Penwortham Girls' High School

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Penwortham Girls' High School
Address
Penwortham Girls' High School
Cop Lane


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PR1 0SR

England
Coordinates 53°44′53″N2°43′41″W / 53.74801°N 2.72813°W / 53.74801; -2.72813
Information
Type Community school
Established1954
Local authority Lancashire
Department for Education URN 119765 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherMrs Sharon Hall
GenderGirls
Age11to 16
Enrolment775 as of April 2022
Website http://www.penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk/

Penwortham Girls' High School is a secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire. [1]

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Established in 1954 as Penwortham Girls' Grammar School, today it is a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, [2] and is one of two non-selective, non-fee paying girls’ school in Lancashire.

Penwortham Girls' High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. [3] The school also offers The Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme as an extra-curricular activity. [4]

Notable former pupils

Penwortham Girls' Grammar School

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References

  1. "Penwortham Girls High School" . Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  2. "Penwortham Girls' High School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  3. "Curriculum".
  4. "Extra Curricular Activities".