St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School

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St Cecilia's RC High School
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Address
Chapel Hill

Longridge

Lancashire
,
PR3 2XA

England
Coordinates53°49′29″N 2°36′19″W / 53.82478°N 2.60531°W / 53.82478; -2.60531Coordinates: 53°49′29″N 2°36′19″W / 53.82478°N 2.60531°W / 53.82478; -2.60531
Information
TypeVoluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Local authorityLancashire
Department for Education URN119800 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherHelen Hall
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Websitehttp://www.st-cecilias.lancs.sch.uk/

St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School is a coeducational secondary school in Longridge in the English county of Lancashire.[1] The school is named after Saint Cecilia, the patroness of musicians. It is a voluntary aided school which is administered by Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. St Cecilia's offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

The current headteacher is Mrs Helen Hall, who was permanently appointed to the post in April 2021 after serving as acting headteacher for four months.[2] She succeeded Mr Ivan Catlow, whom took over in April 2015 and stepped down in December 2020, as he was appointed the headteacher of Archbishop Temple School in October 2020.[3][4]

Mr Catlow took over from associate headteacher Mr Paul Trickett, who was appointed in September 2014.[5] Mr. Trickett was previously the headteacher of Rhyddings, Oswaldtwistle for nine years.[6]

The school was partially closed in September 2020 due to the staff self isolating during the coronavirus pandemic.[7][8] The school was assessed as good by Ofsted in February 2016.[9][10] The previous report in October 2013 said the school required improvement and the progression report in October 2014 praised the school for taking effective action to take the school out of special measures.[11]

The school gates were painted gold in March 2017 in honour of Paralympian Stephanie Slater MBE, who had attended the school.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Welcome to St Cecilia's RC Technology College website". Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Headteacher Appointment". st-cecilias.co.uk. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Blackburn father-of-two appointed headteacher at Ribble Valley school". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Archbishop Temple Church of England High School". facebook.com. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Longridge head teacher steps down". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Oswaldtwistle headteacher 'proud' as he retires following 25 years serving area". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ^ "12 staff self-isolating as Longridge school takes action after positive test". lancs.live. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Partial closure for Longridge school after staff member tests positive for Covid-19". www.blogpreston.co.uk. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Longridge headteacher's pride in school after inspection". longridgenews.co.uk. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  10. ^ "School improves to a 'good' Ofsted rating". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Ofsted praises differences seen at Clitheroe school". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  12. ^ "St Cecilia's golden gates in Stephanie Slater's honour". longridgenews.co.uk. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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