Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Arts
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Ellesmere Port Specialist School of Performing Arts is a secondary school
located in Ellesmere Port
, Cheshire
. Until 2006, it was known as Sutton High School, until it was awarded specialist Arts College
status, the change in name may be due to a grant to restore it being awarded.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated on the south border of the Wirral Peninsula on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, which in turn gives access to the River...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
. Until 2006, it was known as Sutton High School, until it was awarded specialist 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, the change in name may be due to a grant to restore it being awarded.
History and blocks
The school was originally split into two, a boys school and a girls school, in common with many schools at the time. The two schools were later merged, and the school buildings were split into five 'blocks':- Pink Tower Home to Languages, R.E., Geography, History & the Sixth Form Common room
- Blue Tower Home to Mathematics
- Yellow Block. Home to Science
- Green Block Home to Woodwork, Metalwork, Engineering, Graphical Design, Art, Cookery, Business Studies, Media Studies and I.T.
- The Older Original Section Of The School, which doubled as the exam hall & was the traditional home of both English and the performing artsPerforming artsThe performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
lessons that have given the school its current name, part of the building was sold to create a privately owned business centre. English corridor. Home to English