Wadebridge School

Wadebridge School
Wadebridge School
Address
	Gonvena Hill; Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6BU; England
Coordinates	50°31′19″N 4°49′46″W / 50.52190°N 4.82935°W
Information
Type	Academy
Established	March 1957; 67 years ago
Department for Education URN	138024 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Mat Winzor
Staff	120
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1,235
Colour(s)	Black and Gold
Website	www.wadebridge.cornwall.sch.uk

Wadebridge School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the town of Wadebridge, Cornwall, England. It has 1,235 pupils. The headteacher is Mr Mat Winzor.

Facilities include gymnasium, tennis courts, football/rugby pitch, hockey pitch, basketball court, a squash court and heated swimming pool (part of Wadebridge Leisure Centre).

History

The school opened as Wadebridge Secondary Modern School in March 1957.^[1] The building was designed by F. K. Hicklin, county architect.^[2]

In 2004, the school gained specialist business and enterprise college status.

Wadebridge converted to academy status in April 2012.^[3]

In 2020, the school closed its sixth form.

A-Level results

Although the school no longer has a sixth form, in 2006 the school came in second place behind Truro High School in the league tables for the average A-level points score per student in Cornwall. This meant that Wadebridge School beat the independent and selective Truro School into third place, a feat that was achieved again in 2008.^[4]^[5]

Ofsted inspections

As of 2021, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2019, with a judgement of Good.^[6]

Notable former pupils

Olly Barkley, England rugby international^[7]
Michaela Breeze, weightlifting Commonwealth champion^[8]
Jago, children's book illustrator
Calum Jarvis, swimming Commonwealth bronze medallist, Olympic Gold 2020(2021)
Tristan Stephenson, mixologist and bartender
Annabel Vernon, World Champion GB rower^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "New Schools (Cornwall)". Hansard. UK Parliament. 28 January 1960. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. revised by Enid Radcliffe. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 238
^ Norris, Frank (2012). "Academy conversion and predecessor schools". Ofsted. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "English School Tables 2006". BBC News Online. pp. Institutions in Cornwall. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
^ "Secondary schools in Cornwall". BBC News. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^ McGinnis, Sarah (2020). "Inspection of Wadebridge School". Ofsted. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Elektrik 3: Are you up to the challenge? | Rugby Spectator". rugbyspectator.com. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "Michaela's last minute Games call | This is Cornwall". thisiscornwall.co.uk. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
^ "Annabel Vernon".