Bedford High School
Headteacher	Mr Stephen Preston
Specialism	Business and Enterprise College
Location	Manchester Road Leigh Lancashire WN7 2LU England
LEA	Wigan
Ofsted number	106523
Students	1212
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	http://www.bedford.wigan.sch.uk
Coordinates: 53°29′37″N 2°29′26″W / 53.49373, -2.49068

Bedford High School is a comprehensive school with specialist Business and Enterprise College status in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Business and Enterprise Colleges (BECs were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the UK. Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Wigan is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south of Preston, west-northwest of Manchester Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A comprehensive school is a Secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic Business and Enterprise Colleges (BECs were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the UK. Leigh is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Contents 1 History 2 Performance 3 References 4 External links

History

Bedford High School was established in 1976 when the town's grammar schools were abolished by the 1976 Education Act. It was formed by merging Leigh Boys Grammar School and Bedford Secondary Modern School, which were located next to each other. The grammar school buildings now form the upper school and the secondary modern buildings form the lower school. In 2003 the school gain specialist Business and Enterprise College status and opened a construction training facility in conjunction with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure ^[1]

Performance

In 2007, 29% of pupils achieved 5 GCSEs at grade A* to C including Mathematics and English,^[2] The school's last full Ofsted inspection in September 2004 stated that GCSE results were above that of similar schools. The General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE) is the name of an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject generally taken in a number of subjects by ^[1] The same Ofsted report rated the school as satisfactory with effective leadership and praised the school's relationship with the local community. It also highlighted issues with year 9 performance, the provision of modern languages and personal development, and the attitudes and behaviour of a number of boys in the school,. ^[1]

References

External links

• Official website
• Ofsted reports for Bedford High School
• BBC Education league tables entry for Bedford High School

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