Pensby High School
Foundation secondary school in Wirral (Wirral).
Location
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It is with pleasure and real pride that I welcome you to Pensby High School, my local secondary school. Everything we do has our students at its heart. Our community deserves a great school. We will always put your children and their success first, all my staff believe that.
Education is the single most important thing we can give our children and our moral purpose is to ensure that your children experience the widest possible curriculum, have the chance to experience new extra-curricular activities and are academically successful within our shared school community.
All of the staff and Governors at the school believe that every one of our students has untapped potential and that within our community they can be safe to be who they are, learn alongside their friends and develop into the adults we all hope they can be: care, respect and inspire is our shared belief.
We strive every day to ensure that the very best teaching and learning takes place in our school, all staff are committed to ongoing professional development, and we work with a number of organisations to support improvement, these include Challenge Partners, Prince's Trust and local school improvement partners.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 105101
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (12 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steve Row | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ann Allister | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Marie Pennington | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Zoe Broadfield | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sara Teare | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Allan Brame | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Weston | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Mark Sutherberry | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Roger Henshaw | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Tracy Graham | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Alison Challoner | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Kevin Flanagan | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2014 |
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