Welcome to Ladybridge High School!

I am extremely proud to be Headteacher of this wonderfully diverse and forward thinking school, which has improved year on year since I started here in 2019. Our mission is to provide an education for real life by developing the knowledge, skills and qualities that enable young people to taste success at school and beyond.

Our compassionate and ambitious culture provides an ideal environment for both learners and staff to work together to develop their skills. Treating others with respect and kindness ensures that relationships are strong and learners and staff enjoy coming to school each day. Visitors to the school often remark upon the warm, friendly atmosphere and the sense of team spirit and togetherness.

As well as everyday high quality teaching, our learners experience real world learning projects that involve working with a range of experts, immersive experiences out of the classroom and exhibitions of learning to different audiences. This approach to education provides experiences that are normally the privilege of those who attend independent, fee paying schools. The real world learning projects enable our learners to develop their communication skills, teamwork and leadership, providing an incredible preparation for future challenges in life. Many of the projects involve engaging with our local community to make a positive difference. The success of this work has been recognised by national organisations, including the Chartered College of Teaching, Open Schools and the Rethinking Schools project.

Our innovative personal development programme and broad range of extra-curricular activities also help to bring learning to life and make our learners future ready. The schools’ excellent facilities, with a swimming pool, farm and forest school area, hair and beauty salon and construction workshop, help us to connect learning to the world beyond school. Swimming is built into our sport and health curriculum, enabling our learners to leave us as confident swimmers. Due to our real world learning projects and our emphasis on enrichment and personal development, each year we typically have around 250 educational visits.

Importantly, there is strong evidence that what we do makes a difference. There are more young people from Ladybridge in education or employment after leaving us than other schools both locally and nationally and our exam results have been around, or above, national figures for many years.

Please contact the school if you would like to visit us to find out more.