Ellesmere Port Church of England College

Ellesmere Port Church of England College
Address
Map
164 Whitby Road

Ellesmere Port

Cheshire
,
CH65 6EA

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Local authorityCheshire West and Chester
TrustFrank Field Education Trust
Department for Education URN146742 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalCath Green
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment582
Websitehttps://epcollege.org

Ellesmere Port Church of England College (formerly University Church of England Academy) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.[1] It was formed in 2009 by the merger[2] of Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Arts (located at Woodchurch Lane) and Cheshire Oaks High School (located at Stanney Lane).

The school was sponsored by the University of Chester Academies Trust, but transferred to the Frank Field Education Trust in 2019.[3]

Admissions

The school accepts children of all faiths and none.[4]

History

Stanney Comprehensive School

In March 1985 at 1am, a fire caused £60,000 of damage to the sixth form block. Ellesmere Port was known for school vandalism. Five fire engines from Ellesmere Port and Chester fought the fire for 90 minutes.[5][6]

Sutton High School/Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Arts

SHS was originally split into two, a boys school and a girls school, in common with many schools at the time. The two schools were later merged, and the school buildings were split into five 'blocks':

Red Tower Home to Languages, R.E., Geography, History & the Sixth Form Common room
Blue Tower Home to Mathematics
Yellow Block. Home to Science. An extra block was built at the end of Yellow Block as the English Department, after the old English block was sold off to a private company.
Green Block Home to Woodwork, Metalwork, Engineering, Graphical Design, Art, Cookery, Business Studies, Media Studies and I.T.
The Older Original Section Of The School, which doubled as the exam hall & was the traditional home of both English and the performing arts lessons that have given the school its current name, part of the building was sold to create a privately owned business centre. English corridor. Home to English

The school had a swing band which in 1995, 2006, 2009, 2012 successfully toured Germany, appearing on German radio and television in the process.

In 2006, Sutton High School was awarded specialist Arts College status, and then became Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Arts.

Stanney High School/Cheshire Oaks High School

COHS was founded as Stanney High School in 1947.[7] In the 2000s it became a Specialist Sports College.

Whitby Road site

The school is now located on a single campus at Whitby Road which opened in November 2012.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ https://epcollege.org
  2. ^ "Two high schools set for closure". 18 June 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ Holmes, David (15 January 2019). "Struggling Ellesmere Port school gets new name and new sponsor". CheshireLive. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ "University Church of England Academy - Parents". universityceacademy.org.
  5. ^ Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 14 March 1985, page 11
  6. ^ Chester Chronicle Friday 15 March 1985, page 16
  7. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Record attempt will mark opening of University Church of England Academy in Ellesmere Port - Ellesmere Port Pioneer". Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  9. ^ "University Church of England Academy - Home". universityceacademy.org.
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