Edge End High School
History
Edge End opened on 10 October 1932 as Nelson Edge End Senior Boys' School. In 1948, it became Nelson Secondary Technical School, taking both boys and girls. It was renamed Edge End High School in 1972.
Description and location
Edge End High School was a predominantly single storey school, but with two storey buildings to the rear. The school was located due west of the junction of Heights Road and Hibson Road in the Brierfield area of Nelson. There are residential properties at the front of the school on Hibson Road, and a derelict farm and Edge End Hall to the south.
This school was multicultural with predominantly Muslim children attending. Martin Burgess was the Headteacher in the 1990s until its closure in 2006. Edge End High School was the first public non-religious school in Lancashire to hold faith meetings every Friday and to build separate toilets where Muslims could perform ablution (wudhu) and pray the Friday Jumma prayer in school.
The school was demolished in 2010 and now St Paul's Primary school is built there.
Notable former pupils
- David Fishwick, who founded Burnley Savings and Loans
- Lee Ingleby, actor, inspired by drama teacher Brian Wellock, known for Line of Duty
- John Simm, actor known for DCI Sam Tyler in Life on Mars
Nelson Secondary Technical School
- Eric Knowles, antiques expert on Antiques Roadshow
Notes and references
- ^ Edge End. "Burnley School memories", BBC, Retrieved on 22 January 2009.
- ^ "Final bell for Nelson school". Lancashire Telegraph. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Burnley Express, Brian Wellock 2006
- ^ "My Best Teacher - John Simm | Tes Magazine". www.tes.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.