Westborough High School, Dewsbury

Foundation school in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England

Westborough High School

Address

Stockhill Street

Dewsbury

West Yorkshire

WF13 2JE

England

Coordinates| 53°41′36″N 1°38′50″W﻿ / ﻿53.6933°N 1.6473°W﻿ / 53.6933; -1.6473
Information
Type| Foundation school
Local authority| Kirklees
Department for Education URN| 107775 Tables
Ofsted| Reports
Headteacher| Jennifer Napper
Gender| Mixed
Age| 11 to 16
Website| http://www.w-h-s.org.uk/

Westborough High School is a mixed secondary school located in Westborough, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on Oxford Road, and shares its grounds with St John Fisher Catholic High School. The school was founded in the 1960s and has had close links with the other nearby secondary schools. The current (2013) headteacher of Westborough is Jennifer Napper

The school admits pupils from the ages of 11-16\. Its catchment areas are Ravensthorpe, Savile Town and the local areas of Boothroyd.

Over the past 5 years the school's music department, in the new performing arts block at Westborough, has developed a public profile with concerts performed by pupils in the summer and winter. Bands originating at Westborough are the Samba Band and Drumline, which have performed in Batley Park, York and on Sky TV during a rugby match.[citation needed]

Westborough High School achieved the third successive year of record rises in GCSE results,[when?] with 54% of pupils gaining 5 or more GCSE passes at A* to C, and 34% of these being in English and Maths, a 6% rise on last year, exceeding a 30% target set by the Government.[citation needed]

In 2011 Birkdale High School was formally closed, with Westborough High School taking over its site. Some pupils from Birkdale transferred to the Westborough campus immdemiately. However the former Birkdale High School campus was still used to educate a number of pupils under Westborough High School management, and renamed as the Halifax Road Campus. The Halifax Road Campus closed down when the final set of year 11 students finished their GCSEs in 2014.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Halifax Road Campus

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Schools in Kirklees

Primary schools|

* Batley Grammar School
* Crowlees Junior & Infant School
* Hill View Academy
* Netherhall Learning Campus
* Royds Hall Academy

Secondary schools|

* All Saints RC College
* Batley Girls' High School
* Batley Grammar School
* BBG Academy
* Castle Hall Academy
* Colne Valley High School
* Creative & Media Studio School
* Holmfirth High School
* Honley High School
* King James's School
* Manor Croft Academy
* The Mirfield Free Grammar
* Moor End Academy
* Netherhall Learning Campus
* Newsome Academy
* North Huddersfield Trust School
* Royds Hall Academy
* St John Fisher RC Academy
* Salendine Nook High School
* Shelley College
* Spen Valley High School
* Thornhill Community Academy
* Upper Batley High School
* Westborough High School
* Whitcliffe Mount School

Grammar schools|

* Heckmondwike Grammar School

Independent schools|

* Huddersfield Grammar School

FE & sixth form colleges|

* Greenhead College
* Huddersfield New College
* Kirklees College

Defunct schools|

* Almondbury Community School
* Birkdale High School
* Thornhill Grammar School

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