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LETTER FROM THEHEADTEACHERA

As the summer term draws to a close it allows me an opportunity to reflect on notonly what has taken place since the last newsletter but also what has happened thisacademic year.

Only when you take a look at everything that has happened can you appreciate themany varied opportunities that our students have taken ‘advantage of’. Theseopportunities have supported their personal development but also in many casessupported the development of others. Charity work, competitions, visits locally,nationally and internationally, sports events and much more are detailed in thisnewsletter. This and previous ones demonstrate what hard working, committedstudents we have and how they grasp everything that comes their way.

On the sports field, both Year 11 and Year 8 football teams were finalists in the Cheshire Cup tournament withYear 8 becoming champions following a thrilling match against the Kings School. In athletics, we smashed ourschool point’s record at national record and facing serious competition missed out on the championship titleby only two points. Another fantastic achievement of which we are all extremely proud of.

It was a real pleasure to see so many parents in school this term for our annual Design Technology and ArtExhibitions. These two major exhibitions are the culmination of two years hard work by the students andshowcased their stunning achievements and extraordinary talents. As with previous years the quantity andquality of the work was simply outstanding.

As you will see, our international links continue to develop and flourish with our students involved in work orculture with Germany, Spain, Holland, Czech Republic, Turkey, France, Italy, Zimbabwe and South Africa.Widening the experiences of our students but working together on common projects that span the worldregardless of language or culture. Our A level German students even featured on the front page of ‘BerlinerMorgen Post’ as they witnessed the solar eclipse.

I cannot let this newsletter go to print without acknowledging the hard work of staff and students every singleday as we continue to develop and adapt to change. Such hard work and commitment that ensured we werejudged by Ofsted as a GOOD school. The many changes that have occurred in response to the nationalagenda were given the seal of approval as Ofsted found us at least good in all areas. As a school, we havenever been less than good over the past three inspections at a time when the standards expected of us gethigher and higher. Thank you to all staff, students and parents for your support.

So the examination period is over with Year, 11, 12 and 13 eagerly awaiting results as we head for the summerbreak. As usual, we sadly say goodbye to a number of staff as the term ends. This year, Mrs Beasley and MrsCrossley have decided to retire after 58 joint service at the school, whilst Mrs Macauley and Mr Brownlessare taking early retirement. Miss Black, Mrs Topping and Mr Tarmey leave to take up promoted posts. MrsCowley, Miss Burton and Mrs Walker are also leaving to pursue other interests outside of education. Thankyou to them all for their contributions to making this school the school that it is and I wish them all well forthe future.

Please take a moment to read this newsletter and I hope that you all have an enjoyable summer break withfamily and friends. Schools starts for students on Tuesday 2 September.

Mr B HeeleyHeadteacher

Prepare Achieve Care Enjoy

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LONDON WHITEHALL

INTERNSHIP

The internship will involve going to London for a two week placement within one of the governmental departments inWhitehall. My travel to London, accommodation, food and evening/weekend activities are all paid for. I will be staying withinuniversity accommodation whilst in London and staying with other students. The two weeks will provide a great insight intopolitics and governmental departments and will also allow me to experience working life in the bustling city of London.Between 9am and 5pm I will be shadowing MP’s and ministers and completing work commonly done within government.Group work will also be done and my speaking skills will be challenged, as I present a self-made presentation. Aside from thework, evening activities are also organised. In previous years, students have had the opportunity to tour Downing Street,attend West End shows and of course have a look around the sites of London. Ultimately, the internship will offer a uniqueand extraordinary experience that very few people have and will also allow me to meet with professionals, helping me in thefuture.

The SMF’s Aspiring Professionals Programme has already helped me by organising private open days and universityworkshops. After attending just three events I have learnt skills regarding networking, improving employability and personalstatement writing. In the near future, I am to be assigned a mentor who works within business, (my chosen career path) – Ihope this will allow me to gain valuable knowledge from a first-hand expert. The programme also organises a personalstatement checker, university open days, work experience and talks from professionals – this coming week I am attendingan Oxbridge workshop on behalf of the SMF. The SMF will continue to help me until I graduate from university.

