Turton School


Turton School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Bromley Cross, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

History and information

Construction for the main school buildings started in 1939, but were postponed due to the Second World War. The school eventually opened in April 1954. The school buildings were extensively renovated in 2018 which included a new dining room, library, learning support area and English department. It is over-subscribed, with two applications per place. Facilities include a community swimming pool and sports hall. The school enjoys sporting success in hockey, netball, football, rugby, basketball, tennis, cricket, rounders, badminton, table tennis, volleyball, and softball, and also offers dance, gymnastics, swimming, and aerobics.
There are junior and senior choirs, a training orchestra and senior orchestra, wind band, flute choir, brass band, string quartet and wind quartet. Other extra-curricular activities range from chess, technology and computers to drama and writing groups that produce a school magazine and newsletter. Turton High also offers an industrial awareness conference, Young Enterprise, sixth-form debating and a variety of charity events.

Admissions

Re-organised as a comprehensive in 1971, the school is situated in the northern extremity of Bolton in a suburban commuter area.

Sixth form

The Sixth Form at Turton offers over 35 Advanced Level courses in a purpose-built centre with Common Room, ICT facilities and Study Area, an all-day snack bar, conference room, green screen television studio and media suite.
Over half of these have not previously attended the main school.

Awards and achievements

  • Awarded Healthy School status in March 2007
  • The latest Ofsted report states:
    "Standards are well above average and rising, as a result of good teaching and teachers' effective use of data to set targets"
  • Teachernet school achievement award winner
  • FA charter standard school

    Senior staff

  • Headteacher: S. Gorse
  • Deputy headteachers: C. Bach, C. Baily
  • Director of sixth form: K. Bali
  • Assistant headteachers: J L Edge, A Lane, N R Parry
  • Associate assistant headteachers: J Bach - also SENCO

    Notable alumni

  • Harry Brockbank, English footballer, former player for Bolton Wanderers, now playing for St Patrick’s Athletic FC
  • James Carlton, actor, Emmerdale and Heartbeat
  • Justin Chadwick, producer of The Other Boleyn Girl and Long Walk to Freedom.
  • John Cunliffe, former professional footballer in the United States.
  • David Flitcroft, footballer, now director of football at Port Vale
  • Garry Flitcroft, footballer, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City
  • Jack Harrison, footballer playing for Leeds United, Everton
  • Paul Heathcote, chef
  • Chris Hunt, badminton gold medalist, European and Commonwealth
  • Andy Kellett, footballer Bolton, Plymouth, Wigan, Bury
  • Tom Lancashire, middle-distance athlete 2008 Olympian
  • David Andrew Phoenix, biochemist and educationalist
  • Craig Pilling, wrestling Commonwealth Games 2014 bronze medallist
  • Clare Pollard, poet and playwright
  • Paul Sixsmith, international footballer for Malta
  • Stuart Stokes, athlete, 2012 Olympian 3000m steeplechase
  • Simon Whaley, former footballer playing for Bury, Preston North End, Barnsley, Norwich City, Rochdale and Bradford City.
  • Sammy Winward, actress, Emmerdale.