St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan

St John Fisher Catholic High School
Motto "Quod Bonum Est Tenete"
Established 1950 (1950)
Type Voluntary aided comprehensive
Religion Roman Catholic
Headteacher Mrs Alison Rigby
Chairman of Governors Mr Mallin
Location Baytree Road
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN6 7RN
England
53°33′28″N 2°39′11″W / 53.5577°N 2.6530°W / 53.5577; -2.6530Coordinates: 53°33′28″N 2°39′11″W / 53.5577°N 2.6530°W / 53.5577; -2.6530
Local authority Wigan
DfE URN 106535 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students c. 900
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Website www.sjfhs.co.uk

St John Fisher Catholic High School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the Catholic martyr John Fisher.

Academics

The schools performs well in league tables compared with other local schools. It was among the top five performing schools in the Wigan LEA in the 2011 GCSEs.[1]

Performing arts

During November 2007, the school put on High School Musical with a cast drawn from the higher-school and lower-school. The 2008 production was 'Striking Out' which was the school's version of Billy Elliot. For the 2009 show extracts from Annie, Oliver Twist and Les Miserables were combined with talent acts to create a 2-hour show called "Musical Montage".

Sport

The school has been associated with rugby league since the 1970s. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, one year's team went unbeaten for five years, earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records. The school has produced a string of alumni who have gone on to achieve success domestically and internationally, including Shaun Edwards, the late Billy Joe Edwards,[2] Sean Gleeson, Chris Ashton and many more.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Secondary schools league tables in Wigan". BBC News. 21 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rugby league players killed in crash". BBC News. 2003-02-14. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Chris Ashton has cracked both rugby codes and his success has come as no surprise to his mentors". Daily Mail. 16 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Intense rivalries put Wigan in league of its own, says Andy Farrell". The Guardian. 24 February 2012.
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