St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School

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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School is a centre of secondary education in Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It has around 1200 pupils and is both a Beacon school and a specialist Technology and Music College. It is in the Catholic parish of St Oswald's with most pupils coming from the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Wigan, St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Ashton, and other schools in the boroughs of Wigan and St Helens.

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[edit] Uniform

The school's uniform consists of a bottle green blazer, white shirt, black or dark grey trousers (for boys) or grey skirt (for girls), and dark green tie with the school crest and red and light green stripes.

[edit] Crest

The school crest depicts a red hand (a reference to that of St Edmund Arrowsmith) on crossed palm leaves, and the Latin motto, Pro Petro et Patria, meaning For Saint Peter and My Country.

[edit] Location

Nearby secondary schools include Byrchall High School (next door) and Cansfield Community High School.

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Coordinates: 53°28′57″N 2°38′25″W / 53.4824, -2.6403