St. John Fisher Catholic High School (Wigan)
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| St John Fisher Catholic High School | ||
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| Quod Bonum Est Tenate (Hold Fast To What Is Good) |
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| Founded: c.1950 | ||
| Type: Mixed Comprehensive | ||
| Location: Beech Hill, Wigan | ||
| LEA: Wigan | ||
| Ofsted number: 106535 | ||
| School Category: Voluntary Aided | ||
| Headteacher: Mr P. McGuire | ||
| Students: c.900 | ||
| Age Range: 11-16 | ||
St John Fisher Catholic High School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school located in Beech Hill, Wigan. It is named after the Catholic martyr John Fisher.
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[edit] General Information
Its pupils number around 900, aged from 11 to 16. The schools performs well in league tables compared to other local schools. The school has a strong sporting tradition, particularly in Rugby League. In the late 1990s/early 2000s one years' team went unbeaten for 5 years, earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The schools sporting alumni include Wigan Rugby League players Shaun Edwards and Billy Joe Edwards, who was tragicaly killed in a traffic accident in 2003[1]. Current Wigan Rugby League players Joel Tomkins and Chris Ashton also attended the school.
[edit] Mission statement
'Learning together as a community in Christ'
The school recently heald a competition amongst its student body to create a new mission statement, to either complement or replace the existing one. The new mission statement was created in summer 2005, the new mission statement is, "learning together as a community in christ". This was created by an elected group of students.
[edit] Further Information
The school recently has recently been awarded performing arts college status. The school has also had a new state of the art performing arts suite built, consisting of music and drama suites.
[edit] External Links
- The schools' website is www.sjf.wigan.sch.uk, This website allows school pupils and staff access to E-Mails. A new school website is under construction and will be available in the near future.
- Ofsted page, includes latest report.
