Sowerby Bridge High School

Sowerby Bridge High School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. More than 1,000 girls and boys are pupils at the school and it specialises in maths and computing.^[1]

History

The school is on the site of the all boys Sowerby Bridge and District Secondary School, which opened on 7 May 1910 with 80 pupils, and which later became Sowerby Bridge Grammar School.^[1]^[2]

Alumni and notable staff

(Sowerby Bridge Grammar School)

Arthur Comfort - Art teacher
Roger Hargreaves - Author (Mr. Men)
Sally Wainwright - TV drama writer^[3]
Stuart Townend - Musician, Hymn writer. Composer of "In Christ Alone"

References

1 2 Sowerby Bridge High Old Boy or Girl at Halifax Courier. Retrieved 25 May 2015
↑ "Milton Avenue, Sowerby Bridge". From Weaver to Web: Online digital archive of Calderdale history. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
↑ Sally Wainwright: My Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post, retrieved 5 October 2014

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 53°42′50″N 1°54′32″W / 53.7140°N 1.9088°W / 53.7140; -1.9088

Schools in Calderdale

Non-selective	Brighouse High School The Brooksbank School Calder High School The Halifax Academy Lightcliffe Academy Park Lane Learning Trust Rastrick High School Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge High School Todmorden High School Trinity Academy

Grammar	Crossley Heath School North Halifax Grammar School

Special	William Henry Smith School

Independent	Hipperholme Grammar School Rastrick Independent School Rishworth School

Further education	Calderdale College The Maltings College

Defunct	Heath Grammar School The Ridings School St Catherine's RC High School

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