St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School

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St Cecilia's RC High School
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Address
St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School
Chapel Hill

Longridge

Lancashire
,
PR3 2XA

England
Coordinates 53°49′29″N2°36′19″W / 53.82478°N 2.60531°W / 53.82478; -2.60531
Information
Type Voluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Local authority Lancashire
Department for Education URN 119800 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherHelen Hall
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Website https://st-cecilias.co.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 Helen Hall, who was permanently appointed to the post in 2021 after serving as acting headteacher for four months. [2]

The school was assessed as "good" by Ofsted in 2016 and again in 2019. [3] [4] [5] The previous report, in 2013, said the school "required improvement" and the subsequent progression report in 2014 praised the school for taking effective action to take the school out of special measures. [6]

The school gates were painted gold in 2017 in honour of Paralympian Stephanie Slater MBE, who had attended the school. [7]

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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. ↑ "Longridge headteacher's pride in school after inspection". longridgenews.co.uk. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "School improves to a 'good' Ofsted rating". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "ST CECILIA'S RC HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE A GOOD SCHOOL". st-cecilias.co.uk. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ofsted praises differences seen at Clitheroe school". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "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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