Type Voluntary aided school Headteacher Mr Dumican DfE URN 106540 Tables Gender Mixed-sex education | Religion Roman Catholic DfE number 359/4805 Phone +44 1942 728651 | |
Location Rookery Avenue
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Greater Manchester
WN4 9PF
England Address Rookery Ave, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 9PF, UK Similar Byrchall High School, Cansfield High Specialist, Deanery High School, Saint Mary's Catholic, Golborne High School Profiles | ||
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School is a centre of secondary education in Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It has around 1200 pupils and is a Leading Edge school. It is also the first Secondary School in the Wigan Borough to receive the Green Flag Award.
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It is in the Catholic parish of St Oswald's with most pupils coming from Haydock English Martyrs Catholic Primary School Haydock, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green, St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Ashton, St Benedicts Cathoilc Primary School, Hindley, and other schools in the boroughs of Wigan and St Helens. Mr Dumican is the headmaster of the school. In 2009, the school won the green flag eco-award which no other high school has. The school opened on 21 August 1961 and was formerly known as 'Blessed Edmund Arrowsmith.' It celebrated its Golden Jubilee of 50 years at a mass held at the Liverpool Cathedral on 29 June 2011.
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The school's uniform consists of a bottle green blazer, white shirt, black or dark grey trousers (for boys) or grey skirt (for girls), and dark green tie with the school crest and red and light green stripes. The prefect tie consists of a red tie with a golden emblem. Shoes are black or brown.