St John Henry Newman Catholic School is a
coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
and
sixth form. It is located in
Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
in the
English county
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of
Cumbria.
It is a
Voluntary aided school administered by
Cumberland Council and the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster. The school is named after
Cardinal John Henry Newman.
St John Henry Newman Catholic School offers
GCSEs and
BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A-level
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s and further BTECs.
Notable former pupils
*
Matt Jansen
Matthew Brooke Jansen (born 20 October 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He started his career with hometown club Carlisle United, and also played for Crystal Palace, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wander ...
, footballer
*
Rumer, singer-songwriter
References
External links
St John Henry Newman Catholic School official website
Secondary schools in Cumberland (unitary authority)
Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Lancaster
Voluntary aided schools in England
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