St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington

St Christopher's C of E High
Established	1958
Type	Academy
Principal	Richard Jones
Location	Queens Road West Accrington Lancashire BB5 4FF England
Students	1236
Gender	coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	St Christopher's Website

Coordinates: 53°45′40″N 2°22′39″W / 53.7612°N 2.3774°W / 53.7612; -2.3774 St Christopher's C of E High is a Church of England High School with academy status located north of Accrington in Lancashire, north-west England. The school was founded in 1958, and in 2005, the school earned Technology College status.

The Sunday Times ranked it 49th in 2007, and 30th in 2006, in its "Top 50 state secondary school with no sixth form" category. The school has received an 'Outstanding' inspection report by Ofsted.

It now caters for around 1236 pupils, aged 11–18, drawn from the Accrington, Blackburn and Burnley areas, following recent expansion work, including a large sports building, The Ian King Sports Hall (named after Ian King, who was an respected PE teacher who died in October 2009), and a new sixth form, officially opened in September 2010.

Alasdair Coates served as headteacher for 21 years, from 1992 until July 2013, which made him the longest serving head of a church school in Britain.^[1] Richard Jones, formerly the deputy headteacher, took over the role of headteacher,^[2] with Paul Cuff taking the role of deputy headteacher and head of the Sixth Form Centre.^[3]

Notable former pupils

Jon Anderson, Co-founder and lead singer of progrssive rock band Yes
Rachel Brown, women's footballer
Julia Haworth, actress

References

↑ "Accrington headteacher to retire after 21 years in charge". http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/. External link in |work= (help)
↑ "New headteacher appointed at Accrington school". http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/. External link in |work= (help)
↑ "Accrington Sixth Form to get new deputy head". http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/. External link in |work= (help)

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