Ellesmere Park High School

Ellesmere Park High School
Type Community school
Headteacher Heather Aaron
Location Wentworth Road
Ellesmere Park, Eccles
Salford
Greater Manchester
M30 9BP
England, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 53°29′34″N 2°20′03″W / 53.4928°N 2.3342°W / 53.4928; -2.3342
Local authority Salford
DfE URN 105982 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Houses Blue, Green, Red, Yellow

Ellesmere Park High School is an English secondary school located in the Ellesmere Park area of Eccles, Greater Manchester.

History

Grammar school

The school opened as Eccles Grammar School in 1958; its original building was nearby on Park Road in Monton, at the top of Hawthorn Avenue. This building was still used during the 1980s for 1st and 2nd year secondary pupils and then was pulled down to make way for housing. The building on Wentworth Road housed the 3rd, 4th and 5th years pupils, till the closing of the Monton building. Th grammar school's magazine was called the Essayon.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive in 1973 as Ellesmere Park High School on Wentworth Road. The school became Wentworth High School in 1987 and was extended in 1990. There was a small fire at the school in 2014. The school was renamed Ellesmere Park High School in September 2014 and moved to a new, more modern building.

Alumni

Wentworth High School

Ellesmere Park High School (1973-87)

Eccles Grammar School

See also

References

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