Accrington Academy
| Accrington Academy | |
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Queens Road West , , BB5 4FF | |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | The Best in Everyone |
| Established | 2008 |
| Founder | United Learning |
| Local authority | n/a |
| Specialist | Sports and Mathematics |
| Department for Education URN | 135649 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Andy O'Brien |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1150 |
| Houses | Athena, Caerus, Zeus and Metis |
| Colour(s) | blue white black |
| Former name | Moorhead High School |
| Website | http://www.accrington-academy.org |
Accrington Academy is a mixed 11-18 Academy in Accrington, Lancashire. Swimming Club Pioneer 79 use the swimming pool at Accrington Academy
Admissions
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 will have 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 Queen's Road West.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.
Notable alumni
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- Mina Anwar, actress
- Dominic Brunt, actor
- Martin Fearon, footballer
- Julie Hesmondhalgh, actress
- Andrew Scarborough, actor.
Accrington Grammar School
- Sir Kenneth Barnes CB, Permanent Secretary from 1976-82 of the Department of Employment
- Jim Bowen, comedian, and former host of Bullseye
- Harold Davenport, mathematician, known for the Davenport–Schinzel sequence, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics from 1958-69 at the University of Cambridge
- Sir James Drake CBE, civil engineer, designed the UK's first motorway when with Lancashire County Council
- Graeme Fowler, cricketer
- Harry Hill (cyclist)
- Ron Hill, runner
- Eric Hinchliffe, nuclear scientist
- Prof Leslie Howarth OBE, Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics from 1964-76 at the University of Bristol
- Eric Kinder, Chairman from 1990-7 of Smith & Nephew
- Prof John Lamb CBE, James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1961-91 at the University of Glasgow, President from 1970-2 of the British Society of Rheology
- Bryan Langton CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive from 1990-6 of Holiday Inn Worldwide
- James Prescott CBE, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry from 1924-55 at the University of Adelaide 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 Manchester and from 1952-62 at the University of Nottingham
- Vincent Taylor, biblical scholar
- Sir John Tomlinson CBE, bass
- John Wallwork, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon since 1981 at Papworth Hospital
- Ilyas Khan 1978 Chairman of Leonard Cheshire and financier of Accrington Stanley Football Club
Accrington High School for Girls
- Hazel Townson, children's author
- Jeanette Winterson, author
