All Saints' Catholic High School is a

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located in

Rawtenstall, Lancashire Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Borough of Rossendale, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester, 22 miles (35 km) east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston and 45 miles (70 km) south east of Lanca ...

, England.

History

The school is on a large site off Haslingden Road. The main building was completed in 1959, and was called Saint Ambrose secondary modern school with upper school facilities opening in 1972. A new modern foreign language centre – The Fishwick Centre - was built as part of the development of the school as a Specialist

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. This provides four specialist language teaching rooms, including a computer suite. In September 2010 a new sports hall was opened. Previously a

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administered by

Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Dar ...

, in July 2017 All Saints' Catholic High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Romero Catholic Academy Trust.

Feeder schools

*St. Veronica's, Helmshore *St. Mary's, Haslingden *St. James-the-Less, Rawtenstall *St. Peter's, Newchurch *St. Joseph's, Stacksteads *St. Mary's, Bacup *Our Lady & St. Anselm's, Whitworth.

Notable former pupils

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, football player

References

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* {{authority control Schools in the Borough of Rossendale Secondary schools in Lancashire Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Salford Academies in Lancashire Rawtenstall