co-educational
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secondary school
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located in
Crewe
Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston ...
in the
English county
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of
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
. The school is named after
William Stanier
Sir William Arthur Stanier, (27 May 1876 – 27 September 1965) was a British railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Biography
Sir William Stanier was born in Swindon, where his ...
, a former railway engineer, and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally u ...
.
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.
In 2005 it was announced that Coppenhall High School would amalgamate with another local school, Victoria Community Technology School due to low enrollment rates in the Crewe and Nantwich areas. The schools formally amalgamated on the Coppenhall High site in September 2007 and was renamed Sir William Stanier School. New school buildings were then designed by
Aedas
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and constructed by
Willmott Dixon
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History
The company was founded in 1852, by John Willmott.community school administered by
Cheshire East Council
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, in September 2013 Sir William Stanier School converted to academy status. 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.
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, 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, with Liam McDaid becoming Executive Principal of The Learning Alliance.
Academics
Sir William Stanier School offers
GCSEs
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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school also has a specialism in Science.