SCHOOL REPORT: The school motto "Mente Manibusque" means "with hands and minds" and at Edge End we cater for all pupils. The school's emphasis on the needs of the individual is reflected in all aspects of the school. We have created an environment that is not only safe and ordered but one that takes positive action to develop mutual respect. Every pupil is encouraged to develop his or her talents and to achieve their potential. The school has strong links with its feeder primaries and with the community itself. Parents are encouraged to play an active role. The school is developing a youth club and works closely with the Army, Millennium Volunteers and the Prince's Trust to help young people develop purposeful out-of-hours activities. The school is part of the East Lancashire Excellence Cluster and receives extra money from the Department for Education and Skills to work with gifted and talented pupils and those who need extra support to help with their behaviour. There is also a project called Pupil Learning Credits which helps to provide those experiences outside of school that might not be affordable or even available to many of our pupils.
HISTORY LESSON: The school opened in 1932 as Edge End Senior Boys' Council School and catered for pupils who did not pass the 11-plus but did not wish to go to the local secondary modern school. When education was reorganised in the mid-1970s the school became Edge End High School and became a comprehensive school. In recent times the school has undergone considerable refurbishment. New science laboratories have been built along with purpose-built art and music rooms. Presently all the English and maths rooms are undergoing reconstruction and this will then be followed by the redevelopment of the humanities area. The school is currently engaged in developing a lottery bid for a cricket and climbing centre.
NUMBER OF PUPILS: Edge End High School is an 11-16 mixed school. It has 675 pupils on roll. The main intake of pupils is from Marsden, Lomeshaye and St Paul's primary schools, but overall pupils from 13 primaries come to Edge End. Numbers are rising fast and there is only one spare place in Year 9 and six in Year 7.
STAR PUPILS: Edge End has a proud tradition of drama and a number of pupils have gone on to success in this area. Most notable are John Simm, seen in a BBC adaptation of "Crime and Punishment", Lee Ingleby who took the lead role in "Nature Boy" and Jamie Buller, who appeared in the West End in "Les Miserables."
SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT: The school was listed by Ofsted last year as a Top 100 School and the headteacher recently attended a reception at Highgrove at the invitation of the Prince of Wales to celebrate our success. Mostly the school brags about its pupils who perform well above their predicted abilities.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A £100,000 WINDFALL?: Firstly it would help as matched funding for the cricket centre. It would probably be used to help develop our library into a state-of-the-art learning centre and achieve specialist school status in business and engineering.
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