Birkenhead Park School

Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational 11–16 secondary school with academy status near Birkenhead Park, in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in England. It was renamed University Academy Birkenhead in 2011 from the merger of Park High School and Rock Ferry High School and was based at the former Park High School site. It was called Park High Grammar School for Girls from 1926 to 1971, then just Park High School.

Birkenhead Park School
Address
Park Road South

Birkenhead
,
Merseyside
,
CH43 4UY

England
Coordinates53°23′26″N 3°02′34″W
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoHold Fast That Which Is Good
Established2011
(Rock Ferry High School 1925, Park High Grammar School 1926)
TrustWirral Academy Trust
SpecialistSports College
Department for Education URN136411 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherHelen Johnson
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment526
Websitebirkenheadparkschool.com

University Academy Birkenhead was sponsored by the University of Chester, the University of Liverpool, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, Wirral Metropolitan College and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.[1] In April 2015 the school transferred to the control of the BePART Educational Trust, with Birkenhead Sixth Form College as sole sponsor, and took its current name.

Former pupils

Park High Grammar School

Park High School

References
  1. Marles, Leigh (17 January 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Top teachers resign from Birkenhead's new academy school". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

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