Welcome to Greenshaw High School, a school at which I am very proud to have worked at for the last two decades. I am delighted at how hard our students and staff work to ensure the best academic results, while I am equally proud that we have happy students and staff in our school. Our school being successful is pinned on the twin aims of strong wellbeing and academic excellence. This is not an either, or both are central to day-to-day life at Greenshaw High School. We aim to give our youngest students a firm foundation of knowledge, before their formal examination courses begin. We teach our students in Year 7 to 9 The Big Ideas that Shaped the World, a sequence of lessons that explains cultural, philosophical and political development from ancient times to today. Alongside this, students in Year 7 to 10 follow a reading programme that, alongside the English curriculum, develops our young peoples awareness of a range of literary themes and voices. We strongly believe it is our responsibility to develop the wider intellect, and in doing so, this deepens the knowledge displayed in public examinations.