Penwortham Girls' High School

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Penwortham Girls' High School
Address
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Cop Lane Penwortham Lancashire , PR1 0SR England
Coordinates	53°44′53″N 2°43′41″W / 53.74801°N 2.72813°W / 53.74801; -2.72813Coordinates: 53°44′53″N 2°43′41″W / 53.74801°N 2.72813°W / 53.74801; -2.72813
Information
Type	Community school
Established	1954
Local authority	Lancashire
Department for Education URN	119765 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Mrs Karen Pomeroy
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 16
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]

Established in 1954 as Penwortham Girls' Grammar School, today it is a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, and is the only non-selective, non-fee paying girls’ school in Lancashire.

Notable former pupils[]

Miss Polly Rae, singer
Joanna Riding, actress

Penwortham Girls' Grammar School[]

Dame Sue Ion FREng, President from 2004-06 of the British Nuclear Energy Society (became the Nuclear Institute in 2009)
Ruth Mercer, Headmistress since 2009 of Godolphin and Latymer School
Karen Pierce CMG, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations since January 2018
Dame Nancy Rothwell FRS, Vice-Chancellor since 2010 of the University of Manchester, President from 2009-14 of the Royal Society of Biology
Prof Amanda Vickery, Professor of Early Modern History since 2011 at Queen Mary University of London

References[]

^ "Penwortham Girls High School". Retrieved 7 April 2017.

External links[]

Penwortham Girls' High School official website

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