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Welcome to Alder Grange

Our school is a unique and special place. There is a real sense of family and community within the school. Alder Grange is a school where everybody is inspired to be the best they can, where excellence is nurtured by everybody and a community in which everybody cares.

Our desire is to successfully develop the whole child. We place considerable emphasis on developing the foundations of personal achievement; their emotional and physical health and well-being, their social, moral, spiritual and cultural development, creativity and individuality. Our intention is to help our young people grow to become outstanding, independent, resilient and effective citizens in an uncertain, global 21st Century world. We strive to deliver a personalised curriculum alongside a rich offer of extra-curricular activities, enrichments and life skills for all our students. Naturally, academic progress and attainment are also extremely important to us, and you will find our results reflect this. This is due to a total commitment to excellent teaching and learning by a highly skilled and dedicated staff, constantly reflecting upon and developing their own practice. Many members of staff are former pupils.

Our school is inclusive in nature and values young people of all abilities from year 7 to year 13. We encourage them to care for one another and the school, to work as a team and to take on leadership roles. There is also a genuine care for and partnership with the young people in our care and their families.

Our current priorities in school include a focus on wellbeing, particularly mental health for both staff and pupils. The development of a curriculum intent that ensures all pupils are able to develop their knowledge and passions is taking place within all subject areas in school. During the seven years our pupils are with us they are given the skills and access to opportunities needed to make the next steps in to their adult lives. As a school we are never quite satisfied and build ongoing self-evaluation in to the school calendar to allow us to constantly review and reflect on our practice in order to improve.

Alder Grangers are rightly proud of their school and our often repeated phrase, ‘once an Alder Granger always an Alder Granger,’ reflects the strength of feeling our young people have for their school.

I have been a member of staff at Alder Grange since 1998 and I feel immensely proud and privileged to be Headteacher. I love the school and am passionate about ensuring it continues to go from strength to strength.

You would be welcome to visit and see our wonderful school in action at any time.

Joanna Griffiths, Headteacher


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🔵🏆Just before Christmas we held our annual presentation evening for our Year 11 & 13 class of 2024. A wonderful evening was had with so many former and current students and their families attending. We also had entertainment from Year 13 Student Maxwell Harwood Lomax and the school choir. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to the following companies for sponsoring the awards given during the evening:E.Sutton Ltd. and Wynsors World of ShoesClavell-Bate & Nephew Dental Surgeons North Lancs Training Group – NLTG Thomson FM Ltd. See MoreSee Less
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🔵🔵🔵It is with great sadness we announce the recent passing away of our school Grandpa WW2 veteran Ted Davidson at the age of 99 years.He was a remarkable man initially ‘adopted’ by ex-pupil Grace O’Malley. He also became an honorary Alder Granger, paying us many visits as well as being regularly acquainted at his home in Padiham by Mr Haydar along with several pupils over the years.Today, at our memorial garden, we fly our flag at half mast in memory of Grandpa Ted. Rest well, you will be missed 💙Lest we forget. See MoreSee Less
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🔵REMINDER!🔵Saturday 1st February, we are hosting our second Saturday morning revision session of the year in ag6 for Year 11 pupils.If you are attending, you need to arrive to ag6 for 8:45am. The morning will be split into 3 sessions with a break for Breakfast before finishing at 12pm.We look forward to seeing you there ready to revise! See MoreSee Less
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