As well as the internship, I have managed to secure a place on two university summer schools with the help of the SMF – TheUniversity of York and Lancaster University. The Summer schools will hopefully further improve my interpersonal skills, as Iwill be meeting with university professors and other students. I will also be advised on the university application process,hopefully improving my chance of receiving offers at top universities.

I am finding my work with the SMF really beneficial and I wouldhighly recommend other students consider joining future

programmes.

Emily Foort

In December, I applied to be part of programme run by the Social MobilityFoundation. The application process required the completion of numerous smallquestions, as well as three essays based around different topics. The essays I wrotewere based around gender inequality, the nature vs. nurture argument and DaisyBates (the American civil rights activist).

Once my application was sent off, I had a two month wait, as those working for theSMF decided who the places would be allocated to. Over 1600 students from acrossthe country had applied for an internship, with only 75 places! Fortunately, I wasone of the chosen few. The acceptance of my application means I am a part of theAspiring Professionals Programme and am also lucky enough to embark on aninternship in Whitehall (London) this coming summer.EMILY FOORT

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A very successful exhibition of A Level Art and Photography was heldon Thursday 11th June in Overpool Hall, attended by parents, staffand friends. There was an excellent standard of work on display,showing a wide range of subject matter, techniques and materials.Students are to be commended on the rich variety of work ondisplay.

Many thanks to the Technology Department for the use of theirlighting which made it a little more special!

The atmosphere was fantastic with live music played by Year 13Music students and a hall that was filled with students, parents andteachers. We had a wide variety of work displayed, from beautifullyconstructed collages to outstanding drawings and paintings.

Photography students had their work projected into the hall, thiswork was described as powerful, beautiful and creative. The show istestament to our talented and hardworking students who have beena pleasure to teach, we are very proud of you all well done!

Art exhibition

...from beautifully constructedcollages to outstanding drawingsand paintings.

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We will decide later this term what shape the school day will take fromSeptember, following consultation with staff and students. There willbe no significant change in the times of the school day. A letter will besent home with students before the end of term to confirmarrangements for next year. Please also keep an eye on the schoolwebsite.

Please be reminded about the school's push on attendance andpunctuality next year. New government guidelines mean that anystudent with less than 90% attendance will be classed as 'persistentlyabsent'. We will also be keeping students behind at the end of a day ifthey have arrived late without reason.

Also all students cycling to school must have a school cycle permit.These can be obtained from Mrs Hill in school – please ensure yourchild has one if he/she is cycling to school.

We thank you in anticipation of your support on these matters.

READY FOR NEXT TERM?

Congratulations to Year 7 Peace Poster winnersOlivia Artell-Cram, George Jarman and LibbyCrebbin, all receiving their prizes on Tuesday23rd June.

New exciting Year Seven Textiles Monstercushions are currently in production.

Keep your eyes peeled for the finishedproducts in the next edition.

Year 7monsters

NEW YEAR 7 INTAKEWhitby remains the popular choice in Ellesmere Port and we areoversubscribed again next year. We are expecting 276 students from22 primary schools in September. We’re delighted that they’vechosen Whitby and it was wonderful to meet them and their parentsand carers on Induction evening.

All Year 6 students really enjoyed their two induction days with us inJuly and are now feeling more confident about starting in September.

AUTUMN TERM ARRANGEMENTSTuesday 1st September

Inset day for all staff.

Wednesday 2nd September 10:30 – 10:40 Year 7 arrive to Overpool Hall 10:45 –11:00 Assembly Overpool Hall P3 and P4 Form tutorial time P5 and P6 Normal lessons

Thursday 3rd September 8:35 All years arrive to school

Y7 – 11 and Y13 go straight to form roomsY12 meet in lunch box - 2 day induction programme

P1, P2, P3 Y7 – 11, Y13 form tutorial time.

9:05 - 9:20 Year 11 assembly - Overpool Hall 9:30 - 9:45 Year 10 assembly - Overpool Hall 9:55 - 10:10 Year 9 assembly - Overpool Hall 11:05 - 11:20 Year 8 assembly - Overpool Hall 11:30 - 11:45 Year 13 assembly - Overpool Hall

P4, 5 and 6 Normal lessons

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The Whitby High School has been workingsuccessfully with a group of schools in South Africafor the last five years. The aim of partnership is tobring schools together from different culturalbackgrounds to learn from each other and to helpdevelop a better understanding of global diversityand the issues that effect different communities.

