PEMBEC High School (Pemberton Business and Enterprise College) was a state school in the Pemberton district of Wigan, Greater Manchester, with Business and Enterprise College status.
| PEMBEC High School | |
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| Address | |
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Montrose Avenue , , WN5 9XL England | |
| Coordinates | 53°32′38″N 2°40′34″W / 53.5438°N 2.6761°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary School |
| Closed | 2011 |
| Local authority | Wigan |
| Specialist | Business and Enterprise College |
| Department for Education URN | 106520 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Houses | Enterprise, Mill, Barge, Land, Coilery |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Green |
| Website | http://www.pembec.wigan.sch.uk/index.htm |
The school had a "Gifted and Talented" programme that had given it its highest number of pupils with A and A*s at GCSE.[1]
PEMBEC was closed in August 2011, and the site was re-named 'Central Park'. Ran by the Wigan Warriors rugby league club, Central Park offered vocational training and further education programmes for 14-19-year-olds. The provision also offered extensive facilities to be used by the local community as well as new headquarters for the club, a sophisticated base for the Warriors' Community and Foundation operations and a Centre of Excellence for the highly reputed Wigan Warriors' Youth Development Programme.[2]
In 2023, Wigan Council began to demolish the site, with plans to use the site to create a new home for Hope School, a SEND school currently based in Kelvin Grove, Wigan.[3]
References
edit- ^ Pemberton Business and Enterprise College, archived from the original on 29 June 2008
- ^ "Wigan Warriors Unveil Central Park", Wigan Warriors, Wigan Warriors, archived from the original on 9 February 2013, retrieved 24 July 2012
- ^ Graham, Charles (14 February 2023). "Former Wigan high school buildings are being demolished to make way for a special school's new home". Wigan Today. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.