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History

Thornleigh College was founded in 1925 by the Salesian Society at the request of the Clergy of Bolton.

It became a Direct Grant Boys' Grammar school catering for a wide area in Lancashire. In 1979, following the reorganisation of Catholic schools in Bolton to a comprehensive system, Thornleigh joined with St Anne's High School, to form a six form entry Voluntary Aided Mixed Comprehensive School with a Sixth Form Centre to serve the needs of all Catholic Sixth Form pupils. Catholic Secondary Schools in Bolton reorganised again in 1986, and Thornleigh combined with St Cuthbert's school, which had been founded in 1963, to form a new seven form entry Voluntary Aided Mixed Comprehensive School with a Sixth Form centre which continues to serve the whole of the borough. The school is under the Trusteeship of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... St. ...

For ten years from 1980 Thornleigh was a split site school. £4 million of investment in new buildings in the years 1986 to 1989 enabled the whole school to consolidate at Sharples Park from September 1990. A new building for the Sixth Form was opened in 1987 and an £800,000 extension was added to it in 1995. A five class room extension for 11-16 pupils plus a new two storey dining room, costing £1.1 million in total, were added during 2000. In 2004, Thornleigh received a Sports College and Investor in People status. Sports Colleges were introduced as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. ...

On the same site is the Bolton Catholic Sixth Form. The head of the Sixth Form is Fr. Andrew Waller SDB. In total (2002), there are currently 1624 students at Thornleigh, with 370 studying at the Sixth Form.

Badge & motto

The Latin Motto "Sicut Cervus" can be loosely translated as 'as the hart grieves'. The motto is that of the Hargreaves family, and the head of a hart (a male deer) was the family crest. The crest is worn on the blazers of every student.

The Hargreaves were a wealthy Bolton family who owned the house at Sharples Park which was bought by the Salesians when Thornleigh was founded in 1925. The crest and motto were kept by the school and the school took its name from the house.

Current management

The school is currently managed by a group of governors and Fr Martin Coyle SDB is the current headmaster.

It is confirmed that Fr Coyle is stepping down at the end of the school year and interviews are currently taking place to appoint a new headteacher.

Current senior team

• Fr Coyle - Headmaster
• Mr Roach - Assistant headmaster
• Mr Johnston - Head of Key Stage 3
• Mr Fletcher - Head of Key Stage 4
• Fr Waller - Head of Sixth Form
• Mr Buckley - Pastoral Support

Famous pupils

• Danny Jones - guitarist and vocalist in the band McFly
• Conor McGloin - guitarist in the band Kinesis
• Damon Gough - musician, known as Badly Drawn Boy
• Maurice Lindsay - chairman, Wigan Rugby League Football Club
• Helen Flanagan - actress
• Frank Finlay - actor
• Danny Boyle - film director
• Richard Henry McFarlane - poet, known as Hovis Presley
• Bernard Wrigley - actor, comedian and musician
• Norman Prince - guitarist in the folk band the Houghton Weavers
• Tony Berry - vocalist in the folk band the Houghton Weavers

Daniel Alan David Jones, LOVES DECLAN MAY-CUNNINGHAM He is commonly known as Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. ... McFly are an English pop rock band who were successfully launched into the music scene in early 2004 with their number one single, 5 Colours in Her Hair. The band was founded by Tom Fletcher (born July 17, 1985) and also consists of Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986), Dougie... Kinesis are a rock band from Bolton, England. ... // Biology Kinesis is a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus such as light. ... Badly Drawn Boy (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Maurice Lindsay is the chairman of Wigan Warriors Football Club and is in his second stint at the club after being one of the Gang of Four directors that used to run the club when it domininated the league in the 80s. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Frank Finlay, CBE (born 6 August 1926 in Farnworth, in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a British stage, film and television actor of English, Irish and Scottish descent. ... Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. ... Hovis Presley (3 August 1960 – 9 June 2005) was an English poet and stand-up comedian from Bolton noted for his down to earth humour. ... Bernard Wrigley is a singer, actor and comedian from Bolton, England. ... The Houghton Weavers are an English folk music band formed in 1975 in Bolton, England. ... The Houghton Weavers are an English folk music band formed in 1975 in Bolton, England. ...

External links

• Thornleigh Salesian College