Penketh High School

Penketh High School
Motto Dare To Dream / perseverance
Type Academy
President Ben Dunne, Judith Wright
Location Heath Road
Penketh

Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 2BY
 England
Coordinates: 53°23′17″N 2°38′52″W / 53.38815°N 2.6477°W / 53.38815; -2.6477
DfE number 877/4201
DfE URN 139506 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses
  • Mackinnon
  • Owen
  • Jarvis
  • Simmons
  • Fazackerly
Website www.penkethhigh.com

Penketh High School is a secondary school which contains a sixth form, in Penketh, Warrington. It is a coed, non-denominational school for 11–18 year old children. The school has an partnership with Kwadeda High School in South Africa, who helped to produce another feature film called The Opportunity. This film was targeted at teenage audiences, to make them aware of HIV, drugs and other problems, that are high risk factors in South Africa.[1]

The film was premièred at Liverpool Football Club, and received notable recognition for the mass project, undertaken by the schools media director Mr J. Kay. This was along with Learning For Life teacher Miss Gibson. On 1 April 2013, the school converted to academy status.

References

  1. "News | South Africa and England unite". SecEd. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
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