Blessed Edward Jones Roman Catholic High School

Blessed Edward Jones RC High School, (also known informally as "Blessed teds"), Cefndy Road, Rhyl, Denbighshire, 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, Bodelwyddan, 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 Catholic & Anglican High School, Wrexham, and St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint. It is a mixed comprehensive school, which does not have a sixth form.

Its patron is the Blessed Edward Jones, who was born in the diocese of St Asaph.

Notable former pupils

Carol Vorderman, television personality/presenter
Chris Ruane, Labour MP for the Vale of Clwyd constituency (1997-2015)
Barry Hilton, South African Comedian
Greg Edwards, New Zealand mathematician and writer (who spent a year at the school 1987-1988)

References

Coordinates: 53°18′53″N 03°28′40″W / 53.31472°N 3.47778°W / 53.31472; -3.47778

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