Blessed Edward Jones RC High School

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Blessed Edward Jones RC High School, Cefndy Road, Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 2EU, is a secondary school situated in Rhyl, Denbighshire. It was founded in September 1965 to serve the Catholic population of the surrounding area, including towns such as Rhyl, Rhuddlan, Abergele, Prestatyn, St Asaph and Denbigh. It is one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, the others being St Joseph's RC High School, Wrexham and St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint. It is a mixed comprehensive school, which includes a sixth form.

Its patron is Blessed Edward Jones who was born in the Diocese of St. Asaph.

[edit] Alumni

• Carol Vorderman, TV Presenter. She maintains her passion for numbers began under the tutelage of former maths teacher Mr Palmer Parry, who presented her with the famous ‘This is Your Life’ Red Book from Michael Aspel.