Ellesmere Park High School is a coeducational secondary school located in the Ellesmere Park area of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. History Grammar school The school opened as Eccles Grammar School in 1958; its original building was nearby on Park Road in Monton, at the top of Hawthorn Avenue. This building was still used during the 1980s for 1st and 2nd year secondary pupils and then was pulled down to make way for housing. The building on Wentworth Road housed the 3rd, 4th and 5th years pupils, till the closing of the Monton building. The grammar school's magazine was called the Essayon. Comprehensive The school became a comprehensive in 1973 as Ellesmere Park High School on Wentworth Road. The school became Wentworth High School in 1987 and was extended in 1990. The school was renamed Ellesmere Park High School in September 2014 and moved to a new, more modern building. Academy Previously a community school administered by Salford City Council, in July 2017 Ellesmere Park High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by Consilium Academies. Notable former pupils Wentworth High School Linzey Cocker, actress Joe Duddell, composer Ellesmere Park High School (1973–87) Andy Crane, TV and radio presenter, does the weekday afternoon slot on BBC Radio Manchester Eccles Grammar School Sidney Clarke (priest), Chaplain-in-Chief from 1930-33 of the RAF Bryce Fulton, full back for Plymouth Argyle F.C. Nicholas Higham FRS, mathematician Debbie Horsfield, TV writer who wrote Making Out, and the adaptation for the Poldark (2015 TV series) Elgar Howarth, brass band conductor Tom Neil DFC (1920-2018), Battle of Britain pilot Tony Warren MBE, creator of Coronation Street See also Worsley Wardley Grammar School References External links Former school Secondary schools in Salford Academies in Salford Eccles, Greater Manchester