Worsley Wardley Grammar School

Worsley Wardley Grammar School
Established 1955
Closed 1973
Type Grammar school
Location Mardale Avenue
Wardley, Swinton
Greater Manchester
M27 3QP (then 9SQ)
EnglandEngland
Coordinates: 53°31′13″N 2°21′32″W / 53.52041°N 2.35897°W / 53.52041; -2.35897
Local authority Lancashire
Students 500-900 pupils
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–18
Destiny Became Wardley High School then part of Salford College

Worsley Wardley Grammar School was a school for pupils of either gender aged 11 to 18 years. The pupils were largely drawn from the English localities of Walkden, Worsley, Swinton, Pendlebury, Wardley and Clifton.

History

It opened as Worsley Wardley County Grammar School in September 1955 with just 69 boys and girls, rising to 500 by 1959, 650 in 1960, 750 in 1961, 800 in 1963 and 900 in 1965. It was run by the Lancashire Education Committee. Wardley Hall was nearby on the other side of the A6.

The school was located for the majority of its life in Mardale Avenue (off Ash Drive), Wardley, a locality west of Swinton, in the county of Lancashire - later Greater Manchester, in the parish of All Saints', Wardley. It was situated just north of Manchester Road (A6) in Wardley and just east (next to) of the M61/M60 junction (junction 15 of the current M60) - the Worsley Braided Interchange.

Comprehensive

In September 1972 it became a five form comprehensive school for ages 11–16, the Worsley Wardley High School with around 600 boys and girls in 1973 and 800 in 1978. After 1974, it was administered by the City of Salford. In September 1988, the Wardley High School and Pendlebury High School merged to become The Swinton High School, an 11-16 comprehensive.

Four members of the Happy Mondays went to this school. The other two went to the St Ambrose Barlow RC High School.

Further education college

It became the Wardley Campus of Salford College by the 1990s. Salford College became Salford City College in January 2009.

The Mardale Avenue building is now largely demolished. Wardley Grange Farm is next to the former building.

Notable former pupils

Wardley High School

Dr. Gena Merrett. Assistant Mayor.

References

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