Sir William Stanier School

Sir William Stanier School is a co-educational secondary school located in Crewe in the English county of Cheshire.[1] The school is named after William Stanier, a former railway engineer, and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Sir William Stanier School
Address
Coronation Street

Crewe

Cheshire
,
CW1 4EB

England
Coordinates53°06′19″N 2°26′01″W
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1977 (1977)
Local authorityCheshire East
TrustThe Learning Alliance
Department for Education URN139953 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalNicki Gregg
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Enrollment670 (April 2021)
Websitewww.sirwilliamstanier.co.uk

History

The school was first established in 1977 as Coppenhall High School, after the amalgamation of two local schools; Brierley Street Boys School and Brierley Street Girls School.[2]

In 2005 it was announced that Coppenhall High School would amalgamate with another local school, Victoria Community Technology School[3] due to low enrollment rates in the Crewe and Nantwich areas.[4] The schools formally amalgamated on the Coppenhall High site in September 2007 and was renamed Sir William Stanier School.[5] New school buildings were then designed by Aedas and constructed by Willmott Dixon from 2010.[6]

Previously a community school administered by Cheshire East Council,[7] in September 2013 Sir William Stanier School converted to academy status.[8] The school was then sponsored by the Congleton Multi-Academy Trust, however the trust merged with the Knutsford Multi-Academy Trust in September 2020 to form The Learning Alliance.[9][10][11]

In 2021, for personal reasons, Jason Fraser, the principal, and Anna Norton, the vice principal, resigned from their positions. The school got a new principal, Liam McDaid,[12] who was the principal of the Crewe Engineering & Design UTC.

The school was rumoured, with documents sent out to pupils and parents, to be renaming.

As of 2022, Nicki Gregg, formerly the Head of School, has become the principal of Sir William Stanier School.[13][14]

Academics

Sir William Stanier School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[15] The school also has a specialism in Science.[16]

References
  1. "Sir William Stanier School". www.sirwilliamstanier.co.uk.
  2. "Coppenhall High School". 1 December 2007. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007.
  3. Ault, Richard (22 June 2019). "'People pushed trolleys through the school' - Retiring head recounts long career". StokeonTrentLive.
  4. Chronicle, Crewe (11 October 2005). "'It's a crazy idea to close us down'". crewechronicle.
  5. "Sir William Stanier Community School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  6. "Sir William Stanier School | Carea". Archello.
  7. "Sir William Stanier Community School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  8. "Sir William Stanier Community School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  9. "Knutsford and Congleton Multi-Academy Trusts to merge". Knutsford Guardian.
  10. "Academy Status | Sir William Stanier School". www.sirwilliamstanier.co.uk.
  11. "Our Schools".
  12. "Leadership team | Sir William Stanier School".
  13. "Sir William Stanier Community School - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  14. "Leadership team | Sir William Stanier School".
  15. "Subjects | Sir William Stanier School". www.sirwilliamstanier.co.uk.
  16. "Science Specialism | Sir William Stanier School". www.sirwilliamstanier.co.uk.
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