Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College is a

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located in

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, locally referred to as "Blesseds". It is a co-educational school, in which there are just over 1,000 students, aged between 11 and 16. The school was opened in 1963 as Blessed Edward Oldcorne School by the local Roman Catholic community and named after

Edward Oldcorne Edward Oldcorne alias ''Hall'' (1561 – 7 April 1606) was an English Jesuit priest. He was known to people who knew of the Gunpowder Plot to destroy the Parliament of England and kill James I of England, King James I; and although his inv ...

, a Jesuit priest executed in 1606 for his part in the

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. The current head of the school is Greg Mcclarey who took over from Sean Devlin as head at the end of the 2016–2017 academic year. The school has a wide catchment area and takes pupils from

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within Worcestershire. In 2011, 98% of pupils achieved five or more A*-C grades for GCSEs. The school is rated as a 'Category 1' school by the Local Authority.

Subjects

As part of the school's structure, there are a variety of different subjects which form individual departments: * Mathematics * English * Science * Religious Education * Physical Education * Modern Foreign Languages * Computing & Business * Humanities * Art & Design * Design Technology * Music

References

Schools in Worcester, England Educational institutions established in 1963 Secondary schools in Worcestershire Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham 1963 establishments in England Voluntary aided schools in England {{Worcestershire-school-stub