Classroom memories: jolly pictures from Westfield Primary School, Pemberton

By Charles Graham

Published 3rd Jun 2024, 15:45 BST

Updated 5th Jun 2024, 07:42 BST

Like Canon Sharples School, Westfield Primary in Pemberton is one of the more recently established educational institutions in the Wigan area, having been launched in 2006 after the closure of other, smaller schools in the area.

Here is a colourful collection of pictures from the first few years of Westfield’s existence, including pupils, staff and events.

1. Westfield Communityn Primary School, Montrose Avenue, Pemberton

. Photo: STAFF

2. Pupil Abbey Buckley, presents her framed picture to the then education secretary Ed Balls who performed the school's official opening in 2008

. Photo: Frank Orrell

3. Pupils take part in Westfield Speaks: an annual speaking competition in which pupils talk about the subject of the great outdoors

. Photo: MA

4. Wigan Council officials, athlete Jenny Meadows and pupils from Westfield raise the Commonwealth flag outside Wigan Town Hall

. Photo: DAVE GREEN

Wigan Westfield

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