The Fallibroome Academy is a mixed secondary

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, Cheshire, England. It has approximately 1567 students, including around 365 in the

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. The school is a specialist performing arts college, leading edge, national training school and a national teaching school, equivalent to a teaching hospital. Fallibroome was opened as a purpose-built comprehensive school on the present site in September 1979. An

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inspection report in 2022 rated the school as "Good". Although only officially opened at its present location in 1980, during the academic year 1978-9 it operated from the old premises of the Wycliffe Avenue Secondary Modern School for Girls in

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as a 'stop gap' for a grammar school intake of 72 boys who were unable to be taken by King's School, Macclesfield. In 2014 a new building was opened, housing a new sixth form centre and new canteen. The school attracted headlines for its innovative "welcome video", which featured all students and staff in elaborate choreographed sequences.

Design and technology department

The department has had success in many national competitions over the last few years including Greenpower, Young Master Chef and the Audi Innovation award. The department shares its good practice by holding "professional development activities" for local schools and shares its resources via its own website. The year groups start from year 7 (11–12) and go up to year 11 (15–16). After this stage the pupils either move on (e.g. start a different college or get a job) or stay on for years 12–13, which is also known as Sixth Form, for further education.

Performing arts

Fallibroome is a performing arts college. Recent performances include ''

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'' in 2004, '' Les Misérables – Schools Edition'' in 2005, ''

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'' in 2006, ''Julius Caesar'' in 2007, ''

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice ...

'' in 2007, ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before opening in the W ...

'' in 2008, ''Happily Ever After'' in 2009, ''We Will Rock You'' in 2010, and ''Kinder Transport'' in 2011. In 2012, ''Les Miserables – Schools Edition'' was performed again, and ''Grease'' was performed in 2014. More recently, 'Chicago' was performed in 2021.

The Fallibroome Trust

The Fallibroome Academy was a converter academy and now is the lead school in The Fallibroome Trust. Other schools in the trust are Adlington Primary, Broken Cross Primary, Eaton Bank Academy, Gawsworth primary, Marlborough Primary School, Nether Alderley Primary, Whirley Primary, The Winsford Academy, and Upton Priory School.

Notable alumni

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– professional footballer with

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* Menna Fitzpatrick -

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fallibroome Academy Educational institutions established in 1979 Academies in the Borough of Cheshire East 1979 establishments in England Secondary schools in the Borough of Cheshire East