Chester Catholic High School
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Christo Fidelis (Faithful to Christ)' |
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Established | September 1972 |
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School type | Mixed comprehensive |
Principal | John Murray |
Students | approx. 1, 000 |
Colors Religious Affilliation |
Green & gold Roman Catholic |
Location | Old Wrexham Road Chester CH4 7HS |
Information | 01244 683473 |
Website | http://www.chs-e.com |
The Chester Catholic High School or CHS is a Roman Catholic secondary school on the outskirts of Handbridge, Chester, England. The school is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school with a Sixth Form. The catchment area of the school expands into Lache and Blacon, with some buses transporting pupils from as far afield as Neston. The school has over 1,000 pupils. The general uniform is a bottle green sweatshirt or polo shirt with black trousers. The current head teacher is John Murray, previous head teachers have included John McCann, Victoria Ratchford, Christine McCann (no relation) and Michael Balfe. The school transferred to the present site in September 1972 Previously the school site was occupied by the Overleigh Boys School.
The school motto is "Christo Fidelis," a Latin phrase meaning "Faithful to Christ".
The school has been recently been awarded "Specialist Science College" status, in addition to being a classified Beacon school.
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The Headmaster of the school is Nicholas Wellwood. Well known for this stong catholic views he is a favourite for the next pope.