The Whitby High School has enjoyed a fantastic yearworking with our partner schools in both South Africaand Zimbabwe. Some of their teachers have visitedus to learn about our education system and cultureand to discuss ways in which we can support them intheir own schools. Woodlands Primary school andWade Deacon High School have also hosted teachersfrom South Africa and Zimbabwe and will be workingclosely with them in the future.

The Global Footsteps Choir has been a huge successin raising the profile of the work we are doing withour partner schools. Sophie Murphy, one of our Year7 ambassadors for Global Footsteps, organised afund raising concert to help buy resources to build anew play area at Sokhanyo Primary School and othermembers of our Global Footstep group have beenbusy making gifts to raise money at open eveningsand other school events.

We have also held a Car Boot Sales at school with allthe proceedings going towards our forthcoming visitto South Africa in 2016.

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International linksThe start of the new schoolyear back in September2014 saw the launch ofthe Erasmus+ projectsurrounding Social Mediain Education. Along with TheWhitby High School, this projectinvolves schools from the Netherlands, Spain, CzechRepublic and Germany. This project has involved twelveyear 9 students who applied to be part of the project.

Each student during the course of the two-year cycle willvisit two countries each. They will all play a major partwhen The Whitby High School becomes the host to ourEuropean partners in 2016. A unique experience is onoffer for the students involved in the project as all thestudents stay with a host family in each country theyvisit. This allows the students to fully experience theculture of the country they visit and allows them to buildbonds with each other that are fruitful outside of theproject visits.

Logo created by the students for the project.

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SPAINThe first meeting took place in Jaen, Spain. This wasthe first chance to get to know each other and get theproject off the ground. The work we did in Spainfocused on the learning and understanding of thehistory of social media, identifying how each countryuses social media and the dangers of uploadingpersonal information onto the Internet.

The visit included a session with local police officers tofind out how they deal with social media issues. As wellas our work in the school, we visited a number ofplaces to experience the culture of Spain. Theyincluded a visit to the Alhambra Palace in Granada andParque de la Ciencias.

GERMANYFor our second project meeting we had a muchcolder visit to Dreieich, Germany. In Germany, ourfocus on the project was to look at the misuse andprevention methods of social media, to look at thelaws of each country when social media has beenmisused and to look at how social media has madeus more distant (in terms of real interaction) fromone another. For this, we studied a piece of art byBanksy and tried to recreate our own in mixedinternational groups.

Our German partners also introduced to us a groupof students they call ‘Media Scouts’. These studentshave created a group in which other students cango to them with problems created via social media.The Media Scouts then try to act as mediators andsolve the issues before they become too serious.

Whilst in Dreieich we visited the city of Frankfurt.Here we had a guided tour and visited the MainTower. We also visited one of the biggest GermanTV companies called ZDF Television, Mainz. Herewe experienced different TV Studios and were ableto play around on CGI sets.

CZECH REPUBLICFor the final part of the project this academic year, wevisited Prague in the Czech Republic. Our social mediafocus turned to working with primary aged children andsharing social media experiences with them. Studentsalso had a place in Prague in which they researchedbefore they went to gather a virtual experience of thisplace.

Once in Prague we visited these places for real andcompared these to our virtual experience. It wasinteresting to see the difference between the virtualand real experience we had gained by completing theexercise.

Visiting these different places in Prague allowed us toexplore the entire city right from the centre to the veryoutskirts. Some of these places include the city islandcalled Kampa and the radio tower, Zizkovska Vez�

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A LEVEL LANGUAGESTUDENTS IN BERLIN

A small group of Year 13 girls accompanied by Mrs Ravetto and MrsMorgan travelled to Berlin in March. We were all excited by theprospect of exploring Germany’s vibrant capital city and we werecertainly not disappointed. The wonderful InterCity Hotel, locatedvery centrally close to the Hauptbahnhof, provided us with luxuryaccommodation this year and we enjoyed a sumptuous Europeanbuffet-style breakfast each morning.

