The Shena Simon Campus, formerly the Shena Simon Sixth Form College, is an educational facility on

Whitworth Street Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road ( A6) and Oxford Street ( A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West, which then goes as far as Deansgate ( A56). It was opened in 1899 and is l ...

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, England. It is a Grade II

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History

The building was designed by Potts Son and Hennings and was officially opened by the

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as the Central Higher Grade School in 1901. During the

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, the building was requisitioned by the

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to create the 2nd Western General Hospital, a facility for the

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to treat military casualties. It became the Central High School in 1920, the Central High School for Girls in 1960 and then the Shena Simon Sixth Form College (named after

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, the politician and feminist) in 1982. It was absorbed into

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in 2001 and became a campus of

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in 2008.

Alumni

Central High School for Girls

Carol Birch Carol Birch (born 1951) is an English novelist, lecturer and book critic. She also teaches creative writing. Life Birch was born in Manchester. Her parents had met in a wartime armaments factory. Her father, a metallurgist, also played trombone ...

, novelist *

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, operatic soprano, married to Alan Woodrow *

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CBE, choreographer, known for ''

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References

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History

Alumni

Central High School for Girls

See also

References