St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School and Sports College is a

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comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 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 restricted on the basis ...

located in

Horwich Horwich ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester. It ...

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. It is under trusteeship of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford The Diocese of Salford () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church centred on the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. The diocese was founded in 1852 as one of the first post-Reformation Catholic dioceses in Great Britain. Since 191 ...

and is maintained by

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. The school is in the top 4 schools (three of which are faith schools) at

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in the

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. On 2 June 2020, the school was formally admitted as a member to the worldwide

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Associated Schools Network. The school offers

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as programmes of study for pupils.

Admissions

the school had 1005 pupils within the age range of 11-16. The school is in the trusteeship of the

Diocese of Salford The Diocese of Salford () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church centred on the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. The diocese was founded in 1852 as one of the first post-Reformation Catholic dioceses in Great Britain. Since 191 ...

, established in 1963.

Headteachers

*1963–1975: John Yates *1975–1991: G. Eric Hester *1991–1995: Gerard Boyle *1995–2013: Leo Conley *2013–2017: Richard Woods *2017–present: Tony McCabe

School performance and inspections

, the school's most recent inspection by

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was in 2022, with a judgement of Requires Improvement.

Buildings

A new £3,000,000 wing of the school was opened during the summer term of 2020. This created the capacity for a further 10 classrooms, 2 ICT rooms, a large library and drama studio.

Welfare

On 4 June 2020, St Joseph's was awarded the Teach Well School Gold Award from the Teach Well Alliance in recognition of the work it undertook to take care of the physical and mental wellbeing of its staff and students during the

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Notable former pupils

Lewis Alessandra Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker or Winger (association football), winger. He has played in the English Foot ...

, professional footballer who has played for several EFL sides *

Vernon Kay Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented Channel 4's ''T4'' (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' All Star Family Fortunes'' (2006–2015), ''Ju ...

, British TV presenter *

Monty Lord Montgomery Lord (born 2005) is a British author, mnemonist, and researcher. Lord has been described in ''The Daily Telegraph'' as a "something of a polymath". He holds five Guinness World Records for memory challenges. Early life and education ...

, World memory champion (5 Guinness World Records) and bestselling author *

Phil Clarke Philip Clarke (born 16 May 1971) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Great Britain and England international representative back-rower or , he played his club rugby league in England ...

, Great Britain

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

captain and Sky Sports commentator * Peter Anglesea,

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former captain and head coach *

Sean Long Sean Bernard Long (born 24 September 1976), also known by the nickname of "Longy", is an English former professional rugby league footballer, who is the current head coach of Oldham RLFC in the RFL Championship. He has played in the 1990s and ...

, former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer, most notable for playing for St. Helens *

Jordan Flores Jordan Michael Flores (born 4 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bohemians. Club career Wigan Athletic Born in Wigan, Flores began his career at hometown tea ...

, professional footballer who has played in England, Sweden and Ireland * Adam Senior, footballer who plays as a defender for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

Peter Morrison Sir Peter Hugh Morrison (2 June 1944 – 13 July 1995) was a British Conservative politician, MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992, and Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Background and education Morrison ...

, footballer and then an agent following retirement

References

External links

Official website

EduBase

Joey's Thrive channel

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