Co-op Academy Bebington (formerly Bebington High Sports College and Bebington High School) is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and

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with academy status in

Bebington Bebington () is a town and unparished area within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it lies south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula. ...

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wi ...

, England. It was established in 1915 and adopted its present name after becoming an academy in April 2019. It is part of the Co-op Academies Trust.

History

Bebington High School opened in 1915 in order to train future recruits during the height of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. The school has remained open since the end of World War I. It was renamed as Bebington High Sports College in 2004; it was a foundation school administered by

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, or simply Wirral Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Merseyside and one of 36 in the metropolit ...

and a charitable foundation trust. Partners of the sports college included Liverpool John Moores University,

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and

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The school was designated a specialist

Sports College Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The programme enabled seco ...

in 2001. There was an inspection in 2006 that described Bebington High Sports College, as an average-sized comprehensive school situated in a residential area of the Wirral, some parts of which have significant levels of social and economic disadvantage. The number of students then eligible for free school meals was over a quarter, twice the national average. 20% of students, had learning difficulties and/or disabilities: of these, 27 had a formal SEN statement. The college had a long history of underperforming. In 2013, it was put into special measures. Wirral replaced the school’s governing body with an interim executive board, made up of experienced people who, alongside the headteacher, have made major changes. The leadership and teachers were replaced. According to Ofsted, members of the interim board hold accurate view of the quality of education that the school provides They recognise that previously pupils did not have high enough, but though the strategies are good, the outcomes have not worked through the system. In April 2019, it became an

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as part of the Co-op Academies Trust and renamed as Co-op Academy Bebington.

Academics

As Bebington High Sports College, it offered

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils while students in the

have the option to study from a range of

A-levels The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational au ...

and further BTECs.

Notable alumni

Bebington High School * Pete Burns, musician, singer, songwriter, and television personality

References

External links

* {{Authority control Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Educational institutions established in 1915 1915 establishments in England