About the Redevelopment

This is a fantastic opportunity for the school and will enable us to provide the modern, state of the art facilities that our students and staff deserve.

A lot of hard work and planning has taken place so far to put the school in a position to replace our building stock, most of which are mid-sixties Intergrid style blocks.
We have just completed a £3.3m project to replace the Maths & Humanities block and are now excited to be replacing the remaining buildings.

About the Redevelopment

This is a fantastic opportunity for the school and will enable us to provide the modern, state of the art facilities that our students and staff deserve.

A lot of hard work and planning has taken place so far to put the school in a position to replace our building stock, most of which are mid-sixties Intergrid style blocks.
We have just completed a £3.3m project to replace the Maths & Humanities block and are now excited to be replacing the remaining buildings.

Great things already happen here at Fred Longworth and this rebuilding project will complete our property strategy to create a modern, efficient and engaging learning environment to enable us to raise the bar even higher. It’s certainly going to be an exciting few years at Freddie’s as we see the new school develop.

Paul Davies

Headteacher, Fred Longworth High School

Our New School

  • A four court Sports England sports hall
  • Community sports hall storage and locker areas  
  • 3 Dance and activity Studios
  • Main hall for performances
  • Dining room facility for events and theatre
  • Food technology facilities
  • Graphic product facilities
  • Construction and FM workshops
  • Classroom use for adult education

Our New School

  • A four court Sports England sports hall
  • Community sports hall storage and locker areas  
  • 3 Dance and activity Studios
  • Main hall for performances
  • Dining room facility for events and theatre
  • Food technology facilities
  • Graphic product facilities
  • Construction and FM workshops
  • Classroom use for adult education

Additional Information

Timeline

  • Construction to commence in April 2022
  • School build to be completed for September 2023 

Construction Plan

  • Start of construction – April 2022
  • School complete – August 2023
  • Demolition of original school building – September / October 2023
  • All works completed – April 2024
  • Sports pitch reprovided – Spring 2025 (After one year growth)
 

For further information about this development, click here.

A new era for Fred Longworth High School

More pictures of our new school

A new era for Fred Longworth High School

More pictures of our new school
Contact

For all enquiries please email

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How Yondr Works

Frequently Asked Questions

We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.