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Academy in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England

Levenshulme High School
Address

Crossley Road Levenshulme Manchester, Greater Manchester, M19 1FS England
Coordinates	53°26′14″N 2°11′46″W / 53.4372°N 2.1961°W / 53.4372; -2.1961
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Manchester
Department for Education URN	141196 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 16
Houses	Seacole, Nightingale, Parks and Keller
Website	http://www.levenshulmehigh.co.uk/

Levenshulme High School for Girls, also known as Levenshulme High School, is a girls' secondary school with academy status located in the Levenshulme area of Manchester, England.

History

The school was opened by the Duchess of Atholl in 1929. The school previously had two sites, a lower school for pupils in their first two years on Moseley Road, and an upper school on the current site, the sites merged in 1986. The lower school was previously Moseley Road School

Recent history

The school moved into a new building on the same site in 2011 with the original building being refurbished and reoccupied from 2012. Previously a community school administered by Manchester City Council, Levenshulme High School converted to academy status on 1 September 2014 and is now forms part of a multi-academy trust with Whalley Range High School.

The school has been used on well known Manchester based TV shows such as Queer as Folk, and in several episodes of Coronation Street, as Weatherfield Comprehensive

Notable former pupils

Dorothy Bromiley, actress
Pat Kirkwood, actress
Beryl Reid, actress

References

"Welcome - Levenshulme High School for Girls". Levenshulme High School for Girls.
"Rusholme Military Hospitals, 1914 - 1918 | Rusholme & Victoria Park Archive".
http://www.levenshulmehigh.co.uk/index.phtml?d=688150
"Queer as Folk (TV Series 1999–2000) - IMDb". IMDb.
"Industry".
"BBC NEWS - Entertainment - Obituary: Pat Kirkwood". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

4. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0185102/locations?ref_=m_tt_dt_loc

External links

Levenshulme High School official website

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