Holy Cross Catholic High School (Chorley)

For other schools with similar names, see Holy Cross School (disambiguation).

Holy Cross Catholic High School

Location
Burgh Lane, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3NT, England
Information
School type	Voluntary aided
Headteacher	Mrs W White
Website	http://www.holycross.lancs.sch.uk/

Holy Cross Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic Voluntary aided comprehensive school in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The school has dual specialist Sports College and Science College status.

The school provides co-educational education for approximately 830 pupils in the 11-16 age range, most of whom reside in Chorley itself, or the surrounding villages of Chorley Borough, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. The headmistress, Mrs Wendy White, joined the school in 2004 after six years as Deputy Headteacher of St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School in Wigan.^[1]

1 History
2 Ofsted
3 Sports
4 References
5 External links

History

The school started as separate boys and girls only schools. St Augustines was the boys school, while St Hildas was an all girls school. Until 1999 the school still operated in the remnants of the 2 separate school buildings joined by a pathway. The lower school site has now been demolished making way for new housing known as "The Bowers".

The Chorley East Link Road (B5252) was opened to the public during the afternoon of 22 November 2007 and the spur up to the school was opened for use the following morning.

The number of pupils has increased over recent years:^[2]

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Pupils	763	775	791	806	829

Ofsted

The school was listed by Ofsted in 1994–1995^[3] as one of the outstanding providers in the North West region and in 2004, the school was awarded the Science and Sports College specialist school status by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

Sports

The school received a grant of £132,921 from the Big Lottery Fund in July 2006^[4] as part of an initiative by the Fund to boost school sports programmes. This grant was for a programme of eight activities including one aimed at increasing girls' interest in sport by introducing aerobics, dance and cheer-leading.

References

^ "Governors' Annual Report to Parents 2004". St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School. 2004. http://www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/policies/govreport.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster (2005). "Children Act". House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 21 Feb 2005 (pt 69). http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050221/text/50221w69.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
^ "Ofsted - Outstanding providers". Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education (England). http://live.ofsted.gov.uk/particularlysuccessful/?fuseaction=exceptionalResults&action=byRegion&byRegion=2. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
^ "Big Lottery Fund (North West) - Lottery backs school sports activities in North West". Government News Network. 2006. http://www.gnn.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2&ReleaseID=213318. Retrieved 2006-02-13.

External links

Schools in Chorley

Comprehensive schools	Albany Science College Bishop Rawstorne CofE Language College Holy Cross Catholic High School Parklands High School Southlands High School St. Michael's CE High School

Primary schools	Abbey Village Primary School Adlington Primary School All Saints' CofE Primary School, Chorley Anderton Primary School Balshaw Lane Community Primary School, Euxton Bretherton Endowed CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Buckshaw Primary School Christ Church CofE Primary School, Charnock Richard Clayton Brook Primary School Clayton-le-Woods CofE Primary School Coppull Parish CofE Primary School Coppull Primary School Duke Street Primary School, Chorley Eccleston Primary School Euxton CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School Gillibrand Primary School, Chorley Gregson Lane Primary School, Brindle Highfield Primary School, Chorley Lancaster Lane Community Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods Pemberton's CofE Primary School, Heskin Primrose Hill Primary School, Euxton Rivington (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley St Bede's RC Primary School, Clayton Green St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Whittle-le-Woods St George's CofE Primary School, Chorley St James' CofE Primary School, Chorley St James' CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Brindle St John's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Brinscall St John's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Coppull St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hoghton St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell St Laurence CofE Primary School, Chorley St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chorley St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Euxton St Mary's CofE Primary School, Eccleston St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull St Paul's CofE Primary School, Anderton St Peter's CofE Primary School, Chorley St Peter's CofE Primary School, Mawdesley Trinity & St Michael's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Croston Westwood Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods Whittle-le-Woods CofE Primary School Withnell Fold Primary School

Special schools	Astley Park School Mayfield School

Independent schools	Bennett House School Westmorland School

Further education	Lancashire College Runshaw College