St. Michael's CE High School
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St. Michael's is an Anglican high school
located in the town of Chorley
, Lancashire
, England
. The school is home to 1,200 pupils and is a performing Arts College
.
The Headteacher is Chris Bagguley and the Deputy Headteacher is Julie Heaton.
The school was established in 1964 as a Secondary Modern School. The first Headteacher was Roy Moore. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford
he was in outlook a Christian socialist and a great believer in equality. A notable feature of the school in its early days was that the houses and tutor groups were all named after people of notable Christian faith who had made significant personal cultural or religious contributions to society, which is still in place today. The school became a comprehensive school
in 1972.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in the town of Chorley
Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, in North West England. It is the largest settlement in the Borough of Chorley. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry...
, 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...
, 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 is home to 1,200 pupils and is a performing 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...
.
The Headteacher is Chris Bagguley and the Deputy Headteacher is Julie Heaton.
The school was established in 1964 as a Secondary Modern School. The first Headteacher was Roy Moore. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
he was in outlook a Christian socialist and a great believer in equality. A notable feature of the school in its early days was that the houses and tutor groups were all named after people of notable Christian faith who had made significant personal cultural or religious contributions to society, which is still in place today. The school became a comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in 1972.