Accrington Moorhead Sports College
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Academy (England)
In the education system of England, an academy is a school that is directly funded by central government and independent of control by local government in England. An academy may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind...
in Accrington
Accrington
Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
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.
Admissions
It has designated specialisms in SportsSports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
and Mathematics
Mathematics and Computing College
Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus specifically on their chosen specialism but must also meet the requirements of the...
. It is situated in the centre of Accrington. Accrington St Christopher's C of E High
Accrington St Christopher's C of E High
St Christopher's C of E High is a voluntarily aided Church of England High School located north of Accrington in Lancashire, north-west England. The school was founded in 1958 and in 2005 earned Technology College status....
is nearby to the west.
History
The school, run by the United Learning TrustUnited Learning Trust
The United Learning Trust is an education charity and the largest single sponsor of academies in the UK with 20 academies and one City Technology College currently open. ULT's objective is to bring out "the best in everyone", driving educational improvement across its family of academies and...
, opened on 1 September 2008 on the site of the former Accrington Moorhead Sports College, itself the successor of the one-time Accrington High School for Girls. All pupils previously at Moorhead automatically transferred to the new school, which will have sixth form provision from September 2009.
Former schools
Accrington Grammar School had around 500 boys and 100 in the sixth form in the 1970s. Accrington High School for Girls had around 600 girls. Accrington Moorhead High School was on Cromwell Avenue off Queen's Road West.Notable alumni
- Mina AnwarMina AnwarMina Anwar is a British actress.-Early life:Anwar was educated at Accrington Moorhead Sports College, and gained an A level in Theatre in Performance at the Accrington and Rossendale College in 1988 before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.-Acting career:She played Police...
, actress - Dominic BruntDominic BruntDominic Brunt is an English actor known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as vet Paddy Kirk. He was educated at Accrington Moorhead Sports College....
, actor - Martin FearonMartin FearonRichard Martin Fearon is an English cricketer. Fearon is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in South Shields, County Durham....
, footballer - Julie HesmondhalghJulie HesmondhalghJulie Hesmondhalgh is an English actress.Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire. As a teenager, she was moderately interested in acting, but wished to become a social worker. She applied to drama school to be with her friends, and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art...
, actress
Accrington Grammar School
- Sir Kenneth Barnes CB, Permanent Secretary from 1976-82 of the Department of Employment
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- Eric Hinchliffe, nuclear scientist
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- Prof John Lamb CBE, James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1961-91 at the University of GlasgowUniversity of GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, President from 1970-2 of the British Society of Rheology - Bryan Langton CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive from 1990-6 of Holiday InnHoliday InnHoliday Inn is a brand of hotels, formally a economy motel chain, forming part of the British InterContinental Hotels Group . It is one of the world's largest hotel chains with 238,440 bedrooms and 1,301 hotels globally. There are currently 5 hotels in the pipeline...
Worldwide - James Prescott CBE, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry from 1924-55 at the University of AdelaideUniversity of AdelaideThe University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
and Director from 1938-55 of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute - Prof John Roskell, Professor of Medieval History from 1962-79 at the University of ManchesterUniversity of ManchesterThe University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
and from 1952-62 at the University of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia... - Vincent Taylor, biblical scholar
- Sir John Tomlinson CBE, bassBass (voice type)A bass is a type of male singing voice and possesses the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C...
- John Wallwork, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon since 1981 at Papworth HospitalPapworth HospitalPapworth Hospital is a heart and lung hospital in Cambridgeshire, England. It was home to the first successful heart transplant in the UK and one of the world's first beating-heart transplants.-History:...
- Ilyas Khan 1978 Chairman of Leonard Cheshire and financier of Accrington Stanley Football Club
Accrington High School for Girls
- Hazel TownsonHazel TownsonHazel Townson was an English children's-literature author. She had over fifty books published from 1975 onwards, including in countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, France and Japan.-Career:...
, children's author - Jeanette WintersonJeanette WintersonJeanette Winterson OBE is a British novelist.-Early years:Winterson was born in Manchester and adopted on 21 January 1960. She was raised in Accrington, Lancashire, by Constance and John William Winterson...
, author