Ellesmere Park High School
| Ellesmere Park High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Wentworth Road , , M30 9BP | |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Department for Education URN | 105982 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Heather Aaron |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Houses | Blue, Green, Red, Yellow |
Ellesmere Park High School is an English secondary school located in the Ellesmere Park area of Eccles, Greater Manchester.
History
Grammar school
The school opened as Eccles Grammar School in 1958; its original building was nearby on Park Road in Monton, at the top of Hawthorn Avenue. This building was still used during the 1980s for 1st and 2nd year secondary pupils and then was pulled down to make way for housing. The building on Wentworth Road housed the 3rd, 4th and 5th years pupils, till the closing of the Monton building. Th grammar school's magazine was called the Essayon.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in 1973 as Ellesmere Park High School on Wentworth Road. The school became Wentworth High School in 1987 and was extended in 1990. There was a small fire at the school in 2014. The school was renamed Ellesmere Park High School in September 2014 and moved to a new, more modern building.
Alumni
Wentworth High School
- Linzey Cocker, actress
- Joe Duddell, composer
- Stephen Lord, actor who played Jase Dyer in EastEnders
Ellesmere Park High School (1973-87)
- Andy Crane, TV and radio presenter, does the weekday afternoon slot on BBC Radio Manchester
Eccles Grammar School
- Prof Allen Bailey FRSC, Professor of Biochemistry from 1980-96 at the University of Bristol
- Sir Hubert Bennett, architect
- Sidney Clarke (priest), Chaplain-in-Chief from 1930-33 of the RAF
- Bryce Fulton, full back for Plymouth Argyle F.C.
- Stella Goodier, actress
- Prof Bernard Hague, Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1946-60 at the University of Glasgow
- Debbie Horsfield, TV writer who wrote Making Out, and the adaptation for the Poldark (2015 TV series)
- Elgar Howarth, brass band conductor
- Sydney Lawrence CBE, Kingston upon Hull from 1948-62 of Kingston upon Hull City Police, and from 1945-48 of Reading Borough Police, and President from 1960-61 of ACPO
- Tony Warren MBE, creator of Coronation Street