St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School is a centre of secondary education in Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.^[1][2] It has around 1200 pupils and is a Leading Edge school. It is also the first Secondary School in the Wigan Borough to receive the Green Flag Award.

TypeVoluntary aided school

Religious affiliation

Roman Catholic

Local authority

Wigan

Department for Education URN

106540 Tables

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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School
Location
Rookery Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield , Greater Manchester , WN4 9PF England
53.4824°N 2.6403°W / 53.4824; -2.6403
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Local authority	Wigan
Department for Education URN	106540 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Mark Dumican
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Website	http://www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/

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It is in the Catholic parish of St Oswald's with most pupils coming from Haydock English Martyrs Catholic Primary School Haydock, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green, St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Ashton, St Benedicts Catholic Primary School, Hindley, and other schools in the boroughs of Wigan and St Helens. Mr. Dumican is the headmaster of the school. The school opened on 21 August 1961 and was formerly known as 'Blessed Edmund Arrowsmith.' It celebrated its Golden Jubilee of 50 years at a mass held at the Liverpool Cathedral on 29 June 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Edmund Arrowsmith (c. 1585 – 28 August 1628) was canonised in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born in Haydock, Lancashire.^[3][4]