St Augustine of Canterbury Roman Catholic High School

R.C. High School
Type	High School
Religion	Roman Catholic
Location	Grange Avenue Oldham Greater Manchester OL84ED England
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Students	650 (approx.)
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–16
Website	School website

St Augustine of Canterbury RC High Specialist Humanities School was a Roman Catholic high school for 11- to 16-year-olds, located in Werneth within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. The school was a specialist school in the Humanities, and comprised 650 students.

The school was previously known as St. Anselm's before it merged with another Oldham school (St Albans) in the late 1980s.

The school, was closed as the result of amalgamation on Aug. 31, 2011. It merged with Our Lady's RC High School to form Blessed John Henry Newman RC College. The new school is on a site in Chadderton and St. Augustine's vacated buildings were demolished in 2013.^[1]^[2] The last headteacher of St. Augustine's, Mr Michael McGhee, became the first headteacher of the new school.

The final OFSTED report (2009) indicated that the school was 'satisfactory' and had a 'good capacity for sustained improvement.'

Notable former pupils

Mark Owen – singer-songwriter, member of Take That^[3]
Gerard Kearns – actor
Lee Rourke – novelist

References

↑ "Open days mark end of era for schools". Oldham Evening Chronicle. 3 July 2013.
↑ "St Augustine's". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
↑ "Take That mapped in Manchester". Manchester Evening News. 21 May 2015.

Schools in Oldham

Secondary schools	Blessed John Henry Newman RC College The Blue Coat School Crompton House CE School Failsworth School The GM The Hathershaw College North Chadderton School Oasis Academy Oldham Oldham Academy North The Radclyffe School Royton and Crompton School Saddleworth School Waterhead Academy

Independent schools	Hulme Grammar School

Special schools	Kingsland School

FE & sixth form colleges	Oldham College Oldham Sixth Form College

Defunct schools	Breeze Hill School Counthill School Kaskenmoor School Our Lady's RC High School South Chadderton School St Augustine of Canterbury RC High School

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