After depositing our bags at the hotel, we set off for the wonderfullyauthentic and welcoming Brauhaus Georgbräu for dinner. Tastyitems from the menu include Schweinshaxe (knuckle of pork) andSchnitzel. It was a lovely evening and the perfect place to unwindand settle into our new surroundings and practise some Germanwith our friendly waiter!

The following morning, we made our way to the Brandenburg Gatewhich was the meeting point for our guided Walking Tour. Wequickly realised that this was the morning of the Solar Eclipse (Son-nenfinsternis) and luckily the sun was shining and there wasn’t acloud in the sky!

We bought ourselves some special glasses and enjoyed a clear viewof the eclipse minute by minute. We were slightly distracted by agentleman with a camera who was taking lots of photos of thecrowd, particularly our group. Little did we know that he was actual-ly a freelance photographer and that the photo of the girls wouldappear on the front cover of the Berliner Morgenpost newspaperthe next morning! What a triumph!

The highlights of the tour includedCheckpoint Charlie, the BrandenburgGate, Hitler's Bunker, The Berlin Wall, theReichstag, Museum Island and theMemorial to the Murdered Jews ofEurope.

If anyone ever fancies a city break toBerlin, we would really recommend aWalking Tour or a Cycle Tour as theguides are really informative but alsovery entertaining.

Our guide was Mark, an Irish inhabitantof Berlin and he shared many fascinatinginsights with us.

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Later on, we travelled across the city toPotsdamerplatz. This famous square is the symbol ofregeneration in Berlin and has been underconstruction for over 10 years! Today it boasts themost amazing buildings. Cutting edge architecture atits best - the design has to be seen to be believed! Weheaded for the Sony Centre, a collection ofrestaurants, bars and exhibitions all housed under atented dome. This is home to the Sony IMAX cinemaand it was fun to soak up the atmosphere of thisbustling square at night. We enjoyed dinner andsettled down to watch Cinderella!

Saturday’s activities included a visit to the fascinatingDDR Museum on the embankment of the River Spree- a hands-on experience of what life was like in theformer East Germany.

As well as offering an insight into daily life, themuseum also demonstrates how the secret policekept a watchful eye on the city's people. Exhibitsinclude a typical living room and a shiny Trabant car.This was highly relevant to our students who havestudied the film Goodbye Lenin this year.

This was followed by a quirky treat as we paid a visitto the Tadschikische Teestube or Russia Tea Rooms inthe old Jewish quarter, where we enjoyed atraditional tea ceremony, sitting on cushions on thefloor. We also had a look around the Hackesische Höfeand were moved by the museum dedicated to thevisually impaired broom and brush maker Otto Weidt,who, during World War Two, employed manyvulnerable blind and deaf Jews in his workshop atRosenthaler 39.

No visit to Berlin would be complete without a trip tothe historic Reichstag building with its impressiveglass dome. We saved this for the final day andenjoyed the spectacular views of the city.

We all thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of our time inBerlin and came home feeling really enriched by theexperience. Plans are already underway for anothercity break next year.

…the photo of the girls wouldappear on the front cover of theBerliner Morgenpost newspaperthe next morning!What a triumph!”

We were all excited bythe prospect ofexploring Germany’svibrant capital city andwe were certainly notdisappointed”.

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YEAR 11s PRAISEDDESPITE DEFEAT

Congratulations to the Year 11 boys who recentlycompeted in the final of the Cheshire cup inMiddlewich. They reached the final having sweptaside all teams before them in convincing fashion.They started the day as hot favourites havingbeaten their opponents Great Sankey only recently.Unfortunately, an injury to the influential Ben ‘Gig’Owen just before kick-off meant a change information, which the team struggled to adapt to.

YEAR 8 BOYSCHESHIRE CHAMPS

The Year 8 boys’ football team continued Whitby’sstrong heritage in the Cheshire footballcompetitions. The year 8 side showed their abilityby reaching the last 16 of the English Schools’National Competition. Having defeated HartfordGrange, Bridgewater, Helsby and Alsager in theearlier rounds Whitby faced King’s School in thefinal.

The final was a close affair with King’s Schoolscoring from a set piece mid-way through the firsthalf. However, thanks to a strong second halfdisplay and goals from Jack Gillard and Kieran Fair,Whitby won the Cheshire title with a 2-1 score line.

