Audenshaw School
| Audenshaw School | |
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The Audenshaw School Coat of Arms | |
| Headmaster: | Mr Turner MBE |
| Motto: | carpe diem (seize the day) |
| Age range: | 11-16 (boys only), 16-18 (boys and girls) |
| Authority: | Tameside |
| Pupils: | About 1100 boys and 100 girls (in the sixthform) |
Audenshaw School, formerly Audenshaw Grammar School, is an all boys secondary school in the town Audenshaw, part of the Borough of Tameside (in Manchester, England). It now also has a sixth form which takes both boys and girls. The school coat of arms (see picture) is based on the Audenshaw Coat of Arms.
The current headmaster is Mr Turner, who succeeded Mr A. A. Crompton who retired in Easter 2005. Mr Turner has taught and been headmaster before at several schools, the most recent being Golborn High School in Wigan.
Audenshaw School were the winners of the first 15 to 1 schools series in 1999.
Last Year, the school chess team, captained by Andrew Hulme of Manchester succeeded in coming joint first in the Manchester School championships 2005. Andrew has also beaten the number 1 boards of many schools, including Parrswood and Cheadle Hulme Grammar.
History
Audenshaw Grammar School for Boys was opened in 29th July 1932. John Lord was the first headmaster, with just 300 boys as pupils. He was followed by Ronald I. Porter (1955-1961) and then Kenneth D. Exley (1961-1979).
The next headmaster was Graham Locke OBE(1981-1994), after whom the school's sports hall is named. Graham Locke received his OBE for his efforts in making Audenshaw one the country's first grant maintained schools and for services to the community.
Alan Crompton was headmaster from 1994 to 2005, until he retired in 2005 and was succeeded by the current headmaster. Alan Crompton had two "Outstanding" Ofsted reports taking the school into the "best of the best" list published by Ofsted 2004.
Chair of Governors : Terry Hall MBE 1988 - Present day. Received the MBE for Services to Education 1997. Along with Graham Locke led the school GM status and more recently to Foundation status. Founder Member of the Grant Maintained Standing Advisory Committee (GMSAC). Chairs Personnel Committee.
Now the school is no longer a grammar school although it maintains its 'grammar school' traditions, with high standards of behaviour, appearance and academic achievement. There are around 1232 boys and over 100 girls (in the sixth form).
Noted alumni
Sporting
- Eric Evans (1930s), captained England's rugby team
- Dean Schofield plays professional rugby for Sale Sharks and England Saracens (England A)
- Danny Hall, plays professional football for Shrewsbury Town
- James Tunnicliffe, plays professional football for Stockport County
Other
- Mark Hunter, MP for Cheadle since 2005
- Mick Hucknall, Lead singer in 'Simply Red'
The Audit
The Audit is the name of the Audenshaw's school magazine. The name is based on the name of the school: Audenshaw School - Audit. We had to put it in bold, because everyone isn't as witty, obviously wouldn't get the joke; as funny as it is. It has been running since 1998, when it was set up by the pupil Ian Adderley (who ran it until 2005). Julia Clarke edited from 2005 to 2006. Originally it was printed in black and white A4 format, but it is now in A5 with a colour front and back cover and plans to extend this to the rest of the magazine. At the moment an average magazine is about 30 pages long.