{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Christleton High School | logo = Chs-logo-2022-blue.png | logo_size = 75px | seal_image = Chs-logo-2022.png | seal_size = 75px | caption = Top: Logo (blue variant) Bottom: Logo (gold variant) | coordinates = {{coord|53.18316|-2.83320|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = ''Bringing Aspirations to Life in a Happy, Hardworking and Caring Community''<ref>[http://www.christletonhigh.co.uk Christleton High School's official website.] Retrieval date: 18 May 2020.</ref> | established = September 1958 | closed = | type = Academy | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Kevin Smith | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = Chair | chair = Paul Heath | founder = | address = | city = Christleton | county = Cheshire | country = England | postal_code = | local_authority = | ofsted = yes | urn = 136645 | staff = 125<ref name="auto1">[https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/blog/safety-is-my-utmost-priority/35 Christleton High School headteachers blog.] Retrieval date: 18 May 2020.</ref> | enrolment = 1,370<ref name="auto1"/> | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = | publication = The Swan<ref>[http://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/C5/The%20Swan%20Newsletter/default.aspx The Swan.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806114723/http://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/C5/The%20Swan%20Newsletter/default.aspx |date=6 August 2007 }} Christleton High School's Magazine. Retrieval Date: 20 September 2007.</ref> | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = {{Official website | https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/}} }} '''Christleton High School''' is a large academy school located in the small village of Christleton on the outskirts of Chester, England. The school is part of [Https://www.tltrust.co.uk The Learning Trust], a small multi-academy trust, based in Chester, that also includes [https://www.belgrave.cheshire.sch.uk Belgrave primary school], [https://www.chesterinternational.co.uk Chester International School] and [https://www.qphs.co.uk Queen’s Park High School]. The Headteacher is Kevin Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/contact-us/staff-list.php|title = View staff contact details for Christleton High School}}</ref> The School offers education from age 11 to 18 and has its own Sixth Form.
Three current sitting Members of Parliament attended the school; Sarah Atherton, Samantha Dixon and Luke Pollard.
== History == Christleton County Secondary Modern School opened in 1958 and became the 17th secondary modern school and 57th completed new school to open in Cheshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/school-information/history-of-christleton-high-school.php|title = History of Christleton High School}}</ref>
The Secondary Modern and Secondary Technical School was designed to cater for the needs of pupils in the developing areas of Vicars Cross, Guilden Sutton, Mickle Trafford, Waverton, Barrow and Christleton, but also took in pupils from an area of approximately 75 sq miles.
The first school in Christleton was the John Sellars Charity School, built on land adjacent to the church in 1779, and was primarily for the education of boys. The same charity built a Girls’ and Infants’ School on land opposite the present High School, and this was extended in 1873.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=History of Christleton High School |url=https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/school-information/history-of-christleton-high-school.php |access-date=7 November 2022 |website=www.christletonhigh.co.uk}}</ref>
The structure of schools for local children was established but there were also fee paying schools e.g. Christleton Academy for Young Gentlemen, and a Dame School which was adjacent to where the school stands today. This remained the structure until after World War II, when the building of new homes and private estates led to the need for additional schools.<ref name="auto"/>
In the late 1950s, Christleton was situated in the administrative district of Ellesmere Port and Chester Rural, an area stretching from Ellesmere Port to Malpas and skirting the eastern edge of the Chester City boundary. At the age of 11, ‘higher’ ability children would travel to Ellesmere Port Boys’ and Girls’ Grammar Schools for their education and a new school planned for Christleton would cater for the remainder.<ref name="auto"/>
This Secondary Modern and Secondary Technical School was designed to cater for the needs of pupils in the developing areas of Vicars Cross, Guilden Sutton, Mickle Trafford, Waverton, Barrow and Christleton, but also took in many other parts of the rural district, an area of 75 sq miles.<ref name="auto"/>
At its official opening on Friday 3 October 1958, Christleton County Secondary Modern School, as it was then called, became the 17th Secondary Modern School and 57th completed new school to open in Cheshire.<ref name="auto"/>
Headteachers of the school :1958–1980 – Mr L George; :1980–1989 – Mr P Hodges; :1989–2001 – Mr G I Lawson; :2001–2016 – Mr A J Lamberton; :2016–2019 – Mr A D Stenhouse; :2019–2023 – Mr D P Jones; :2023 – current – Mr K C Smith
The Learning Trust
The Trust was established in 2015, with Christleton High School being the founding school. The Trust’s motto is Nurture-Ambition-Excellence.
