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'{{Short description|Comprehensive school in Stockport, England}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox school | name = Bramhall High School | image = [[File:Bramhall High School Logo.jpg|200px]] | image_size = 150px | coordinates = {{coord|53.35941|-2.16458|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = Maximise Your Potential | established = 1967 | closed = | type = [[Community school (England and Wales)|Community school]] | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Paul Williams <ref name="DfE">{{cite web |title=Bramhall High School |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106139 |website=Get information about schools |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref> | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = Chair of Governors | chair = Sarah Brown | founder = | address = Seal Road | city = Stockport | county = [[Greater Manchester]] | country = England | postcode = SK7 2JT | local_authority = [[Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council|Stockport]] | ofsted = yes | urn = 106139 | dfeno = 356/4038 | staff = 124 | enrolment = 1317 | gender = Co-educational | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 16 | houses = Ignis <br />Terra Firma <br />Aqua<br /> Aura | colours = | publication = | free_label_1 = | free_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = [http://bhsweb.co.uk] }} '''Bramhall High School''' is a [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] high school in [[Bramhall]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]], England. The school is a teacher training school in connection with [[Manchester Metropolitan University]] in [[Manchester]]. ==History== The school opened as '''Bramhall County Grammar School''' on ''Seal Road'' in 1967 as a co-educational three-form entry [[grammar school]]. It became The Bramhall County High School in 1971 with a ten-form entry with a sixth form. New buildings were added to prepare for the comprehensive intake. Until April 1974 it was administered by Cheshire Education Committee. By 1973 it had a 12-form entry with around 1400 pupils. With the new LEA of Stockport, it became known as Bramhall High School in 1974. In 1975 it was a 9-form entry school with around 300 in the sixth form, and again was 12-form entry in 1980. Similar to [[Marple Hall School]] in [[Marple, Greater Manchester|Marple]], the sixth form was closed in the early 1990s. Since the introduction of academies under the educational reforms of Michael Gove a few secondary schools in Stockport have opened sixth form centres. Bramhall High School started a consultation process into opening a sixth form at the school, with the view of opening in September 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url =https://www.bramhallhigh.stockport.sch.uk/user/59/233112.docx|title =6th Form Consultation Letter}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{Update inline|date=December 2020}} ==Press== The school came under the spotlight in 2002, when they asked parents of pupils to pay £10 per month to help following cuts in funding from [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]] Education Authority under the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1948936.stm|title=School asks parents for £10 a month|work=BBC News|date=24 April 2002}}</ref> The school was initially criticised after the installation of [[unisex]] toilets in 2000, as a move to tackle [[bullying]] and smoking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/914327.stm|title=School installs unisex toilets|work=BBC News|date=7 September 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/915957.stm|title=Head defends unisex toilets|work=BBC News|date=8 September 2000}}</ref> Subsequently, this development has become accepted Government policy, and the school features on the 'Bog Standard' website,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bog-standard.org/display_case_studies.aspx?id=6 |title=Information section – Case studies |publisher=Bog Standard |access-date=7 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213111358/http://www.bog-standard.org/display_case_studies.aspx?id=6 |archive-date=13 February 2012 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> was selected as a case study in good design by the Design Council and in 2007 was the subject of a follow-up documentary for the BBC [[Breakfast Programme]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/6583709.stm |title=Breakfast's series: Future School |date=23 April 2007 |access-date=7 February 2012|work=BBC News}}</ref> The unisex toilets were segregated again in August 2013.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The school also was the focus of critical news headlines after it introduced [[sniffer dog]]s to search the school premises for traces of [[illegal drugs]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/specials/drugs/351621.stm|title=School fights drugs with sniffer dog|work=BBC News|date=24 May 1999}}</ref> In March 2007, the school was in the news after banning traditional knotted ties from the school uniform and replacing them with clip-on ties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6465695.stm|title=School bans 'unsafe' knotted ties|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2007}}</ref> A spokesperson for the school later declared that the move to introduce clip-on ties was "more about student appearance than health and safety".{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} ==OFSTED report== An OFSTED inspection in 2014 rated the school as "Requires improvement" in all categories.<ref>{{cite web|title=School report: Bramhall High School, 23–24 October 2014|url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2433117/urn/106139.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150416190743/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q%3Dfiledownloading/%26id%3D2433117%26type%3D1%26refer%3D0|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2015|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> Following the previous OFSTED inspection (2010) the school had been described as "a good and improving school with some outstanding features."<ref>{{cite web|title=Inspection report: Bramhall High School, 3–4 February 2010|url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/949853/urn/106139.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150416190814/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q%3Dfiledownloading/%26id%3D949853%26type%3D1%26refer%3D0|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2015|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> ==Academic performance== The percentage of students gaining the top grades has reached the highest ever at 79.4%.{{update inline|date=July 2020}} The percentage achieving English, maths and 5+ A* – C grades rose from last year's 65% to 66% (provisional with remarks pending). At the same time the average points score per student rose by 13 points. T his measure indicates students gaining (on average) the equivalent of an extra A* each compared with similar students in 2004. 80% of students achieved at least two C grades in science, and 118 students achieved C or better in 3 separate sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bramhallhigh.stockport.sch.uk/user/59/43860.pdf |title="Stunning" GCSEs from Class of 200 |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> ==Notable former pupils and staff== * [[Christine Bottomley]], actress * [[Richard Burden]], former Labour MP for [[Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Northfield]] * [[Tina Cullen]], hockey player * [[Sacha Dhawan]], actor * [[Lauren Drummond]], actress * [[Daniel Ellis (footballer)|Daniel Ellis]], professional footballer * [[Keith Fielding]], rugby league footballer (former teacher and deputy headteacher) * [[Yvette Fielding]], television presenter * [[Martin Fry]], lead singer with 1980s new romantic band [[ABC (band)|ABC]] * [[Esther Hall]], television actor * [[Owen Jones (writer)|Owen Jones]], writer * Harriet Mills, England rugby union International<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/WomensRugby/HarrietMillar-Mills.aspx |title=Harriet Millar-Mills – Official RFU England Profile |publisher=Rugby Football Union |date=2 November 2011 |access-date=7 February 2012 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206070317/http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/WomensRugby/HarrietMillar-Mills.aspx |archive-date=6 February 2012 }}</ref> * [[Graeme Smith (swimmer)|Graeme Smith]], swimmer * [[Ben Spencer (rugby union)|Ben Spencer]], rugby union player * [[Kelly Wenham]], actress * [[Hannah Whelan]], Olympic gymnast<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bramhallhigh.stockport.sch.uk/ |title=Bramhall High School &#124; Homepage 2011 |publisher=Bramhallhigh.stockport.sch.uk |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> * [[Aaron Geramipoor]], basketball player Zak Lomas, total idiot ==References== * ''Guardian'', 29 January 1974, page 20 {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.bramhallhigh.stockport.sch.uk Bramhall High] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090225180218/http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=106139 EduBase] {{Schools in Stockport}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1967]] [[Category:1967 establishments in England]] [[Category:Community schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport]] [[Category:Training schools in England]]'