St Catherine's Catholic High School

St Catherine's Catholic High School /caddy, formerly Halifax Catholic High School (HCHS)
Motto	Nil Ante Deum (Nothing is before God)
Established	August 1957
Closed	31 July 2013
Type	Voluntary Aided School
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	Mrs P Sheard
Location	Holdsworth Road Halifax West Yorkshire HX2 9TH England Coordinates: 53°45′24″N 1°52′34″W / 53.75653°N 1.87599°W / 53.75653; -1.87599
Local authority	Calderdale
DfE URN	107581 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	798
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Colours	Light Blue and Maroon
Website	www.scchs.co.uk

St Catherine's Catholic High School was a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school was named after Catherine of Siena.

It was an 11 to 18 comprehensive school, with a post 16 curriculum delivered jointly with its neighbouring secondary school, Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School (now Trinity Academy, Halifax). It was awarded 'Technology College' status in 2005. In 2012 the school was placed in special measures.^[1]

History

Opening in August 1957 as the St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Secondary School in Holmfield. It was formally opened by the Bishop of Leeds on 14 December 1957. The first headmaster being Jim O"Reilly. The school later became known as Halifax Catholic High School in 1971. Its last name change was in 2000, when it was renamed Saint Catherine's Roman Catholic High School. The school then closed in August 2013. With the last assembly held at St Catherine's in the July of 2013.^[2]^[3]^[4]The Students were merged with Trinity Academy Halifax in September 2013.

The CBBC show Hank Zipzer is filmed on the old school premises, with the school entrance sign replaced with 'Westbrook Academy'.^[5]

Saint Catherine's school transformed for filming of Hank Zipzer

External links

References

↑ http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/halifax-catholic-high-s-final-road-to-recovery-1-4797889 Final Road To Recover Article
↑ http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/the-final-assembly-at-st-catherine-s-1-5895175 Final Assembly Article
↑ http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/halifax-catholic-high-s-final-road-to-recovery-1-4797889 Road To Recover Article
↑ http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/calderdale/st-catherine-s-high-school-halifax-holds-last-prizegiving-evening-1-5228275 Last Prize Giving Article
↑ http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-entertainment/cast-announced-for-fonz-s-new-children-s-tv-show-1-6169190 Filming of Hank Zipzer

Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds

Bishops of Leeds I: Robert Cornthwaite II: William Gordon III: Joseph Robert Cowgill IV: Henry John Poskitt V: John Carmel Heenan VI: George Patrick Dwyer VII: William Gordon Wheeler VIII: David Konstant (Bishop Emeritus) IX: Arthur Roche (Bishop Emeritus) X: Marcus Stock

Parishes Leeds Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St Anne Blessed John Henry Newman, Leeds Holy Redeemer, Huddersfield St Edward's, Clifford St Ignatius, Ossett St Jeanne Jugan, Leeds St Joseph's, Bradford St Martin de Porres, Wakefield St Mary's, Halifax St Patrick's, Leeds St Robert's, Harrogate St Stephen's, Skipton Leeds Trinity University

Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (27 June) St Wilfrid (12 October)

Schools All Saints, Huddersfield Cardinal Heenan, Meanwood Corpus Christi, Leeds Leeds Trinity University Mount St Mary's, Leeds Notre Dame, Leeds St Bede's & St Joseph's, Bradford St Catherine's, Halifax St John Fisher, Dewsbury St John Fisher, Harrogate St John's School for the Deaf, Boston Spa St Mary's Menston St Wilfrids, Featherstone St Thomas Becket, Wakefield

See also: Bradford Girls' Choir The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust Mount St Mary's Church, Leeds

Schools in Calderdale

Non-selective	Brighouse High School The Brooksbank School Calder High School The Halifax Academy Lightcliffe Academy Park Lane Learning Trust Rastrick High School Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge High School Todmorden High School Trinity Academy

Grammar	Crossley Heath School North Halifax Grammar School

Special	William Henry Smith School

Independent	Hipperholme Grammar School Rastrick Independent School Rishworth School

Further education	Calderdale College

Defunct	Heath Grammar School The Ridings School St Catherine's RC High School

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