William Brookes School

William Brookes School
Motto	Courtesy, Enterprise and Endeavour
Established	1953 (original school), 2013 (Academy)
Type	Performing Arts & Maths and Computing College / Academy
Headteacher	Mr Geoff Renwick
Deputy Headteacher	Mr John Connolly
Location	Farley Road Much Wenlock Shropshire TF13 6NB England Coordinates: 52°36′08″N 2°33′23″W / 52.6021°N 2.5565°W / 52.6021; -2.5565
Local authority	Shropshire Council
DfE number	893/4391
DfE URN	139769 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	956 as of December 2015
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Athens, Beijing, London, Sydney
Colours	Blue, Red, Green,Yellow
Website	School website

William Brookes School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Much Wenlock in the English county of Shropshire.^[1] 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.

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.

References

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↑ "Sixth Form Courses 2012-2013". William Brookes School.
↑ "Edge Arts Centre".

External links

Schools in Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin)

Secondary	Abraham Darby Academy Belvidere School Bishop's Castle Community College Bridgnorth Endowed School Burton Borough School Charlton School Church Stretton School The Corbet School Ercall Wood Technology College The Grange School Hadley Learning Community Holy Trinity Academy Idsall School Lacon Childe School Lakelands Academy Ludlow Church of England School Madeley Academy The Marches School Mary Webb School Meole Brace School Oldbury Wells School The Priory School St Martin's School Sir John Talbot’s School Sundorne School Telford Langley School Telford Park School Telford Priory School Thomas Telford School William Brookes School

Grammar	Adams' Grammar School Newport Girls High School

Independent (preparatory)	Castle House School Moor Park School Packwood Haugh School Prestfelde School

Independent (senior)	Adcote School for Girls Concord College Ellesmere College Moreton Hall School Oswestry School Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury School Wrekin College

Sixth form colleges	Ludlow College New College Telford Shrewsbury Sixth Form College

Further education colleges	Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology Telford College of Arts and Technology Walford and North Shropshire College

Universities	Harper Adams University University of Wolverhampton University Centre Shrewsbury

Defunct	Wakeman School

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