As part of St Christopher’s CE High School, Accrington’s sixtieth anniversary celebrations, a very special event is being held, to which former pupils, staff, neighbours and representatives of the community are warmly invited.
The event, ‘Open School, Tours and Communion Service’ will take place on Friday 22nd March and entry is by pre-booking only. Guided tours of the school begin at 4pm, with all areas of the site being open for visitors. At 6pm, there will be a Communion service in the School Hall, which will be presided over by the Bishop of Burnley, who will also preach. Following the Communion service, refreshments will be served for all visitors.
St Christopher’s first opened its doors in 1958 and in the subsequent sixty years, has seen many changes, not least the opening of Hyndburn’s first specialist Sixth Form, focusing on A-level study, in 2011. The reputation of the school remains impeccable in the area, with many thousands of young people passing through its doors over the last six decades.
Headmaster of St Christopher’s, Richard Jones, said:
“We are delighted to open the doors of St Christopher’s to former members of staff, students and friends of the school as we celebrate sixty glorious years since the school’s opening. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour our facilities and then come together for a service of Holy Communion led by the Bishop of Burnley. We are looking forward to what we hope will be a fitting way of acknowledging the contribution that St Christopher’s has made to the quality of education in East Lancashire.”
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