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St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School
Address

Rookery Avenue Ashton-in-Makerfield , Greater Manchester , WN4 9PF England
Coordinates	53°28′57″N 2°38′25″W / 53.4824°N 2.6403°W / 53.4824; -2.6403
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Local authority	Wigan
Department for Education URN	106540 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Mark Dumican
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Website	http://www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/

St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School is a centre of secondary education in Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.^[1]^[2] It has around 1200 pupils and is a Leading Edge school. It is also the first Secondary School in the Wigan Borough to receive the Green Flag Award.

It is in the Catholic parish of St Oswald's with most pupils coming from Haydock English Martyrs Catholic Primary School Haydock, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green, St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Ashton, St Benedicts Catholic Primary School, Hindley, and other schools in the boroughs of Wigan and St Helens. Mr. Dumican is the headmaster of the school. The school opened on 21 August 1961 and was formerly known as 'Blessed Edmund Arrowsmith.' It celebrated its Golden Jubilee of 50 years at a mass held at the Liverpool Cathedral on 29 June 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Edmund Arrowsmith (c. 1585 – 28 August 1628) was canonised in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born in Haydock, Lancashire.^[3]^[4]

Notable former pupils

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Jennifer James (b. 1977) - actress, Coronation Street
David McIntosh (b. 1985) - television personality, Gladiators star Tornado.
Joe Burgess (b. 1994) - rugby league player, Wigan Warriors
Oliver Gildart (b. 1996) - rugby league player, Hull Kingston Rovers
Luke Thompson - rugby league player, St Helens R.F.C.

References

^ "St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
^ "St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School Ashton". School Information Portal. Wigan Council. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
^ McCoog, Thomas M. "Arrowsmith [alias Bradshaw, Rigby], Edmund [formerly Bryan] (1585–1628)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/699. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Gorman, David. "The Canonisation of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales" (PDF). Brindle St Joseph's RC Church. Retrieved 15 June 2025.

External links

School Website

v t e Schools in Wigan
Secondary schools	Abraham Guest Academy Atherton High School Bedford High School Byrchall High School Cansfield High School Dean Trust Rose Bridge Dean Trust Wigan Deanery High School Fred Longworth High School Golborne High School Hawkley Hall High School Lowton CE High School Outwood Academy Hindley St Edmund Arrowsmith RC High School St John Fisher RC High School St Mary's RC High School St Peter's RC High School Shevington High School Standish Community High School The Westleigh School
Special schools	Newbridge Learning Community Oakfield High School and College
FE & sixth form colleges	St John Rigby College Wigan and Leigh College Winstanley College
Defunct schools	PEMBEC High School Wigan Grammar School Wigan UTC

v t e Archdiocese of Liverpool
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
Archbishops and bishops of Liverpool I: George Brown II: Alexander Goss III: Bernard O'Reilly IV: Thomas Whiteside V: Frederick Keating VI: Richard Downey VII: William Godfrey VIII: John Heenan IX: George Beck X: Derek Worlock XI: Patrick Kelly (Bishop Emeritus) XII: Malcolm McMahon XIII: John Sherrington
Churches Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, St Mary of the Isle Cathedral, Douglas - Co-cathedral on the Isle of Man Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield St Mary's Church, Billinge St Joseph's Church, Birkdale Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale Church of St Monica, Bootle St Michael's Church, Ditton St Anne's Church, Edge Hill Sacred Heart Church, Hindsford Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkdale St Joseph's Church, Leigh St Mary's Church, Little Crosby Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Liverpool Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Liverpool Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool St Aloysius Church, Liverpool St Anthony's Church, Scotland Road St Anthony of Padua Church, Liverpool St Clare's Church, Liverpool St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool St Mary's Church, Woolton St Oswald's Church, Liverpool St Patrick's Church, Liverpool St Philip Neri Church, Liverpool Church of St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool St Oswald's Church, Padgate Our Lady and All Saints Church, Parbold Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St Maughold Church, Ramsey Our Lady Star of the Sea, Seaforth Church of St Mary, Lowe House Holy Cross Church, St Helens St Ambrose's Church, Speke St Alban's Church, Warrington St Benedict's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Bede's Church, Widnes St John's Church, Wigan St Jude's Church, Wigan St Mary's Church, Wigan
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Saint Joseph (19 March) Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
Schools St Mary's College, Crosby The Academy of St Francis of Assisi The Academy of St Nicholas All Hallows Catholic High School All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby Archbishop Beck Catholic College Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Broughton Hall High School Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Carmel College (St Helens) Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport De La Salle School, St Helens Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton Hope Academy Maricourt Catholic School Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College Sacred Heart Catholic College St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk St Cuthbert's Catholic High School St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield St Edward's College St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool St John Bosco Arts College St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan St Julie's Catholic High School St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland St Peter's Catholic High School Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
See also: Catholic Church in the Isle of Man Apostolic Vicariate of the Lancashire District St Joseph's College, Up Holland Vincent Malone Thomas Neylon Tom Williams