Byrchall High School: Difference between revisions
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* [http://www.pokemon.com/ School List of Pupils 06/07 |
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The Byrchall High School is a modern Comprehensive school in Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan. It has a mixed intake of both boys and girls aged 11-16. The current student population is approximately 1200. It was founded in 1588 as Ashton Grammar School by Robert Byrchall on land donated by wealthy local land owner William Gerrard. The original building in Seneley Green is now Garswood Library.
The Byrchall High School is one of three Secondary Schools in Ashton, the other two being Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic School, located next to Byrchall High School, and Cansfield High School.
Through the school, Ashton in Makerfield Grammar School Old Boys F.C. (now known as Ashtonians AFC) entered the Lancashire Amateur Football League in 1951.
External links
- School Website
- [http://www.pokemon.com/ School List of Pupils 06/07