Penwortham Girls' High School
Penwortham Girls' High School is a secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire.[1]
| Penwortham Girls' High School | |
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Cop Lane , PR1 0SR | |
| Coordinates | 53.74801°N 2.72813°W |
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| Type | Community school |
| Established | 1954 |
| Local authority | Lancashire |
| Department for Education URN | 119765 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Mrs Karen Pomeroy |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk/ |
Established in 1954 as Penwortham Girls' Grammar School, today it is a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, and is the only non-selective, non-fee paying girls’ school in Lancashire.
Notable former pupils
- Miss Polly Rae, singer
- Joanna Riding, actress
Penwortham Girls' Grammar School
- Dame Sue Ion FREng, President from 2004-06 of the British Nuclear Energy Society (became the Nuclear Institute in 2009)
- Ruth Mercer, Headmistress since 2009 of Godolphin and Latymer School
- Karen Pierce CMG, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations since January 2018
- Dame Nancy Rothwell FRS, Vice-Chancellor since 2010 of the University of Manchester, President from 2009-14 of the Royal Society of Biology
- Prof Amanda Vickery, Professor of Early Modern History since 2011 at Queen Mary University of London
References
- "Penwortham Girls High School". Retrieved 7 April 2017.
External links
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