Holy Cross Catholic High School is a
Roman Catholic Voluntary aided comprehensive school
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...
in
Chorley
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...
,
Lancashire, England.
The school provides
co-educational education for approximately 830 pupils in the 11-16 age range, most of whom reside in Chorley itself, or the surrounding villages of Chorley Borough, part of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of
Liverpool.
The headteacher, Mr. Ivan Gaughan, joined the school in April 2014, after nine years as Deputy Headteacher at
Blessed Trinity RC College
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Burnley, Lancashire, England.
History
The school opened in 2006 as part of ambitious plan to replace all of the district's 11 to 16 schools, fu ...
, Burnley.
History
The school started as separate boys and girls only schools. St Augustines was the boys school, while St Hildas was an all-girls school. Until 1999 the school still operated in the remnants of the 2 separate school buildings joined by a pathway.
The Chorley East Link Road (
B5252) was opened to the public during the afternoon of 22 November 2007, and the spur up to the school was opened for use on 23 November 2007, the following morning.
Inspections
The school was judged "good" by
Ofsted
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in October 2017, and "outstanding" by the
Archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of
Liverpool in March 2019.
Academics
The school received a grant of £132,921 from the
Big Lottery Fund in July 2006
as part of an initiative by the Fund to boost school sports programmes. This grant was for a programme of eight activities, including one aimed at increasing girls' interest in sport, by introducing
aerobics, dance and
cheer-leading.
Extracurricular activities
The school offers a wide range of enhancement activities, both during and beyond the school day covering sports, the arts, ''
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
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'', ''
Young Enterprise
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'' and many more.
References
External links
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Lancashire County CouncilArchdiocese of Liverpool
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Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool
Schools in Chorley
Secondary schools in Lancashire
Voluntary aided schools in England