Ellesmere Park High School

Ellesmere Park High School
Ellesmere Park High School
Address
	Wentworth Road; Ellesmere Park, Eccles; Salford, Greater Manchester, M30 9BP; England
Coordinates	53.4928°N 2.3342°W
Information
Type	Academy
Founder	Mrs Aaron
Local authority	Salford
Trust	Consilium Academies
Department for Education URN	144200 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Ian Ross
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Website	https://www.ephs.org.uk/

Ellesmere Park High School is a coeducational secondary school located in the Ellesmere Park area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England.[1]

History

Grammar school

The school opened as Eccles Grammar School in 1958; its original building was nearby on Park Road in Monton, at the top of Hawthorn Avenue. This building was still used during the 1980s for 1st and 2nd year secondary pupils and then was pulled down to make way for housing. The building on Wentworth Road housed the 3rd, 4th and 5th years pupils, till the closing of the Monton building. The grammar school's magazine was called the Essayon.

Comprehensive

The school became a comprehensive in 1973 as Ellesmere Park High School on Wentworth Road. The school became Wentworth High School in 1987 and was extended in 1990.

The school was renamed Ellesmere Park High School in September 2014 and moved to a new, more modern building.[2]

Academy

Previously a community school administered by Salford City Council, in July 2017 Ellesmere Park High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by Consilium Academies.

Notable former pupils

Wentworth High School

Linzey Cocker, actress
Joe Duddell, composer