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Chorlton High School

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Established
  
1924

DfE number
  
352/4281

Phone
  
+44 161 882 1150

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Type
  
Academy

DfE URN
  
139148 Tables

Founded
  
1924

Headteacher
  
Mr A. Park(Executive Headteacher)Ms Z. Morris

Location
  
Nell LaneManchesterM21 7SLEngland

Address
  
Nell Ln, Manchester M21 7SL, UK

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Chorlton High School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England.

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Grammar school

Chorlton Grammar School for Boys was founded in September 1924 with 110 boys due to the growing need to educate older local boys. The first headmaster was A. F. Chappell, appointed in 1925. During Second World War it was twice evacuated to Fleetwood, owing to the Blitz; school records for the period during the war are sketchy, as the boys were moved around multiple times. The first headmaster retired in 1951 and was succeeded by Mr Merriman a year later. In 1952 it became a grammar school as pupil numbers started increasing again. The third and final headmaster was C. A. Crofts, appointed in 1963. There was at one time a lower school in Darley Avenue (formerly Barlow Hall School).

Comprehensive

During the 1960s it returned to its comprehensive roots. The existing building of Chorlton High School at Nell Lane (built in the early 1960s) replaced the old school at Sandy Lane (Corkland Road), which was formerly Chorlton Grammar School; in the early years it was called Oakwood High School. Chorlton Grammar School on Corkland Road merged with Barlow Hall Secondary Modern School in 1967, when all of Manchester's secondary state schools became comprehensive.

It was designated a specialist Arts College in 2002. In May 2012, the school governors approved the controversial decision to convert into an academy. The school became an academy on 1 January 2013.

Notable people

  • Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb (a recording studio commemorates Maurice Gibb). However, it should be noted that none of the Bee Gees studied at Chorlton High School. They went to the nearby Oswald Road primary school but the family then emigrated to Australia.

    • Didsbury Technical High School

  • Sir Dan Crompton CBE, Chief Constable from 1990-95 for Nottinghamshire Constbulary
  • Jim Cumbes, cricketer and goalkeeper for Aston Villa
  • Paul Hart, defender for Leeds United
  • Keith Newton (footballer), defender for Blackburn Rovers and Burnley
  • Sir Michael Turner (businessman) CBE FRAeS, Chief Executive from 2002-08 of BAE Systems, and Chairman since 2008 of Babcock International and from 2012 of GKN

    • Chorlton Grammar School

  • Frank Cohen
  • Trevor Davey (1926–2012), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1972–1975)
  • Jack Eccles (trade unionist)
  • Roy Gibson, Director General from 1985-87 of the British National Space Centre, and Director General from 1975-80 of the European Space Agency (ESA)
  • John Gwynne (commentator), darts commentator, father of Andrew Gwynne, the Labour MP for Denton and Reddish since 2005
  • Harry Hargreaves (cartoonist)
  • Henry Jones CBE, Vaughan Professor of Education from 1967-81 at the University of Leicester
  • Graham Paddon, midfielder for Norwich City

    • Former staff

  • Adrian Henri – taught at the school during the 1950s.
  • John M. Lloyd, master 1947–73, author of The Township of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 1972.

    • References

    Chorlton High School Wikipedia
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