PE DEParTment

BRONZE DoE EXHIBITION94 year 10 students completed their bronze DofE expedition inJune in what turned out to be favourable weather. Studentsenjoyed the sunny, warm weather having spent the practiceexpeditions in wet, cold and windy conditions. Students workedwell within their groups and used their newly developednavigational skills to complete their 22km route. The route took thestudents from Dolwyddelan to Beddgelert via the campsite at LlynGwynant.

All students who started the expedition completed this section oftheir Bronze Award and were a real credit to themselves and theschool. Students are now encouraged to complete their othersections on DofE to gain the overall Bronze Award. Thanks must goout to the staff who have generously given up their time to supportthe students and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

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Congratulations to the 15 Year 8 boys who recently competed in theNational Athletics B Final in Warrington. Only the best schools fromall over the North West had qualified for the final, and the standardof competition was unbelievably high.

This is a team event which is similar to the decathlon, in thatstudent’s times and distances are converted into points and addedtogether to produce an overall score. At the halfway point, with alltrack events having been completed, the  boys found themselves in3rd place out of 12 schools. Jack Gillard won the 100m in a time of12.6 seconds. There were also notable contributions from Chris

Downes and Ethan Fiddler in the 200m, Malakai Sitiene in the 300m and Mathew Vickers in the hurdles.

Attention now turned to the field events which are traditionally a strength of the school. Nial Wallace destroyed thefield in the discus with a throw of 27m whilst Ethan Fiddler jumped 10.13 in the triple jump and Ben Carr Lowejumped 4.70m in the long jump.

The team ended on 389 points which is a school record, but fell agonisingly short of overall victory by 2 points toCannon Slade from Manchester. The performance of all the boys involved was a credit to the school and one of thehighest scores from around the whole of the U.K.

Race for life

On the 24th June the students of The Whitby High participated in our very ownRace for Life. Many students signed up to help raise money for CancerResearch. The theme of the race was ‘Warriors’ and the spirit on the day was that teachers and students were all racing together to help raise as muchmoney as possible. The atmosphere on the day was electric and every studentwho participated gave 100%.

The PE department would like to say a massive well done to everyone whoparticipated and thank you to everyone who donated.

Whitby athletes achievenational success

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In June, local boxing champion, Paul Butler came intoschool to deliver an assembly to Stuart House.

Carrying his IBF Championship belt, students from 10SRasked him a variety of questions about his rise to boxingstardom. One such question posed by Chelsea Foster askedhim ‘What advice would you give to students, if they want torealise their dreams? Paul’s reply was ‘hard work, and adesire to succeed, no matter what people might say to putyou off’. Wise words indeed! Paul’s next bout is due to takeplace in July at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. We wish him luckwith that and hope to see him add another title to his namein the near future.

LOCAL BOXINGHERO PROVESA KNOCKOUTWITH STUDENTS

On Wednesday 3rd June, 156 year 7 students and 15staff set off for a 3 day residential trip to the ConwayCentre on Anglesey. This is the second year the trip hastaken place in the summer term and once again, we gotlucky with the weather. The centre is set on the banks ofthe Menai Straits, was an ideal place to spend 3 sunnydays. We even had the Antiques Roadshow taking placein Lord Anglesey’s manor next door to the outdoorcentre.

The students took part in a range of traditional outdooractivities including mountain biking, canoeing, raftbuilding and a high ropes course. Students were alsolucky enough to try a new activity, stand up paddleboarding, which was a huge hit.

Students learning outside the classroom continued withan outdoor art and textiles session where studentscreated a natural piece of art, which will all be puttogether to create a large display that will be put up inschool. Both students and staff thoroughly enjoyed theexperience and learnt new skills and built up newfriendships.

Residential at TheConway centre

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The Future Scholar Awards scheme runs each year to give anopportunity for up to 5 high-achieving year 9 students from everystate funded secondary school in England to visit a Russell Groupuniversity for a day in the summer term. Through activities likeinformation sessions, taster academic sessions, meeting currentstudents and staff, and campus tours, students will gain a real-lifeexperience of what studying at a top university is like. It is hopedthat this will encourage them to aim high to achieve the bestgrades possible and to apply to university.

