Shena Simon Campus
{{Short description|Performing arts and music campus of The Manchester College}}
File:The Shena Simon 6Th Form College.jpg
The Shena Simon Campus, formerly the Central High School and the Shena Simon Sixth Form College, is an educational facility on Whitworth Street, Manchester, England. It is a Grade II listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1270607|desc=Shena Simon Sixth Form College}}
History
The building was designed by Potts Son and Hennings and was officially opened by the Duke of Devonshire as the Central Higher Grade School in 1901.{{cite book|title=England's Schools: History, architecture and adaptation|first= Elain |last=Harwood|page=47|publisher=Historic England |year=2010|isbn=978-1848020313}} During the First World War, the building was requisitioned by the War Office to create the 2nd Western General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties.{{cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/b489e047-e6b1-3992-aaa3-5e40e2147729?component=f80a303a-f85a-39ed-958f-36e1ae31e8ca|title=Second Western General Hospital|publisher=Archives Hub|accessdate=21 July 2019}} It became the Central High School in 1920, the Central High School for Boys in 1960 and then the Shena Simon Sixth Form College (named after Shena Simon, the politician and feminist) in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://history.aboutmanchester.co.uk/whitworth-street/|title=Whitworth Street|publisher=About Manchester|accessdate=21 July 2019}} It was absorbed into City College Manchester in 2001{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/130502|title=Shena Simon College|publisher=Gov.uk|accessdate=21 July 2019}} and became a campus of The Manchester College in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.tmc.ac.uk/locations/shena-simon-campus|title=Shena Simon Campus|publisher=The Manchester College|accessdate=21 July 2019}}
Alumni
=Central High School for Girls=
- Carol Birch, novelist
- Vivian Tierney, operatic soprano, married to Alan Woodrow
- Arlene Phillips CBE, choreographer, known for Strictly Come Dancing{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-arlene-phillips-choreographer-and-creator-of-hot-gossip-2007713.html|title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Arlene Phillips, choreographer and creator of Hot Gossip|publisher=The Independent|date=24 June 2010|accessdate=21 July 2019}}
See also
References
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