Deanery 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 said the school "requires improvement".[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 school was previously housed mainly within buildings which used to be a part of the All Saints School, however, as of present these old buildings are being demolished and a new school building is to be built in their place. For the time being, a majority of the school has had to relocate into a portable building assembled at the rear of the school, next to its All-Weather pitch for the duration of the construction.
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:
- Augustine (Augustine of Hippo)
- Becket (Thomas Becket)
- Butler (Josephine Butler)
- Cavell (Edith Cavell)
- Temple (William Temple)
Headteachers
- John Sharples, 1971–1987
- Dick Williams, 1987–1997
- Roger Mallows, 1997–2007
- John Whiteley (acting), 2005–2006
- Janice Rowlands (acting), 2008
- Stephen Brierley, 2008–2013
- Janice Rowlands, 2013-current
School productions
Each year, the school performs a musical: 1997 "LarkRise" 1998 "The Evacuees"
- 2004 Grease
- 2005 Bugsy Malone
- 2006 Blood Brothers
- 2007 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- 2008 Oliver!
- 2009 West Side Story
- 2010 Hairspray
- 2011 We Will Rock You
- 2012 Mamma Mia!
- 2013 Grease
- 2014 The Phantom of the Opera
- 2015 Les Misérables
Notable former pupils
- Sean Long
- Jenny Meadows
- Jon Pollock
- Ian McKellen
- Joshua Cleveland
- Matthew Harris-Bolton