Blessed Edward Jones RC High School

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Blessed Edward Jones RC High School, (also known informally as "Blessed Teds"), 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.

Contents 1 Special Measures 2 Sixth Form 3 Senior Management Staff 4 Middle Management Staff 5 Alumni

[edit] Special Measures

• Blessed Edward Jones was placed into Special Measures after an inspection by Estyn in September 2006. Mrs Catherine Britton has succeeded Mr Cheetham the school has made excellent progress.

[edit] Sixth Form

• The Sixth form is said to be closing at Blessed Edward Jones this is set to be confirmed publicly by the local council in February 2008. If these plans go ahead we will see the merge of two sixthforms and another educational site will be built.

[edit] Senior Management Staff

• Head Teacher: Mrs C Britton (Acting)
• Deputy Head Teacher: Mr G Sugrue
• Assistant Head Teacher: Mr R Stanway

[edit] Middle Management Staff

• Head of Learning: Miss P Kelly (Maternity Leave), Mr J-P Westaway-Green (Acting) (KS3)
• Head of Learning: Mr M Cohen (KS4)
• Head of Learning: Miss M Lamb (KS5)
• Assistant Head of Learning: Mr M Thomas

• Head of Maths: Mr T Hibbert
• Head of English: Mr M Owen
• Head of Science: Miss G Edwards
• Head of Humanities: Mr G Sugrue (Acting)
• Head of French: Mr D Greaney
• Head of Welsh: Mrs Anderson
• Head of Technology: Mr N Edwards
• Head of Learning Support: Mr I Davies
• Head of Vocational Studies: Miss M Lamb
• Head of Music: Mr M Cohen
• Head of Religious Education: Miss M Ludenbach (Acting)
• Head of I.C.T & Business Studies: Mr J-P Westaway-Green

[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.