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Wakefield City High School is a mixed comprehensive
school catering for just under seven hundred pupils aged
11-16 years. It is a Foundation school within the Aspire Trust working closely with Wakefield Metropolitan
District Local Authority and is situated on a large,
pleasant, single site in the north east of the city.
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| Students in one of our
six science laboratories |
The majority of pupils come from a large catchment area
stretching from Pinders Heath in the North, to Belle
Vue in the South and from Eastmoor in the East, to the
St. John's area of the city in the West.
As a result of consistently high GCSE examination Value Added figures, City High is a constituent member of the DfES Schools Performance Collaborative and a mentor school for the Specialist Schools and Academies trust. Headteacher, Alan Yellup, is a Consultant Head for the Specialist Schools and Academies trust, Co-ordinator of the Raising Attainment and Transforming Learning programme for the East of England and is a Registered School Improvement Partner working the schools in Gateshead, North Yorkshire and the East Riding.
Demand for pupil places currently exceeds the annual admission limit.
Major building programmes in recent years have enhanced provision and, in May 2005 the next £1.5 million sports hall was opened. City High School has been successful in attracting additional funding and our ICT provision is amongst the best in the region. Pupils undoubtedly benefit both from the quality and range of facilities, and from being on a single site.
Other key features of our building and development programme
include:
- Three fully equipped ICT suites
- Six science laboratories
- Music recording studio
- Drama studio
- Business Studies suite
- Central library with learning resource area
- Careers library and information centre
- Technology rooms
We have been highly successful in attracting additional
funding for resources and our ICT provision is amongst
the best in the region.
Extra-curricular activities play an important part in
the life of the school. Residential visits take place
on a regular basis, numerous clubs and societies run
after school, major musical and drama productions are
mounted and sports teams compete throughout the Yorkshire
region.
The school enjoys a good reputation with local employers
and an increasing number of pupils proceed to Wakefield
College, NEW College at Pontefract, Greenhead College
in Huddersfield and local sixth forms, in order to follow
courses of advanced study.
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