Egerton Park Arts College
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Egerton Park Arts College was a comprehensive school for boys and girl aged 11–16. Its address was Egerton Street, Denton
, Tameside
, Greater Manchester
, M34 3PB.
Arts College
status.
. The new building will not be opening until January 2012, therefore the students will be on split sites but under the new Denton Community College
branding. Egerton Park is now known as 'North Campus' and Two Trees 'South Campus'.
, it has no sixth form. At GCSE
it gets results under the England average, although a few per cent under the Tameside average.
Denton, Greater Manchester
Denton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is five miles to the east of Manchester city centre, and has a population of 26,866....
, Tameside
Tameside
The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame which flows through the borough and spans the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Its western...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, M34 3PB.
History
It used to be called Egerton Park Community High School, and previous to that Egerton Park Secondary School. It has been awarded specialistSpecialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
status.
Proposed Merger
In 2010 Egerton Park merged with fellow Denton high school Two Trees Sports College, on the Egerton Park campus, creating a City Academy style high school. The name of the new school is Denton Community CollegeDenton Community College
Denton Community College is a comprehensive, inclusive 1,350 place school in the UK for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16. It specialises in Performing Arts and Sports...
. The new building will not be opening until January 2012, therefore the students will be on split sites but under the new Denton Community College
Denton Community College
Denton Community College is a comprehensive, inclusive 1,350 place school in the UK for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16. It specialises in Performing Arts and Sports...
branding. Egerton Park is now known as 'North Campus' and Two Trees 'South Campus'.
Academic performance
Like all except two schools in Tameside LEALocal Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
, it has no sixth form. At GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
it gets results under the England average, although a few per cent under the Tameside average.
Notable alumni
- Steve Bennett (entrepreneur)Steve Bennett (entrepreneur)Steve Bennett is the leader of Starchaser, a rocket building program once in competition for the Ansari X Prize.Bennett was born in England and was fascinated by rockets from an early age, especially from seeing man’s first walk on the moon....
, founder and Chief Executive of Starchaser IndustriesStarchaser IndustriesStarchaser Industries is a privately owned company based in the UK whose principle aim is to become a viable business in space tourism. Formed in 1992, the company has designed and built several rocket systems - all prototypes - to investigate the feasibility of producing a Space Tourism Vehicle... - Andrew GwynneAndrew GwynneAndrew John Gwynne is a British Labour Party politician and has been the Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish since 2005, replacing the retiring Andrew Bennett.-Early life:...
, local MP for Denton and Reddish - Samantha SiddallSamantha SiddallSamantha Siddall is an English actress, best known for playing Mandy Maguire in Shameless from 2004–2009, a role she briefly reprised for an episode in 2011...
, actress known for her role as Mandy Maguire in Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
series ShamelessShamelessShameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
Notable teachers
- Thomas Clarke (born c. 1972), a former Head of Science who was jailed for life in December 2002 for murdering a 71 year old pensioner and leaving a teenager disabled.