Deanery High School

The Deanery Church of England High School
Motto Valuing the past, improving the present, founding the future
Established 1971
Type Voluntary aided school
Religion Church of England
Location Frog Lane
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN1 1HQ
England Coordinates: 53°32′54″N 2°38′17″W / 53.5483°N 2.6381°W
Local authority Wigan
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Augustine, Becket, Butler, Cavell & Temple
Colours Blue
Website Deanery Website

The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It currently has around 1,600 pupils and it consistently gets good GCSE grades, amongst the best in the Wigan Borough. The most recent OFSTED report described the school as "a good school".[1]

The Deanery High School is a Church of England voluntary aided school, receiving 15% of its funding via the church and through fundraising.

The school's campus is located in the town centre, very close to Wigan bus station and the main Post Office sorting office. It can be reached easily by bus and train. The majority of the school is within 1970 buildings, but the C-block quadrangles were part of the original All Saints School. Later additions such as the D-Block and Sports Hall were built more recently.

In September 2008, the Deanery received a new Headteacher, Stephen Brierley, previously Headteacher in an all-girls Archbishop Blanch School in Liverpool. In 2013 Brierley left to take on another Headteacher position, and previous acting head Janice Rowlands took the position permanently

The Deanery High School also has a 6th Form College; for students who wish to study a wide range of A level and BTEC courses.

History

The Deanery Church of England High School was founded in 1970 following the amalgamation of three local schools: All Saints, Wigan; St Mark's, Newtown and St Matthew's, Highfield.

School houses

The school is divided into five houses, in the traditional school house system, each named after an influential person within the Church:

Headteachers

School productions

Each year, the school performs a musical:

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ Latest Deanery Ofsted Report