Coordinates: 53°39′42″N 2°38′10″W / 53.6616°N 2.6361°W / 53.6616; -2.6361
| Motto | Therefore, Choose |
|---|---|
| Established | 1964 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Anglican Church of England |
| Head teacher | Mrs J Heaton |
| Location | Astley Road Chorley Lancashire PR7 1RS England |
| DfE URN | 119795 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,134 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | St Michael's CE High School Performing Arts College |
St. Michael's is an Anglican high school located in the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The school is home to 1,200 pupils and is a performing Arts College.
The Headteacher has been Mrs. Julie Heaton since January of 2012.
The school was established in 1964 as a Secondary Modern School. The first Headteacher was Roy Moore. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford he was in outlook a Christian socialist and a great believer in equality. A notable feature of the school is that the houses and tutor groups are all named after people of notable Christian faith who have made significant personal cultural or religious contributions to society. The school became a comprehensive school in 1972, and an Academy in 2011.
The Schools uniform is a maroon blazer incorporating the school logo and motto. The lower school tie is red with multiple crosses. The upper school tie is the same however with a black background. Hughes or the chapel choir (for years 9 - 11) have a silver tie with red crosses. An optional jumper for lower school is red with a silver logo, the higher school jumper is black with a silver logo.
Notable Ex-Students at Saint Michaels include Steve Pemberton and Adrian Rigby
Famous quotes containing the words michael, high and/or school:
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L.B. Jeffries: Well, is she the girl who saves him from the clutches of the seductive show girls and the over passionate daughters of the rich?
Lisa Fremont: The same.
L.B. Jeffries: That’s the one, huh? But he never ends up marrying her, does he? That’s strange.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“... by and large, wife-changing and high office are not compatible. This inequity accounts for the many dull women in Washington and is the cause of much smug complacency on the distaff side of political marriages.”
—Barbara Howar (b. 1934)
“I’m not making light of prayers here, but of so-called school prayer, which bears as much resemblance to real spiritual experience as that freeze-dried astronaut food bears to a nice standing rib roast. From what I remember of praying in school, it was almost an insult to God, a rote exercise in moving your mouth while daydreaming or checking out the cutest boy in the seventh grade that was a far, far cry from soul-searching.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)