St. John Fisher Catholic High School (Wigan)
- St. John Fisher Catholic High School (Wigan)
Infobox UK school
name = St John Fisher Catholic High School
size =
latitude = 53.5577
longitude = -2.6530
dms = yes
motto = Quod Bonum Est Tenate
(Hold Fast To What Is Good)
established =
approx = 1950
closed =
c_approx =
type = Comprehensive
Voluntary aided
religion = Roman Catholic
head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr R. Ward
specialist = Performing Arts College
specialist_pl =
street = Baytree Road
city = Wigan
county = Greater Manchester
country = England
postcode = WN6 7RN
LEA = Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
ofsted = 106535
staff =
enrollment = c. 900
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
website = http://www.saintjohnfisher.co.uk/
website_name = St John Fisher Catholic High School
St John Fisher Catholic High School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school located in Beech Hill, Wigan, Greater Manchester.It is named after the Catholic martyr John Fisher.
General Information
Its pupils number around 900, aged 11–16. The schools performs well in league tables compared with other local schools. The school has a strong sporting tradition, particularly in Rugby League. In the late 1990s and early 2000s one years' team went unbeaten for 5 years, earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The schools sporting alumni include Wigan Rugby League players Shaun Edwards and Billy Joe Edwards, the latter of whom was tragically killed in a traffic accident in 2003. [cite news
last =
first =
coauthors =
title = Rugby league players killed in crash
work = BBC News
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = 2003-02-14
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2741899.stm
accessdate = 2007-11-20] Current Wigan Rugby League players Joel Tomkins and Chris Ashton also attended the school.
References
Shows
During November 2007, the school put on "High School Musical" with a cast drawn from the higher-school and lower-school. The 2008 production will be "Billy Elliot", debuting in October.
External links
* [http://www.saintjohnfisher.co.uk St John Fisher Catholic High School]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=106535 Ofsted profile] , including latest inspection
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