The School's History and Origins
During much of the 20th century the school was known by its original name which was "Cromwell Road School". Indeed from after the mid-1930s the school was split into separates secondary schools for boys and girls.
The boys' school became known as Cromwell Road Secondary Modern School for Boys (motto, Carpe diem) and was located in the 1930s building which has its entrance on Sefton Road. The girls' school became Cromwell Road Secondary Modern School for Girls and was located within the original old school built before the First World War in nearby Warwick Street which runs between Sefton Road and Cromwell Road itself. The original Warwick Street school provided education for infant, junior and senior pupils. Some years later, the boys' and girls' schools were merged to form a single school for secondary education on the joint Sefton Road/Warwick Street sites and given the appropriate name of Pendlebury High School.
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