Pensby High School
| Pensby High School | |
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Irby Road , , CH61 6XN | |
| Coordinates | 53°20′36″N 3°06′45″W / 53.3433°N 3.1124°W |
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| Type | Community school |
| Motto | Care Respect Inspire |
| Established | 1950 |
| Local authority | Wirral Borough Council |
| Department for Education URN | 105101 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Kevin Flanagan |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 688 (January 2018)[2] |
| Capacity | 890 (January 2018)[1] |
| Website | http://www.pensbyhighschool.org/ |
Pensby High School is a co-educational secondary school in Pensby, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England.
The school site was originally split between a boys' school and girls' school which was federated, allowing joint staffing/teaching across the two schools whilst the pupils of each school (in years 7 to 11) remained separate. The two schools merged to form one mixed school beginning from the start of the September 2015 term and removed the six form later on [3]
In July 2024, Pensby High School head teacher Kevin Flanagan sued two parents of children at the school for harassment, as well as reporting them to the police, due to posts they made about him on social media.[4][5] The lawsuit was eventually settled, while Merseyside Police found "no evidence of any course of conduct taking place which would amount to a criminal offence".[6] In June 2025 a judge ordered the school to reveal how much it had spent towards the £210,576 legal costs of bringing the lawsuit, with the judge highlighting the need for financial transparency given that the school had issued a letter to parents warning it was struggling to pay rising gas and electricity bills and would have to limit the amount of heating it provided.[7]
Notable former pupils
[edit]- Phillip Blond, political philosopher, theologian and director of the ResPublica think tank
- Graham Branch, a professional footballer with Tranmere Rovers 1991–1998, Burnley 1999–2007
- Steve Cummings, racing cyclist who took silver with GB team in 2004 Athens Olympics
- Jonathan Mellor, long distance runner 2:09:06 marathon and sixth place in the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Mike Dean, FA premier league referee
- Phil Morris MBE, a former British army soldier who was awarded the David Cameron award for services for cancer awareness and survivorship. Awarded an Order of the British Empire from Her Majesty the Queen in June 2021
- Ian Woan, a professional footballer with Nottingham Forest 1990–2000
- Andrew Games, actor and filmmaker
References
[edit]- ^ Pensby High School. Ofsted. Retrieved 25 February 2019
- ^ Pensby High School. Ofsted. Retrieved 25 February 2019
- ^ Emma Rigby (13 July 2015). "Cabinet approves plan to merge Pensby high schools". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Head teacher suing parents over 'harassment' - BBC News, 22 July 2024
- ^ School defend £200k bill for suing parents - 20 June 2025
- ^ -'Teachers are quitting over vicious online abuse' - BBC News, 22 February 2025
- ^ School must say how much it paid law firm in £500,000 claim - The Law Society Gazette, 18 June 2025
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