St Michael's Church of England High School, Chorley

Coordinates: 53°39′42″N 2°38′10″W / 53.6616°N 2.6361°W / 53.6616; -2.6361

St. Michael's CE High School
Motto	Therefore, Choose
Established	1964
Type	Academy
Religion	Anglican Church of England
Head teacher	Mrs J Heaton
Location	Astley Road Chorley Lancashire PR7 1RS England
DfE URN	119795 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1,134
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–16
Website	St Michael's CE High School Performing Arts College

St. Michael's is an Anglican high school located in the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The school is home to 1,200 pupils and is a performing Arts College.

The Headteacher has been Mrs. Julie Heaton since January of 2012.

The school was established in 1964 as a Secondary Modern School. The first Headteacher was Roy Moore. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford he was in outlook a Christian socialist and a great believer in equality. A notable feature of the school is that the houses and tutor groups are all named after people of notable Christian faith who have made significant personal cultural or religious contributions to society. The school became a comprehensive school in 1972, and an Academy in 2011.

The Schools uniform is a maroon blazer incorporating the school logo and motto. The lower school tie is red with multiple crosses. The upper school tie is the same however with a black background. Hughes or the chapel choir (for years 9 - 11) have a silver tie with red crosses. An optional jumper for lower school is red with a silver logo, the higher school jumper is black with a silver logo.

Actor Steve Pemberton is a notable ex-student at Saint Michaels.

External links

Official website

Schools in Chorley

Secondary schools	Albany Academy Bishop Rawstorne CE Academy Holy Cross Catholic High School Parklands High School Southlands High School St. Michael's CE High School

Primary schools	Abbey Village Primary School Adlington Primary School All Saints' CofE Primary School, Chorley Anderton Primary School Balshaw Lane Community Primary School, Euxton Bretherton Endowed CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Buckshaw Primary School Christ Church CofE Primary School, Charnock Richard Clayton Brook Primary School Clayton-le-Woods CofE Primary School Coppull Parish CofE Primary School Coppull Primary School Duke Street Primary School, Chorley Eccleston Primary School Euxton CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Gillibrand Primary School, Chorley Gregson Lane Primary School, Brindle Highfield Primary School, Chorley Lancaster Lane Community Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods Pemberton's CofE Primary School, Heskin Primrose Hill Primary School, Euxton Rivington (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley St Bede's RC Primary School, Clayton Green St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Whittle-le-Woods St George's CofE Primary School, Chorley St James' CofE Primary School, Chorley St James' CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Brindle St John's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Brinscall St John's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Coppull St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hoghton St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell St Laurence CofE Primary School, Chorley St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chorley St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Euxton St Mary's CofE Primary School, Eccleston St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull St Paul's CofE Primary School, Anderton St Peter's CofE Primary School, Chorley St Peter's CofE Primary School, Mawdesley Trinity & St Michael's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Croston Westwood Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods Whittle-le-Woods CofE Primary School Withnell Fold Primary School

Special schools	Astley Park School Mayfield School

Independent schools	Bennett House School Westmorland School

Further education	Lancashire College Runshaw College