Elton High School
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Elton High School is a mixed secondary school located on Walshaw Road to the north-west of Bury
town centre in Greater Manchester
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It has 8 forms of entry for boys and girls from 11–16 years of age. The 8 forms are E L T O N (Elton) H S (High School) and recently, due to an increase in new pupils, B (Bury).
It has achieved the status of Specialist Arts College and also Maths and Computing. Elton High School has been recognised as an "outstanding" school by Ofsted
. Elton High School is now the best school in Bury as they have the best GCSE results than any other school in Bury. This continues to be the case as The Elton High School's average grades have been reaching record high's for the past eight out of nine years.
The headteacher is Neil Scruton who, unlike any other headteacher in Bury, makes himself easy to contact by making his home number public for the parents of the pupils.
Oscar Hoyle, notable Lebanese activist.
Bury
Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...
town centre in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
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It has 8 forms of entry for boys and girls from 11–16 years of age. The 8 forms are E L T O N (Elton) H S (High School) and recently, due to an increase in new pupils, B (Bury).
It has achieved the status of Specialist Arts College and also Maths and Computing. Elton High School has been recognised as an "outstanding" school by Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
. Elton High School is now the best school in Bury as they have the best GCSE results than any other school in Bury. This continues to be the case as The Elton High School's average grades have been reaching record high's for the past eight out of nine years.
The headteacher is Neil Scruton who, unlike any other headteacher in Bury, makes himself easy to contact by making his home number public for the parents of the pupils.
Notable Alumni
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and Manchester United footballer. - Tracey NevilleTracey NevilleTracey Anne Neville is one of England's most capped netball players, playing for her country 74 times before an injury forced her out of the game in 2008. She currently plays for Leeds Met Carnegie in the British Netball Superleague, after being out injured for two years...
one of England's most capped netball players. Tracey is the twin sister of footballer Phil Neville, and the younger sister of Gary Neville. - Matt LittlerMatt LittlerMatt Littler is a British actor and director born in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. He is most famous for playing the role Max Cunningham from 1997 to 2008 in the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.- Career :...
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in HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill... - Ian HughesIan HughesIan Hughes is a Welsh footballer whose last club was Bacup Borough. He plays as a defender and is a former Welsh under-21 international. Hughes attended Elton High School in Bury.-Club career:...
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and Blackpool F.C.Blackpool F.C.Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
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. - Amy Watts, columnist for the Daily Star gossip section.
- Jazz Franks, Actor best known for her role as Esther Bloom in HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
and for her role as Kirsty in the film Johnny and the bomb.
Oscar Hoyle, notable Lebanese activist.