Queen’s Park High School joined the Trust in 2016, with Chester International School established in 2017 and Belgrave Primary School joining in 2021.
Chief Executive Officers
2016-2019 - Mr A J Lamberton
2019 - 2023 - Mr N Follos
2023 - 2026. - Mr D P Jones
== Sports facilities == Christleton High School has access to the council owned Christleton Sports Centre, located on the school site. The facilities include a sports hall, gym, squash court, dance studio, a large outdoor floodlit court, an all-weather pitch and swimming pool.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.christleton.org.uk/christleton3/2018/history2018/history2018sept/| title=Education in Christleton 1779–2018}}</ref>
== Ofsted == The School currently has a good Ofsted which was given in 2024. A previous inspection in 2014 by Ofsted gave the School Outstanding.
== Notable pupils ==
* Sarah Atherton, MP for Wrexham from 2019 to 2024<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Atherton, Sarah Elizabeth, (born 15 Nov. 1967), MP (C) Wrexham, since 2019|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-294108|access-date=1 May 2021|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2020|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u294108|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> * Samantha Dixon MBE, MP for Chester North and Neston<ref>{{cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Angela |date=30 November 2022 |title=From herding sheep to a pint at The Brewery Tap - meet the candidates |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/herding-sheep-pint-brewery-tap-25628754 |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=CheshireLive }}</ref> * Chumisa Dornford-May, musical theatre actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/18655560.chester-youth-theatre-member-lands-scholarship-top-drama-school/|title=Chester: Youth theatre member lands a scholarship at top drama school|work=The Standard|first=Jonathon|last=Barnett|date=17 August 2020|accessdate=24 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://otmyt.co.uk/chumisa|title=Chumisa Dornford-May|work=On the Mark Youth Theatre|accessdate=24 December 2024}}</ref> * Suzy Drane, a former Wales netball international<ref name="cl030206">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/sport/other-sport/going-for-glory-5274914|title=Going for glory|publisher=www.cheshire-live.co.uk|date=3 February 2006|access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="cl060715">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/sport/other-sport/former-chester-netball-club-ace-9594551|title=Former Chester Netball Club ace Suzy Drane to captain Wales at Netball World Cup|publisher=www.cheshire-live.co.uk|date=6 July 2015|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref> * Russell Griffiths, footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/players/r/rg/russell-griffiths |title=Russell Griffiths {{!}} Everton Football Club |website=www.evertonfc.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010130802/http://www.evertonfc.com/players/r/rg/russell-griffiths |archive-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> * Luke Pollard, MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Pollard, Luke| id = U289497| volume = 2018 | edition = February 2018 online | access-date = 14 February 2018 }}</ref> * Tom Roebuck, rugby union player<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=Former Chester high school pupil included in England Six Nations squad |url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24065129.former-wirral-grammar-student-included-england-six-nations-squad/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Chester and District Standard |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.christletonhigh.co.uk Christleton High School's official website] *[http://www.brioleisure.org/centres/christleton-sports-centre Christleton Sports Centre's official website] News including the Headteacher’s Weekly Blog * [https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/ Christleton High School near Chester, Cheshire]
The Learning Trust https://www.tltrust.co.uk/
The Swan * [https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/school-information/swan-newsletter.php Christleton High School The Swan School Magazine]
Christleton High School Staff List * [https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/school-information/staff-list.php View staff contact details for Christleton High School]
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