 1957, a selective single sex school with provisions for boarding pupils, which had a sixth form. The school was also known as Leftwich High School until the early 1990s before becoming the County High School Leftwich

Comprehensive

The school was changed to a comprehensive in September 1978, with sixth form pupils from the school and the former Sir John Deane's Grammar School going to the new Sir John Deane's College. Essentially the two grammar schools were split into two comprehensives - one for ages 11–16 and the other for 16-18.

Academy

The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.

Academic performance

The school gets good GCSE results, well above the England average, and slightly above the Cheshire average. Results have steadily improved over the last 5 years. The 2016 Ofsted inspection graded the school as "outstanding" (the highest rating given). In the 2015/16 academic year the school achieved its highest ever result with 86% of students receiving at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C. This result put the school as the top rated secondary comprehensive in Cheshire

Northwich County Grammar School for Girls

Sue Birtwistle, television producer of well-known BBC costume dramas such as the 1995 Pride and Prejudice, and the 1996 Emma, and married to the theatre director Sir Richard Eyre

Moira Buffini, playwright, film director and actress, who notably wrote the 2010 play Handbagged about the Queen and Margaret Thatcher, and the 2010 film Tamara Drewe

Carole Crofts, Ambassador to Azerbaijan since 2016

Diana Johnson, Labour MP since 2005 for Hull North (1977–82, went to sixth form at Sir John Deane's)

Jennifer Saunders comedian, best known as half of French and Saunders and for the television series Absolutely Fabulous, and married to the actor Ade Edmondson

Shirley Strong, Olympic hurdler, who won the silver medal in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics womens 100 metres hurdles (1970-75)

Leftwich High School

Tim Burgess, front man of UK rock band The Charlatans.

References

The County High School, Leftwich Wikipedia

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