Английская Википедия:Accrington Academy
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Accrington Academy is a mixed 11-18 Academy in Accrington, Lancashire. It has designated specialisms in Sports and Mathematics. It is situated in the centre of Accrington. Accrington St Christopher's C of E High is nearby to the west.
History
The school, run by United Learning, opened on 1 September 2008 on the site of the former Accrington Moorhead Sports College, itself the successor Moorhead High School which was the successor of the one-time Accrington High School for Girls. All pupils previously at Moorhead automatically transferred to the new school, which has had a sixth form provision from September 2009.[1]
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 Queens Road West.[2] The school was founded in 1895 on Blackburn Rd, Accrington as a 'Technical School' In 1968, it moved to the Moorhead site. In 1975, following the Labour government's educational reforms, it ceased to exist.
In 2008, Nosheen Iqbal wrote in The Guardian that Moorhead High School had been "failing".[3] Her article described a "startling transformation" from 17% of children achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C, to 78% of children doing so in the new school.[3] The school's headteacher believed that the change had been brought about through the Creative Partnerships approach, an Arts Council England programme.[3]
Notable former pupils
Accrington Moorhead Sports College
Dominic Brunt, actor, known for his part in Emmerdale as Paddy Kirk.
Accrington Grammar School
- Sir Kenneth Barnes CB, Permanent Secretary from 1976 to 1982 of the Department of EmploymentШаблон:Cn
- Jim Bowen, comedian, and former host of Bullseye
- Oliver Bulleid CBE, Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1937 to 1948 of the Southern RailwayШаблон:Cn
- Harold Davenport FRS, mathematicianШаблон:Cn
- Sir James Drake CBE, civil engineer, designed the UK's first motorwayШаблон:Cn
- Graeme Fowler, cricketerШаблон:Cn
- Harry Hill, cyclist who competed in the Olympic Games in 1936Шаблон:Cn
- Ron Hill, marathon runner in the 1964 Tokyo and 1972 Munich Olympics, and won the gold at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth GamesШаблон:Cn
- Prof Leslie Howarth OBE, mathematician[4]
- Prof John Lamb CBE, James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1961 to 1991 at the University of Glasgow, President from 1970 to 1972 of the British Society of Rheology[5]
- Bryan Langton CBE, chairman and chief executive from 1990 to 1996 of Holiday InnШаблон:Cn
- Rev Fred Lord, editor from 1941 to 1956 of The Baptist TimesШаблон:Cn
- James Prescott CBE, FRS, agricultural scientistШаблон:Cn
- Edward Slinger, cricketer, solicitor and judge
- Sir John Tomlinson CBE, opera singerШаблон:Cn
- Prof John Wallwork CBE FRCS FMedSci, cardiothoracic surgeon and emeritus professor who performed Europe's first successful combined heart-lung transplant in 1984Шаблон:Cn
- Graham Walne, theatre consultant, lighting designer, author, and lecturerШаблон:Cn
- Harry Yeadon, civil engineer, worked with James Drake on the UK's first motorwayШаблон:Cn
Accrington High School for Girls
- Julie Hesmondhalgh, actorШаблон:Cn
- Gwen Mayor, primary school teacher who was killed in the Dunblane massacreШаблон:Cn
- Val Robinson OBE, played hockey for Great BritainШаблон:Cn
- Hazel Townson, children's authorШаблон:Cn
- Jeanette Winterson, CBE, authorШаблон:Cn
References
External links
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