Altrincham College is a non-selective

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and

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located in

Timperley Timperley is a suburban village in the borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cheshire, it is approximately six miles southwest of central Manchester. T ...

(near Altrincham ),

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, England. The school is an

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and is part of the Achieve and Learn Trust.

Description

There are approximately 80 teachers in the school and approximately 1000 pupils.

Buildings

Recent additions in previous years to the school include a large sports hall (on opening the guest of honour was Sir

Bobby Charlton Sir Robert Charlton (11 October 1937 – 21 October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, left winger or centre-forward. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member ...

) with a fitness suite also a separate building for 2 history rooms and an extra art room. In 2011, a £5.6million sixth form was added onto the school, allowing the school's students to carry on their education in the school from the ages of 11–18 years old. The school is affiliated with Young Enterprise which some pupils are involved in, during year 10 & 11.

References

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