Established 1956 Headteacher Christopher King Ofsted Reports Number of students 1,300 Founded 1956 | DfE URN 135039 Tables Phone +44 1299 872950 Motto Carpe Diem Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Minster RoadStourport-on-SevernWorcestershireDY13 8AXEngland Similar King Charles I School, Haybridge Teaching School, Wolverley Church of England, Hagley Catholic High Sch, The Bewdley School a | ||
The Stourport Academy & VIth Form Centre, formerly known as the Stourport High School and Language College, opened to students in 1956 as an 11-18 school. The starting age was increased to 13 during the 1970s, but reverted to 11 in 2007 as part of the Wyre Forest Review. The school is located in the town of Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire, England. It was built to replace the Stourport Secondary Modern School, which was formerly Lickhill Middle.
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Present Day
In January 2009, Ofsted graded the school as 1 (Outstanding) on their 4-point scale. Elizabeth Quinn, the previous principal, won the 2009 secondary headteacher of the year award for the West Midlands region. Ofstead rated them 'Outstanding' in 2009 and have recently been put into the top 100 school in England for consistent improvement!
On 5 July 2010, Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, announced that the planned rebuild of the school would be cancelled with the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Sport and Local Involvement
The Sixth Form are regular entrants into the(5-a-side football) Kidderminster Premier League. In the 2009/2010 season, both an A and B team were entered into the league with the A team finishing as league champions and the B team finishing fourth. The Sixth Form are hoping to repeat this success in the 2010 season with just the one team.
Stourport is part of a Worcestershire organisation called ContinU, a trust that creates more courses for students attending secondary, and high schools in the Wyre Forest and Hagley area. Stourport is currently working with: