Congleton High School

Welcome to the Congleton High School Website

It is my pleasure to introduce you to Congleton High School. We are an 11-18 comprehensive school situated on the edge of Congleton in Southeast Cheshire, serving families from Congleton and parts of north Staffordshire.

We have high expectations of what can be achieved and the key to our success is a purposeful community where learning is stimulating and enjoyable and is the focus of everything we do. Our motto is ‘Achieving Success Together’ and our aims are very straightforward; to be a well led, inclusive school where quality teaching enables everyone to learn and to fulfil their potential. Our team of outstanding teachers and support staff all work together to deliver the best possible education for our students.

The atmosphere in the school is positive and supportive and these aspects received particular praise in our last Ofsted inspection report in 2006. The report rated teaching and learning as good with “some outstanding features” and stated that “most students say they enjoy their lessons.” The curriculum was rated as good and praised for its “good choice of GCSE and vocational courses.” Inspectors found that “teachers and adults know students well and students trust them.”

In 2004 Congleton High School was designated a Specialist School of Engineering and as such we work closely with a partnership of local primary (Astbury St Mary’s, Black Firs, Daven, The Quinta, Scholar Green, Smallwood and Woodcocks Well) and secondary schools, international schools, sponsors, major employers (including Siemens, AstraZeneca and Bentley), colleges, universities and other organisations in promoting excellence in subjects including Technology, Science, Mathematics and Computing as well as across the whole curriculum.

We strive to provide high quality vocational and other learning opportunities for students through sharing resources and facilities and developing and sharing good practice. In November 2007 we opened a new purpose-built Sixth Form Centre, which accommodates up to 200 students and houses a new state of the art media suite, both of which complement our already outstanding facilities.

We work closely with parents, both formally and informally; in addition to being able to talk individually to your child’s form tutor or classroom teachers, we encourage parents to provide feedback and become involved in the life of the school through our Parents in Partnership group. New parents have an opportunity to look around the school during our Open Evening which is held towards the end of September each year, and for those interested in joining our Sixth Form, our Post-16 Opportunities Evening is held annually in November.

This website aims to guide you to information about the school, its people, facilities and community links and to give access to education resources for our students. You can access lots of information about what is happening at the school by reading our monthly newsletters and many of our policy documents, including the Prospectus, may be found in the attached links. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Mr David Hermitt
Head

If you would like to contact me, please e-mail head@congleton.cheshire.sch.uk or telephone 01260 273013

For all general enquiries, please e-mail enquiries@congleton.cheshire.sch.uk or telephone 01260 273013