Through a selection process in school, our students were chosenand were able to visit The University of Glasgow in May. Travellingby train, staying overnight and spending a day visiting the Universi-ty the four boys demonstrated outstanding behaviour, keen inter-est and enjoyment in the activities presented by staff and students.We hope that this has ignited a real interest in thinking and plan-ning for their future. Mr McGrath and Mrs Lee would like to thankthe boys again for making the trip a fantastic one.

The futureScholarAwardsscheme

During the last year, staff have nominated one individual each week for the accolade of ‘Student of the Week.’ Thewinner meets with Mr Heeley and receives a prize in acknowledgement of their achievement. In the next year, TheWhitby High School is embarking on a range of initiatives to reward effort. All current research suggests that it is effortand learning how to cope with and overcome challenges that is the most significant indicator of future success.

After each assessment point, students are ranked whole school for effort. They are then placed in either green, amberor red band for effort. Five students across the school have secured the highest possible effort grade in all of theirsubjects this year. Keenan Adolph, Sophie Ashley, Robyn Farrington, Gemma Warden and Aaron Waring areexemplary role models for all of our students, demonstrating that effort really does makes the difference in securingexceptional progress.

Effort makes allThe difference

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musicdept

We are coming to the end of a busy year andare just about to embark on our Concert Tourto Lake Garda in Italy. We are taking 40students ranging from Year 8 through to Year13 along with some past students who aresupporting the venture. We have a variedconcert programme that includes the wholeparty singing and playing ‘Pompeii’ and ‘UpTown Funk’.

Our guitarists are performing ‘Apache’ by theShadows. The swing band will perform twopieces and accompany one of our singers. Wewill perform the concert at school onThursday 9th July at 7.00pm in the OverpoolHall and you are very welcome to come andsee how we represented the Whitby HighSchool in Italy.

Our next production is Grease andrehearsals are underway. We have afantastic cast, a great band and a superproduction team ready to bring the show tolife.

Keep an eye out for details so you are surenot to miss getting your tickets for this greatshow.

Whitby on the road

We have taken some of our students to Cambridge RoadPrimary School to support their Arts week and have performedalongside their choir.

This has been a great experience for our performers and agood opportunity for the children at Cambridge Road to seewhat is available at The Whitby High School and the highquality of music performance that we have here.

Other Opportunities

A number of our students are in involved in local theatregroups and are getting ready to perform in ‘Sister Act’.

We have a visit from Alex Larke from Eurovision’s ElectroVelvet to talk to our A Level students about recording andproducing music and also to talk to our Year 10 BTEC musicstudents about the music business and the ups and downs ofbeing a professional musician.

We are looking forward to all the activities and the chance forour new year 7 to join in and make music at The Whitby HighSchool.

As part of the Afritwin Project our singing teacher put a choirtogether to perform and record ‘Super Heroes’ by The Script.The students had a great time and here is a picture of a few ofthe students in the studio during one of the recording sessions.

Music TourtoLAKE GARDA

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Are you an ex-student of The Whitby High School? Ifso – we want you!

The Whitby High School has recently launched itsalumni network to a fantastic response from paststudents. We are trying to develop it further and arelooking for ex-students of the school and/or SixthForm who are willing to play a part in thedevelopment of current students. Our studentsleave The Whitby High School and follow a hugevariety of pathways. The careers advice and guidancedelivered in school was highly praised by Ofsted inour latest report and we would like to develop thiseven further by giving our students access to the bestquality networks and support.

We know from experience that the best sort of adviceand guidance comes from people already ‘in thebusiness’. Past students may be able to help linkstudents up with an unusual work experienceplacement, support them with sector specificinterviews or visit us to work with groups of studentsaiming to follow a similar career path. We have hadan overwhelmingly positive response to our efforts sofar but we’d like it to grow even further. We reallyappreciate any support that can be offered.

To register to join The Whitby High School Alumni, goto the school website www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.ukand select Sixth Form – Whitby Alumni

THE WHITBY ALUMNI

Dave ChallinorTranmere Rovers FC 1994-2002

Rick ParryFormer Chief Executive to Liverpool FC

Current board member to New York Cosmos

Jayne McCubbinAward Winning TV Political Reporter

Baroness Hughes of StretfordFormer Member of Parliament

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