Helsby High School
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| Motto | Ut tibi sic aliis ("Unto thyself so unto others") |
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| Established | 1897 |
| Type | Comprehensive School |
| Headmaster | Mr Dowler |
| Founder | Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet |
| Location |
Chester Road Helsby Cheshire WA6 0HY England |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council |
| DfE number | 896/4221 |
| DfE URN | 111440 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 100 |
| Students | 1352 |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours |
Bottle Green Black |
| Telephone | 01928 723551 |
| Fax | 01928 723093 |
| Website | www |
Helsby High School is a State-maintained secondary school on Chester Road in Helsby, north-west Cheshire, UK, for pupils aged between 11 and 18.
The school considers itself to be an exemplar of comprehensive education policy, with well above-average attainment at both GCSE and A-level.
Its A-level results are in the top ten percent of comprehensives in the UK, and one of the highest in Cheshire.
It is situated to the east of Helsby.
On 14 April 1894 John Brunner MP, a partner in Brunner Mond, one of the forerunners of ICI, laid the foundations of the old school buildings on Waterloo Street in Runcorn.
In 1897 the school opened as Runcorn Institute School, being renamed in 1907 the Runcorn Institute County Secondary School.
The 1908 Inspector's Report shows a school with 133 pupils, drawn mainly from the Runcorn area, but with several others coming in from Frodsham, Helsby and Ellesmere Port. The inspection team drew attention to the inconvenience of using a technical institute as an academic institute.
They criticised the "foul gases that pass into the woodwork room" when a gas engine was running.
The inspectors were hopeful that when the Runcorn-Widnes Bridge was completed in 1905, the site might increase in value for office purposes, and a more suitable site could then be found. In 1914 a further inspection declared the building unsuitable as a secondary school.
By the 1930s it was clear that the school could not continue on its existing site. Helsby was proposed as the new site for the local grammar schools. Building work started in 1938, but was interrupted by the outbreak of war. By 1939 only the walls of the school had been completed.
In light of the shortage of building materials the education committee were forced to seal off the girls' school.
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