Holy Cross Catholic High School

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.cite web|url=http://www.arrowsmith.wigan.sch.uk/policies/govreport.htm|title=Governors' Annual Report to Parents 2004|work=St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School|year=2004|accessdate=2007-02-13]

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 the late 1990s 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".Fact|date=February 2007

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:cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050221/text/50221w69.htm|title=Children Act|work=House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 21 Feb 2005 (pt 69)|author=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster|year=2005|accessdate=2007-02-13]

Ofsted

The school was listed by Ofsted in 1994-1995cite web|url=http://live.ofsted.gov.uk/particularlysuccessful/?fuseaction=exceptionalResults&action=byRegion&byRegion=2|title=Ofsted - Outstanding providers|work=Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education (England)|accessdate=2007-02-11] 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).

ports

The school received a grant of £132,921 from the Big Lottery Fund in July 2006cite web|url=http://www.gnn.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2&ReleaseID=213318|title=Big Lottery Fund (North West) - Lottery backs school sports activities in North West|work=Government News Network|year=2006|accessdate=2006-02-13] 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

External links

* [http://www.holycross.lancs.sch.uk/ Holy Cross website]
* [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk Lancashire County Council]
* [http://www.archdiocese-of-liverpool.co.uk/ Archdiocese of Liverpool]