Headteacher Mr Geoff Renwick DfE number 893/4391 | Deputy Headteacher Mr John Connolly Phone +44 1952 728900 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Type Performing Arts & Maths and Computing College / Academy Location Farley RoadMuch WenlockShropshireTF13 6NBEngland Motto Courtesy, Enterprise and Endeavour Similar Abraham Darby Academy, Idsall School, Thomas Telford School, Oldbury Wells School, Much Wenlock | ||
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William Brookes School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Much Wenlock in the English county of Shropshire. The school is named after William Penny Brookes, a surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist from Much Wenlock especially known for inspiring the modern Olympic Games with the Wenlock Olympian Games. William Brookes School is one of 50 schools worldwide and the only school in the United Kingdom to be a Coubertin School. The school serves a community of small villages as well as the larger town of Broseley.
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Previously a community school administered by Shropshire Council, William Brookes School converted to academy status in June 2013. However the school continues to coordinate with Shropshire Council for admissions. The school offers GCSEs, BTECs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels.
The Edge Arts Centre is also located at William Brookes School, The centre offers cinema, theatre, dance, music, comedy, literature performances for the local community, as well as student productions.
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History
Wenlock Modern School opened in 1953 on the famous site of the original Olympic Games. It later was renamed William Brookes School.
William Brookes School underwent a £27 million rebuilding programme in order to accomplish maximum quality 21st century education. Construction of the new school started in late 2008 and was later completed in August 2010.