Birchwood Community High School

Birchwood Community High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Birchwood area of Warrington in the English county of Cheshire.

Previously a community school administered by Warrington Borough Council, Birchwood Community High School converted to academy status on 1 July 2013. However, the school continues to coordinate with Warrington Borough Council regarding its admissions.

Birchwood Community High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form (named Birchwood College) have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

The school has four houses: Fides, Libertas, Veneratio and Dedicatio – the Latin names of the school's values of belief, independence, respect and commitment.

History
Birchwood Community High School was opened in September 1985, by the first headteacher Sheila Yates. The aim back then was to be a focal point for the area of Birchwood. Birchwood has grown from 180 pupils and 14 staff in 1985 to 1016 pupils and over 200 staff in 2021.

Notable former pupils

 * David Brooks, footballer
 * Josh Brownhill, footballer
 * James Chester, footballer
 * Brianna Ghey, murder victim
 * Stephen Jordan, footballer
 * George Sampson, actor and dancer
 * Jordan Thorniley, footballer