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St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington

Field	Value
name	St Christopher's Church of England High School
established	1958
type	Academy
religious_affiliation	Church of England
head_label	Principal
head	Richard Jones
address	Queens Road West
city	Accrington
county	Lancashire
country	England
postcode	BB5 4FF
ofsted	yes
urn	137421
enrolment	1236
gender	coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
website	www.st-christophers.org

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 a respected Physical Education 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. Richard Jones, formerly the deputy headteacher, took over the role of headteacher, with Paul Cuff taking the role of deputy headteacher and head of the Sixth Form Centre.

Notable former pupils

Jon Anderson, Co-founder and lead singer of progressive rock band Yes
Rachel Brown, women's footballer
Julia Haworth, actress
Graham Jones, MP for Hyndburn 2010-2019
Sara Britcliffe, MP for Hyndburn 2019-2024

References

"Accrington headteacher to retire after 21 years in charge". [[lancashiretelegraph.co.uk]].
"New headteacher appointed at Accrington school". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk.
"Accrington Sixth Form to get new deputy head". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk.
Accrington, Amazing. (2017-07-03). "LOCAL FARM...TO GLOBAL FAME".
(2003-05-19). "Our School... St Christopher's CE High School, Accrington". Lancashire Telegraph.
(2003-09-06). "Bashful Street kid". Lancashire Telegraph.
"St Christopher's - News - Sixth Form".
OliviaWright. (2016-12-15). "Oswaldtwistle student to become mayoress of Hyndburn".

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