Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School is a non-selective comprehensive state secondary school in

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; an inner-city suburb of

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. It is named after

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Nicholas Wiseman Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (3 August 1802 – 15 February 1865) was an English Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Westminster upon the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1 ...

. This school has no requirements to be able to join.

Notable pupils

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References

External links

Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School official website
Secondary schools in Birmingham, West Midlands Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham Voluntary aided schools in England {{WestMidlands-school-stub