St. Mary's Catholic High School (Blackpool)

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St. Mary's Catholic High School is a school in Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire. The school is a specialist Arts College.

With over 1800 pupils, it is the largest Roman Catholic secondary school in Lancashire. The school is on the site of the former Convent of the Holy Child Jesus (usually known as 'Layton Hill'), on St. Walburgas Road near to Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Layton Hill was the principal Catholic girls' Grammar School in the Fylde from 1929 until 1977. In that year, it merged with the boys' Grammar School, St Joseph's College, to form St Mary's High School. From 1923 to their departure in 1975, St Joseph's had been run by the Irish Christian Brothers. Sister Maureen Grimley (1932-2007) was the first Head teacher of the combined school. Initially the school operated on two campuses, but the St Joseph's campus was shut down in the early 1980s and given over to housing. Further expansion occurred in 1982 when the school was merged with the Catholic former secondary modern schools St Thomas of Canterbury and St Catherine.

The current headmaster is Mr S Tierney.

[edit] Notable Former Pupils

Dorothy Byrne - Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4
George Carman QC - Barrister in many high-profile cases in the 1970s-1990s
Richard Lupino - Actor and scion of the theatrical Lupino family
Tom McNally (Lord McNally) - Labour and later Liberal Democrat politician
John Mahoney - Actor best known for his role on Frasier
Paul Sloane - Business visionary and motivational speaker
Owen Oyston - controversial businessman
Lawrence Whalley MD DPM FRCP(E) FRCPsych, Crombie Ross Professor of Mental Health in the University of Aberdeen.
Cecilia Loftus - actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian and music hall performer
Sheila Quinn - Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing

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Comprehensive schools	Beacon Hill High School • Bispham High School Arts College • Collegiate High School Sports College • Highfield Humanities College • Montgomery High School • Palatine Community Sports College • St George's CofE High School • St Mary's Catholic College

Primary schools	Anchorsholme Primary School • Baines Endowed CofE Primary School • Bispham Endowed CofE Primary School • Boundary Primary School • Christ the King Catholic Primary School • Claremont Primary School • Devonshire Primary School • Holy Family Catholic Primary School • Kincraig Primary School • Layton Primary School • Marton Primary School • Mereside Primary School • Moor Park Infant School • Moor Park Primary School • Norbreck Primary School • Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School • Revoe Primary School • Roseacre Primary School • St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School • St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School • St John Vianney Catholic Primary School • St John's CofE Primary School • St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School • St Nicholas CofE Primary School • St Teresa's Catholic Primary School • Stanley Infant School • Stanley Primary School • Thames Primary School • Waterloo Primary School • Westcliff Primary School

Special schools	Highfurlong School • Park School • Piers House • Woodlands Special School

Independent schools	Arnold School • Langdale Preparatory School

Further education	Blackpool and The Fylde College • Blackpool Sixth Form College