Helsby High School
Community secondary school in Frodsham (Cheshire West and Chester).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Our vision is to be a learning environment in which all our students strive for excellence in all that they do, achieving success and valuing others to enable you to make positive contributions to society, and become confident global citizens.
This student area of our website will give you all the information you need to understand how our school works and how we will support and nurture you through your 7 years with us. You will be able to view the Curriculum Intent documents for each of the subjects you study.
These outline what each Departmental Leader wants you achieve and experience through the study of their subject. You will also be able to see the Schemes of Learning that you be studying in each of these subject areas, these documents will help you to understand how your learning is divided over the year.
You will also be able to find the key information you need about our school expectations and about how we will support you both academically and pastorally as you move up the school.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Boxing Skills Fitness
- Classic Film Studies
- Cooking
- Football
- Volunteering
- Mentally Healthy Schools
- Forest School
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 111440
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (13 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Devereux-Roberts | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jenni Lowe | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Claire Spinks | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Alison Jones | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dr Geoff Hutchinson | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Amy Heald | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Andrew Canham | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Nicholas Davies | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Mike Garvey | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Robert Allerston | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Kirsty Lowe | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Helen Coy | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mr Martin Hill | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record