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Accrington Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...

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. It is situated in the centre of Accrington. Accrington St Christopher's C of E High is nearby to the west.

History

The school, run by

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, opened on 1 September 2008 on the site of the former Accrington Moorhead Sports College, itself the successor Moorhead High School which was the successor of the one-time Accrington High School for Girls. All pupils previously at Moorhead automatically transferred to the new school, which has had a sixth form provision from September 2009.

Former schools

Accrington Grammar School had around 500 boys and 100 in the sixth form in the 1970s. Accrington High School for Girls had around 600 girls. Accringto
Moorhead High School
was on ''Cromwell Avenue'' off Queen's Road West. The school was founded in 1895 on Blackburn Rd, Accrington as a 'Technical School' In 1968, it moved to the Moorhead site. In 1975, following the Labour government's educational reforms, it ceased to exist.

Notable former pupils

Accrington Moorhead Sports College

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Accrington Grammar School

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* Sir James Drake CBE, civil engineer, designed the UK's first motorway when with Lancashire County Council *

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Accrington High School for Girls

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References

External links

The New Academy Website

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