Co-op Academy Bebington (formerly Bebington High Sports College and Bebington High School) is an 11–18 mixed,

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and

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with academy status in

Bebington Bebington () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Cheshire, it is south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula ...

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south, the Wales, Welsh county of Flintshire across ...

, England. It was established in 1915 and adopted its present name after becoming an academy in April 2019. It is part of the Co-op Academies Trust.

History

Bebington High School opened in 1915 in order to train future recruits during the height of

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. The school has remained open since the end of World War I. It was renamed as Bebington High Sports College in 2004; it was a

foundation school In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the school governor, governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in Community school (England and Wales), community schools. Foundation schools ...

administered by

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council Wirral Council, or Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is a metropolitan district council with borough status, thus providing the majority of local governm ...

and a charitable foundation trust. Partners of the sports college included

Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823. This ...

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and

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The school was designated a specialist

Sports College Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The programme enabled sec ...

in 2001. There was an inspection in 2006 that described Bebington High Sports College, as an average-sized

comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis ...

situated in a residential area of the Wirral, some parts of which have significant levels of social and economic disadvantage. The number of students then eligible for free school meals was over a quarter, twice the national average. 20% of students, had learning difficulties and/or disabilities: of these, 27 had a formal SEN statement. The college had a long history of underperforming. In 2013, it was put into special measures. Wirral replaced the school’s governing body with an interim executive board. The 2017 inspection judged the school as Requiring Improvement. In April 2019, it became an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

as part of the Co-op Academies Trust and renamed as Co-op Academy Bebington.

Academics

As Bebington High Sports College, it offered

GCSEs The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools ...

and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils while students in the

have the option to study from a range of

A-levels The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational ...

and further BTECs.

References

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* {{Authority control Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Educational institutions established in 1915 1915 establishments in England