Holy Cross Catholic High School

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General Information

Headteacher	Mrs W White
Address	Burgh Lane, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3NT
Tel	01257 262093
Fax	01257 232878
Email	admin@holycross.lancs.sch.uk

Holy Cross Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic Voluntary aided comprehensive school in Chorley, Lancashire, UK. The school has dual specialist Sports College and Science College status.

The school is successful and over-subscribed and provides co-educational education for approximately 830 pupils in the 11-16 age range, most of whom reside in Chorley itself, or the surrounding villages of Chorley Borough, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. The current headmistress, Mrs Wendy White, joined the school in 2004 after six years as Deputy Headteacher of St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Wigan.^[1]

1 History
2 Ofsted
3 Sports
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The school originally started out as separate boys and girls only schools. St Augustines was the boys school, while St Hildas was an all girls school. Until the late 90's the school still operated in the remnants of the 2 separate school buildings joined by a pathway. The lower school site has now been demolished making way for new housing know as "The Bowers".^{[citation needed]}

Vehicle entrance via The Bowers was closed permanently from 2200 on Thursday 22 November 2007. The Chorley East Link Road (B5252) was opened to the public during the afternoon of 22 November 2007 and the spur up to the school was opened for use the following morning on Friday 23 November 2007.

The number of pupils has steadily increased over recent years:^[2]

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Pupils	763	775	791	806	829

[edit] Ofsted

The school was listed by Ofsted in 1994-1995^[3] as one of the outstanding providers in the North West region and in 2004, the school was awarded the Science and Sports College specialist school status by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

[edit] Sports

The school received a grant of £132,921 from the Big Lottery Fund in July 2006^[4] as part of an initiative by the Fund to boost school sports programmes. This grant was for a programme of eight activities including one aimed at increasing girls' interest in sport by introducing aerobics, dance and cheer-leading.

[edit] References

^ Governors' Annual Report to Parents 2004. St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster (2005). Children Act. House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 21 Feb 2005 (pt 69). Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
^ Ofsted - Outstanding providers. Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education (England). Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
^ Big Lottery Fund (North West) - Lottery backs school sports activities in North West. Government News Network (2006). Retrieved on 2006-02-13.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Schools in Chorley

Comprehensive schools	Albany Science College • Bishop Rawstorne CofE Language College • Holy Cross Catholic High School • Parklands High School • Southlands High School • St Michael's CofE High School

Primary schools	Abbey Village Primary School • Adlington Primary School • All Saints' CofE Primary School, Chorley • Anderton Primary School • Balshaw Lane Community Primary School, Euxton • Bretherton Endowed CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School • Buckshaw Primary School • Christ Church CofE Primary School, Charnock Richard • Clayton Brook Primary School • Clayton-le-Woods CofE Primary School • Coppull Parish CofE Primary School • Coppull Primary School • Duke Street Primary School, Chorley • Eccleston Primary School • Euxton CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School • Gillibrand Primary School, Chorley • Gregson Lane Primary School, Brindle • Highfield Primary School, Chorley • Lancaster Lane Community Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods • Manor Road Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods • Pemberton's CofE Primary School, Heskin • Primrose Hill Primary School, Euxton • Rivington (Voluntary Aided) Primary School • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley • SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley • St Bede's RC Primary School, Clayton Green • St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Whittle-le-Woods • St George's CofE Primary School, Chorley • St James' CofE Primary School, Chorley • St James' CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Brindle • St John's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Brinscall • St John's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Coppull • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hoghton • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell • St Laurence CofE Primary School, Chorley • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chorley • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Euxton • St Mary's CofE Primary School, Eccleston • St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull • St Paul's CofE Primary School, Anderton • St Peter's CofE Primary School, Chorley • St Peter's CofE Primary School, Mawdesley • Trinity & St Michael's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Croston • Westwood Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods • Whittle-le-Woods CofE Primary School • Withnell Fold Primary School

Special schools	Astley Park School • Mayfield School

Independent schools	Bennett House School • Westmorland School

Further education	Runshaw College