Great Wyrley High School

Staffordshire County Council

We are very aware in Catering Services the concerns of parents and staff of the recent issue relating to the contamination of horse meat within certain branded products.
Cllr Mark Winnington, Cabinet Member for Environment and Assets for Staffordshire County Council has sent out a press release on the subject as below:

Staffordshire County Council has gained assurances from its catering suppliers that meals served in schools and care establishments are not affected by meat contamination.
Following extensive media coverage of beef products contaminated with horse and other types of meat, the County Council acted swiftly to confirm that its services are unaffected.
Cllr Mark Winnington, Cabinet Member for Environment and Assets on Staffordshire County Council, said:
“People should have absolute confidence in what they are eating. As soon as we saw stories about contaminated meat, we contacted our suppliers to ensure that the County Council’s catering services were not affected.
“We have had assurances from all of our suppliers that neither they, nor their own suppliers buy beef products from those companies implicated in recent reports. However, we will continue to seek a cast iron guarantee on the quality and origin of the food we buy.
“It is our policy that where possible we source meat and other products from Staffordshire suppliers – in a current pilot over 20% of our schools are currently buying their meat from Staffordshire farms ensuring we get a high quality product, we know exactly where our meat comes from and in the process, we support the local economy. We hope to extend this pilot to all of our schools.
“In the meantime, our contracts with food suppliers continue to demand that they have comprehensive systems in place to show where all of their products come from.”
Staffordshire County Council supplies meals to 87% of schools in the county.

"Great Wyrley High School striving to be at the community’s heart"

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External Examination timetables for November 2012 and January 2013 are now available. Click here to go to Exams

Click the link below to view our new school prospectus:

“The school is pleased to celebrate another very positive year of achievement at age 16. Over 72% of students achieved 5 or more high grade passes with 20% of them gaining 10 or more high grade passes. Of these 56% achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Maths.

here were many individual success stories among overall levels of achievement. Including:- .

Headteacher Chris Leach praised both the ability of the young people and the professional support they get from the experienced and dedicated staff at the school.

 “It is very pleasing to see hard work and mutual support from home, school and young people translate into these type of outcomes. Many of our students are now equipped with the qualifications and skills they need to progress to the next stage of their learning, training and employment. We are very proud of all of them! ”

 Another hugely successful year for our A-Level students at Great Wyrley High School. We’re very proud of all our students who, along with the staff, have worked extremely hard to achieve their successes. We are delighted that at A2 our pass rate remains high at 97% and over a third of these passes were graded at A or B.

Some outstanding results for our A2 students include; Jodie Bird A*A*A, Sam Morris A*A*A, Cameron White A*AA,  Sophie Hardy A*A* C, Alysha Davis A and 3 Distinctions, Jordan Arblaster AA and Distinction.

At AS-Level there was also alot of success, in particular; Sam Layland AAAA, Emily Jenkins AAAA, Josh Pearce AAAB.

A reminder to take photographs of your HUM BUG in a place of geographical, historical or religious importance!  These can be local, national or international! Bring your printed off photos to your Geography, History or RE teacher in September and get VIVOS (a school reward)!  Take as many photos as you like as each one will get a reward - but the HUM BUG must be in the photo! Have a good Hum Bug holiday!

The following students have received a headteacher commendation for the best travel journals during humanities theme week:

Katie Neal
Libby Liddington
Katy Wordley-Smith

Well Done!!

If your child is eligible for Free School Meals, an online application form is now available at www.staffordshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals which removes the need to print and scan/email/post the form and so should make the application process easier and quicker for both schools and parents. The paper form is still available from the same webpage if required, or you can obtain a copy from the School Office. 

We were very pleased to recieve a letter of thanks from the charity Save Our Soldiers and would like to share it with Staff, Students and Parents. Click here to view the letter

We are required by the DfE to publish how our Pupil Premium funding has been spent: Click here to view the report There is also a link to the document on the right of this page

The following students have been hand painting a Mural design onto an outside wall at Moat Hall Primary School - Lydia Keen, Jordan Jones, Eden Maxwell and Liam Fisher.  Students worked so hard yesterday, the Mural is nearly complete and photos will be on the website shortly. Well done!
Miss Millington

Our May newsletter is now available. Click here to view it.

Please see the School Transport page of our website for information regarding modified pick-up times on Tuesday 4th September 2013 (first day of term only)