Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
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| Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College | |
| Type | Voluntary aided secondary modern |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | John Cornally |
| Specialism | Maths and computing[1] |
| Location | Urban Road Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8HT  England |
| Ofsted number | 106376 |
| Students | 754[2] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://bth.trafford.sch.uk/new/index.php |
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College is a secondary school based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. The school specialises in maths and computing, and is named after Blessed Thomas Holford, a 16th-century priest from Cheshire.[3] The college has a strong Catholic identity,[4] and all pupils are required to wear uniform.[5]
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[edit] Curriculum
As a maths and computing specialist school, the college puts special emphasis on maths and computing, and follows the Key Stage process. At Key Stage 3, the pupils take the following subjects:
- English
- Maths
- Science
- Religious Education
- Technology
- ICT
- French/German
- History
- Geography
- Art
- Music
- Physical Education
- Citizenship
- PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)
For GCSE, the pupils take core subjects, and can choose from a variety of additional subjects, including history, geography, art, child care, physical education, food technology, business studies, resistant materials, electronics, music, dance, textiles, French, German, Japanese, Spanish. BTEC courses for art and sport are also available.[6] In 2006, the school was below national average for Key Stage 4.[1]
[edit] Religious identity
The college has a strong Catholic identity, and admissions to the school are based on a willingness on behalf of the applicants to be educated with a Catholic ethos. There is a strict order of priority for admissions to the college, favouring those who have had baptised Catholic, and have been at local Catholic junior schools. The school includes non-compulsory religious education in the syllabus as one of its core values, and has a weekly mass on Thursday mornings.[6]
[edit] Football Academy
The school has a UEFA-standard FieldTurf artificial grass football pitch which was opened in April 2007 by Bobby Charlton.[7] The pitch, which cost £1 million to install, was used by the England national football team for training prior to an away game against Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, as it uses the same surface as the Russian pitch.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b League Tables - Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. BBC.co.uk (11 January 2007).
- ^ Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. Department for Children, School and Families. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ The Life of Our Patron, Blessed Thomas Holford. Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Cornally, J. Headteacher's Message. Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Uniform. Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ a b School prospectus. Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College (September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Sports Pitch. Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Morrison, Steven. "England make Russia plans", Sky Sports, 2007-09-24. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
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