Accrington St Christopher's C of E High
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St Christopher's C of E High is a voluntarily aided Church of England
High School located north of Accrington
in Lancashire
, north-west England
. The school was founded in 1958 and in 2005 earned Technology College
status.
The Sunday Times ranked it 49th in 2007 and 30th in 2006 in its "Top 50 state secondary school with no sixth form" category. The school has received an 'Outstanding' inspection report by Ofsted.
It now caters for around 1100 pupils, aged 11-18, drawn from the Accrington
, Blackburn and Burnley
areas, following recent expansion work including a large sports building named 'The Ian King Sports Hall' (named after a respected PE teacher who had died) and a new sixth form which opened in September 2010.
The headmaster is Mr A. D. Coates.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
High School located north of Accrington
Accrington
Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn...
in Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, north-west England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school was founded in 1958 and in 2005 earned Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
status.
The Sunday Times ranked it 49th in 2007 and 30th in 2006 in its "Top 50 state secondary school with no sixth form" category. The school has received an 'Outstanding' inspection report by Ofsted.
It now caters for around 1100 pupils, aged 11-18, drawn from the Accrington
Accrington
Accrington is a town in Lancashire, within the borough of Hyndburn. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, north of Manchester city centre and is situated on the mostly culverted River Hyndburn...
, Blackburn and Burnley
Burnley
Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
areas, following recent expansion work including a large sports building named 'The Ian King Sports Hall' (named after a respected PE teacher who had died) and a new sixth form which opened in September 2010.
The headmaster is Mr A. D. Coates.