The sixth form intake of 1978 was the first time that there were female students admitted to the school.
The names of the students are not in the same order as the people in the photos.
Photos from kpj.jones at the domain bigben.org.uk.
Lower Sixth A
Aspinwall C.; Aughton K.; Bailey M. J.; Bickerstaffe I.; Bingham G.P.; Clough A.R.; Eaves J.O.; Glover M.E.; Greenhalsh N.A.; Hoyle K.S.; Johnson G.I.; Kemp S.J.; Lyons B.A.; Milner A.M.; Powell N.; Sharples D.; Wallace P.A.; Wilson I.; Woodburn P.; Almond D; Hayton C; Marquis C.
Lower Sixth B
Allen D.A.; Burns D.R.; Creeley S.M.; Croll D.G.; Edwards N.C.; Hackett S.J.; Halliwell D.; Hayes J,; Kitchen P.M.; Lees J.M.; Milnes C.T.; Murry N.J.A.; Nawaz A,; Rimmer. I.A.; Tribley M.G.; Walker A.R.; Walne R.; Wilding P.J.; Bradley A; Guttery S; Jenkinson A.L.; Parkinson H.
Lower Sixth C
Cant M.R.; Cook A. D.; Coope P.J,; Crook D.M.; Dicker M.S.; Dobie A.J.; Dodd S.M.; Ford M,J.; Humphries D.M.; Jackson A.P.; Jones K.P.J.; Lyons S.P.; Spedding C.J.; Stuart N.A.; Townson M.R.; Boak A; Carter G; Gallagher S; Hughes J; Payne C; Pinder R; Schofield J.
Lower Sixth D
Bannister A.P.; Bond A.; Cegielka A.; Coombes P.A.; Dootson G.J.; Harrison T.K.; Hartley D.C.; Kirkbride R.M.; McCarthy G.R.; Marriott M.D.; Mills R.W.; Peter A.R.; Roe M.J.; Ryan N.C.; Smith M.B.; Stanfield K.R.; Taylor M.C.; Ward J.T.; Watkins I.M.; Williams N.A.
Lower Sixth E
Ashcroft M.; Barnes J. R.; Baxendale M.; Beale M.V.; Dawkins A.H.; Ellis J.M.; Gore I.D.; Gray I.D.; Hamer M.W.; Holroyd B.S.; Law I.D.; Leach R.J.; Mackrill R.F.; McNamara P.; Park A.D.; Parkington M.J.; Patel S.; Redmayne T.; Roe A.N.
Lower Sixth F
Bell, G.H.; Blake, S.R.; Chisnal, A.; Craig, G.W.; Hand, G.; Iredale, D.P.; Jenkinson, P.D.; Lewis, I.T.; McDowall, M.S.; Miller, A.K.; Pearson, T.G.R.; Rimmer, D.R.; Roper, A.G.; Rudd, H.J.; Smith, I.D.; Tomlinson, R.L.; Huxley C.; Moakes H.