Painsley Catholic College is a

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secondary school with academy status in

Cheadle, Staffordshire Cheadle is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of Staffordshire, England, with a population of 12,165 at the 2011 census. It is located between Uttoxeter, Leek, Ashbourne and Stoke-on-Trent. History Cheadle ...

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. The name comes from Painsley Hall,

Draycott in the Moors Draycott in the Moors is a village between Stoke on Trent and Uttoxeter near the River Blythe. It is two and a half miles from Cheadle, Staffordshire, Cheadle and is near Blythe Bridge railway station, on the North Staffordshire Railway.

, from which the Painsley and Draycott Mission served the neighbouring areas and from which grew those parishes now connected with the college. It is also part of a multi-academy company made up of Painsley and its six feeder schools.

Curriculum

Painsley Catholic College is a specialist

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

maths and computing college Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 and Northern Ireland in 2006 as part of the Government's Specialist schools programme, Specialist Schools programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary educatio ...

Alumni

* Adam Yates: Professional footballer * Gareth Owen: Professional footballer * Rachel Shenton: Actress * Kati Elliott: Television presenter *

Adam Peaty Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, ...

: Swimmer; Olympic gold medalist *

Levison Wood Major Levison James Wood VR (born 5 May 1982) is a British Army officer and explorer. He is best known for his extended walking expeditions in Africa, Asia and Central America. He has also undertaken numerous other overland journeys, includin ...

: Explorer * Emre Tezgel: Professional footballer

References

External links

Painsley Official Website
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