Shevington High School

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Shevington High School
Entrance to Shevington High
Address

Shevington Lane Shevington Wigan , Greater Manchester , WN6 8AB England
Coordinates	53°34′47″N 2°41′02″W / 53.57979°N 2.68382°W / 53.57979; -2.68382
Information
Type	Community school
Motto	Committed To Excellence
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Local authority	Wigan Council
Department for Education URN	106529 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	John Bennett
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	792 as of April 2022^[update]
Website	http://www.shevingtonhigh.org.uk/

Shevington High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Shevington in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England.^[1]

It was founded as a County Secondary School in 1959, as part of Lancashire County Council's Education Expansion Programme, on its site near Stockley Wood where it still is based today. During the 1970s, it became a comprehensive school under the control of Wigan Council after the 1974 local government reorganisation.^[4]

Notable former pupils

^ "Shevington | High School". www.shevingtonhigh.org.uk.
^ "Shevington High School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
^ "College & 6th Form | Shevington". www.shevingtonhigh.org.uk.
^ "Heritage Trail No. 3" (PDF). Shevington and District Community Association. 2014.
^ "Actor Ben is film society's new patron". www.wigantoday.net.

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FE & sixth form colleges	St John Rigby College Wigan and Leigh College Winstanley College
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