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St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Horwich

Field	Value
name	St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School
image	St. Joseph's R.C. High School and Sports College - geograph.org.uk - 107050.jpg
motto	Justitia Sine Timore
(en)
established	5 November 1963
type	Voluntary Aided Comprehensive
religious_affiliation	Roman Catholic
head_label	Headteacher
head	Tony McCabe
address	Chorley New Road
city	Horwich
county	Greater Manchester
postcode	BL6 6HW
country	England
local_authority	Bolton
ofsted	Yes
urn	105262
enrolment	1005
capacity	1050
gender	Mixed
lower_age	11
upper_age	16
colours	Blue & Silver
website

(en)

St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School and Sports College is a voluntary aided comprehensive school located in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is under trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford and is maintained by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.

The school is in the top 4 schools (three of which are faith schools) at GCSE in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. On 2 June 2020, the school was formally admitted as a member to the worldwide UNESCO Associated Schools Network.

The school offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils.

Admissions

the school had 1005 pupils within the age range of 11-16. The school is in the trusteeship of the Diocese of Salford, established in 1963.

Headteachers

1963–1975: John Yates
1975–1991: G. Eric Hester
1991–1995: Gerard Boyle
1995–2013: Leo Conley
2013–2017: Richard Woods
2017–present: Tony McCabe

School performance and inspections

, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2022, with a judgement of Requires Improvement.

Buildings

A new £3,000,000 wing of the school was opened during the summer term of 2020. This created the capacity for a further 10 classrooms, 2 ICT rooms, a large library and drama studio.

Welfare

On 4 June 2020, St Joseph's was awarded the Teach Well School Gold Award from the Teach Well Alliance in recognition of the work it undertook to take care of the physical and mental wellbeing of its staff and students during the coronavirus pandemic.

Notable former pupils

Lewis Alessandra, professional footballer who has played for several EFL sides
Vernon Kay, British TV presenter
Monty Lord, World memory champion (5 Guinness World Records) and bestselling author
Phil Clarke, Great Britain Rugby league captain and Sky Sports commentator
Peter Anglesea, Sale Sharks rugby union former captain and head coach
Sean Long, former rugby league footballer, most notable for playing for St. Helens
Jordan Flores, professional footballer who has played in England, Sweden and Ireland
Adam Senior, footballer who plays as a defender for Bolton Wanderers
Peter Morrison, footballer and then an agent following retirement

References

"St Joseph's RC High School". Gov.UK.
(2007). "Secondary School (KS3) Achievement and Attainment Tables 2006: St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School". [[Department for Children, Schools and Families]].
"St Joseph's RC High School achieves UNESCO accreditation, the first in Greater Manchester and one of handful of the country, to do so".
(2022). "Inspection of St Joseph’s RC High School". Ofsted.
"School Awards".
(6 January 2003). "Vernon's romantic proposal to Tess". [[Newsquest Media Group]].
Ough, Tom. (2021-05-15). "So your child is a genius? Then you really need to do your homework". The Telegraph.
"FLASHBACK: Were you on team's trip to Guernsey?".

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