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Deanery High School - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 53°32′54″N 2°38′17″W / 53.5483°N 2.6381°W

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The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form
Address

Frog Lane Wigan , Greater Manchester , WN1 1HQ Scotland
Coordinates	53°32′54″N 2°38′17″W / 53.5483°N 2.6381°W / 53.5483; -2.6381
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Motto	Work hard, be kind, make a difference
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1977 (1977)
Local authority	Wigan
Department for Education URN	106534 Tables
Headteacher	Martin Wood^[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Enrolment	1425
Colour(s)	Navy Blue and Gray
Website	https://www.deanery.wigan.sch.uk/

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 is a Church of England voluntary aided school.

The school's campus is located near the town centre, very close to Wigan bus station and the main Royal Mail sorting office.^[2]

History

The school opened in 1971 as a successor to All Saints School, which was founded in 1931.^[3] It was previously housed mainly in former All Saints buildings; however, starting in summer 2015 most of these old buildings were demolished in order to make way for a new £20 million build, funded under the Government's Priority Schools' Building Programme (PSBP).^[4]^[5] The classrooms, offices and other facilities once housed in the now demolished buildings were relocated into temporary buildings at the rear of the school near its all-weather pitch, with the first new buildings to be occupied in September 2017, after which the rest of the old buildings were to be demolished.^[6] The school's sports hall was also renovated, with the classrooms in that building, formerly used for English, now housing a new music department, featuring two larger classrooms, a recording studio, an office for the heads of the performing arts and PE departments and a staff work room for the two departments.

Academics

The Deanery High School has a 6th Form College, offering A-Levels as well as Level 2 and 3 BTEC courses.^[7] Until 2017, the school offered Latin at GCSE level; it had previously also been an A-Level subject.^[8]

The 2022 OFSTED report said the school is "good".^[9]

Headteachers

John Sharples, 1971–1987
Richard Williams, 1987–1997
Roger Mallows, 1997–2007
John Whiteley (acting), 2005–2006
Janice Rowlands (acting), 2008
Stephen Brierley, 2008–2013
Janice Rowlands, 2013–2019
Martin Wood, 2019–present

Former students

Jenny Meadows, Olympic athlete.
Chris Hill, Warrington Wolves and England rugby league player^[10]
Jon Pollock, wheelchair basketballer, medallist at the Summer Paralympic Games^[11]

References

^ Staff: Senior Leadership Team, Deanery High School, retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "Deanery High School" (Map). Google Maps.
^ "School celebrates 75th anniversary", Wigan Today, 24 May 2007, retrieved 16 October 2017 (Someone's birthday) .
^ Rachel Howarth, The New Deanery High School, Deanery High School, retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "Schools' £50m overhaul", Wigan Today, 31 March 2017, retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ Letter to parents from the Headteacher, 6 December 2016, archived on 1 March 2017.
^ Sixth Form College, Deanery High School, retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ Andrew Nowell, "A final lesson in Latin", Wigan Today, 2 June 2017, retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College, OFSTED, 28 October 2016.
^ Alice McKeegan, "Warrington prop keeping mum happy with World Cup dream", Manchester Evening News, 18 October 2013, updated 3 February 2014, retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ Gareth A. Davies, "Jon Pollock - my school sport", The Daily Telegraph, 16 May 2012, retrieved 16 October 2017.

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