Padgate High School
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Lysander Community High School, formerly known as Padgate Community High School, is a secondary school
for 11-16 year olds, located in Fearnhead, Warrington
in Cheshire
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for 16-19 year olds. Co-located on the same grounds and uses the same teachers and core facilities.
Lysander is currently trying to improve its somewhat poor reputation by becoming a more 'forward-thinking' school.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
for 11-16 year olds, located in Fearnhead, Warrington
Warrington
Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...
in Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
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Fearnhead Sixth Form
Fearnhead Sixth Form is a specialist sixth form collegeSixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
for 16-19 year olds. Co-located on the same grounds and uses the same teachers and core facilities.
Future
Warrington Borough Council have proposed the merger of Padgate and Woolston schools on the Padgate site, under an £18million project.Lysander is currently trying to improve its somewhat poor reputation by becoming a more 'forward-thinking' school.
Alumni
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- reality television personality