About us
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In September 2006, we began our fifth year as a Performing Arts College and we now have exciting plans for a further four years of developments and opportunities in Dance, Music and Drama. The DfES has recently informed us that we are a “High Performing Specialist School” and we have been invited to submit a bid for a second specialism. Our strong performance in Mathematics has led us to apply for Maths & Computing for our new and additional specialism.
We remain the 11-18 mixed comprehensive school for all young people living in our beautiful part of South East Shropshire, committed to providing high quality education across the whole curriculum and for students of the full range of talents, interests and skills.The Sixth Form is based in a separate Sixth Form Centre linked to the Library and Study Centre. It offers the opportunity of A level programmes to the increasing number of students who choose to continue in full-time education. The record of entry into Higher Education (including Oxbridge) and employment is excellent.
The Edge Arts Centre serves both our school and the wider community. Look out for details of our current programme of events and activities and visit its web page.The school has a very good record of academic success and personal achievement in its widest sense. There are wide-ranging opportunities for students to participate in creative and expressive arts, sporting activities and a number of other extra-curricular programmes.Standards of behaviour and appearance are traditional, with an emphasis on courtesy and consideration for others and the development of responsibility, self-discipline and a concern for the environment. There is a happy, supportive atmosphere with good relationships between students and the committed, well-qualified staff.
Our school is named after Dr William Penny Brookes, who contributed much to the local community in the 19 th century and was influential in the launching of the modern Olympic Games. He lives on in the partnership we have with other “ Coubertin Schools” in Europe and the world beyond and would have been proud to learn of our current success.
In 2003 we celebrated our Golden Jubilee Year, which included two royal visits.
Contact Us
If you would like to arrange a visit to the school or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to get in contact:
BY POST: William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6NB
BY PHONE: Tel: 01952 727606 Fax: 01952 728289
For directions to the school, please click on this link: William Brookes School Map
For more information, please visit: William Brookes School website
Today’s new question:
Why does this site have visits from places such as Vancouver, BC and LA? Surely Canadians and Americans aren’t THAT interested in us (although admittedly no place bar the UK shows more than 1-9 clicks)?
The hits from Canada and Australia are from William Brookes alumni, there are also a few former students living in the states so it could be them.
Interesting point - it hadn’t occured to me.
Shows how far afield they go, eh?
Which ex-student is in Ecuador? Maybe we should find these people who are overseas.
I also know that one of the people in Australia is the first head-boy who was in this school. When he came it was my job to show him around and he told me a lot about the school. He came here in the 1950’s and he lived in the Nursing Home opposite the school which used to be a home for children without families. He became the first head-boy at the school and he has now moved to Australia and has lived there for many years since leaving the school. He was a quite nice person who had a lot of interesting things to tell.
Because of the enormous interest in the 2012 London Olympics, a lot of people throughout the world are becoming more and more interested in the origins of the modern Olympic Games. When they discover that Pierre de Coubertin was an Honorary Member of the Wenlock Olympian Society (founded by Dr William Penny Brookes) from 1891, 3 years before he founded the International Olympic Committee, they begin researching around the subject and discover that there is a school named after Dr Brookes!
Coubertin visited Much Wenlock in 1890 and William Penny Brookes arranged a special Wenlock Olympian Games in celebration of the visit and to help Coubertin understand the way in which the Games were organised (including processions, gold, silver and bronze medals, etc). The visitor was inspired!