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In the United Kingdom, there are many 'local authority maintained' (i.e. state funded) Roman Catholic schools. These are theoretically open to pupils of all
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s or none, although if the school is over-subscribed priority will be given to
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children.


History

During the
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, Catholic schools were created on the European continent for the training of children of Catholic families from Britain. During the 18th century, colleges for the training of priests were created in Scotland, such as in Scalan and
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. After the Re-establishment of the English hierarchy and the Scottish hierarchy new schools were created. After the
Education Act 1918 The Education Act 1918 ( 8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 39), often known as the Fisher Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was drawn up by H. A. L. Fisher. Herbert Lewis, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, also played ...
in Scotland and the
Education Act 1944 The Education Act 1944 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31) made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the Butler Act after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler. Histori ...
in England and Wales, state-funded Catholic schools were built. Nevertheless, today there has been some controversy over Roman Catholic schools. Some Labour backbenchers would like to see them closed along with all other faith-based schools, and this was the official policy of the
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at the
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. Some local authorities – such as in
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– have chosen to build so-called "shared campuses" where a Roman Catholic and non-denominational school share grounds, a building, and facilities such as canteen, sport halls etc., but lessons are taught separately. This policy has had mixed success – although supporters say it reduces the risk of "us and them" sectarianism, some shared campuses have suffered disruptions on opening. At one stage the Scottish Catholic Church even considered legal action against
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Council to stop another "shared campus" being built. In Northern Ireland, Roman Catholic schools are state-funded and organised and run by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS).


England and Wales

The
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provides the central co-ordination under the Bishops' Conference for Catholic schools in England and Wales. In England and Wales, Catholic schools come under the jurisdiction of their local diocese who can inspect the religious education and acts of worship of the school under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. Many schools were also founded by religious orders who continue to maintain a presence, property ownership or trusteeship of their schools. In England and Wales are joint Anglican and Catholic schools. These include primary schools such as: All Saints, Cambridge; The Bishops’ School, Chelmsford; Emmaus School, Liverpool; The Faith School, Liverpool; St John’s Sunderland; Christ the King, Macclesfield. There is a joint middle school: St Edward’s Royal Free School, Windsor.  Joint secondary schools and academies include: St Cuthbert Mayne School, Torquay; St Augustine, Taunton; St Bede, Cambridge; St Bede, Redhill; St Michael, Barnsley; St Edward, Poole; St Francis Xavier High School, Richmond, North Yorkshire; Emmaus, Sheffield; Holy Family College, Heywood, Rochdale; Christ’s College, Cheltenham; St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool; St Chad’s, Runcorn. In 2006, the first joint Church in Wales and Catholic school was opened in Wales: St Joseph’s, Wrexham.


England


Bedfordshire

Diocese of Northampton * St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford * Cardinal Newman Catholic School


Berkshire

Diocese of Portsmouth * Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School * The Marist School, Sunninghill (Marists) * St Joseph's College, Reading * St Mary's School Ascot


Bristol

Diocese of Clifton * St Bede's Catholic College * St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School * St Brendan's Sixth Form College


Buckinghamshire

Diocese of Northampton * St Michael's Catholic School, High Wycombe * St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes * St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School * St Joseph's Catholic High School, Slough


Cambridgeshire

Diocese of East Anglia * St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough * St Mary's School, Cambridge


Cheshire

Diocese of Shrewsbury * All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield * Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy * Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington * Chester Catholic High School * Ellesmere Port Catholic High School * St Gregory's Catholic High School * St Nicholas Catholic High School * St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe Diocese of Liverpool * Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School


Cumbria

Diocese of Lancaster * Austin Friars * St Benedict's Catholic High School, Hensingham * St Bernard's Catholic High School * St John Henry Newman Catholic School * St Joseph's Catholic High School, Workington


Derbyshire

Diocese of Nottingham * Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy * St John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy * St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy * St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton Diocese of Hallam * St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield * Barlborough Hall School (Jesuits) * Mount St Mary's College (Jesuits)


Devon

Diocese of Plymouth * Notre Dame Catholic School * St Boniface's Catholic College * St Cuthbert Mayne School


Dorset

Diocese of Plymouth * Leweston School * St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School Diocese of Portsmouth * St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth


Durham

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle * Carmel College, Darlington * English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College * Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy * St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College * St Bede's Catholic School, Peterlee * St John's Catholic School * St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham * St Michael's Catholic Academy, Billingham


Essex

Diocese of Brentwood * Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (Brentwood Ursulines) * De La Salle School, Basildon (Lasallian Brothers) * Grays Convent High School *
New Hall School New Hall School is a Catholic co-educational private boarding and day school in the village of Boreham near Chelmsford, Essex, England. It was founded in 1642 in the Low Countries, now Belgium, by sisters of the Catholic order Canonesses of ...
* St Benedict's Catholic College * St Bernard's High School, Westcliff-on-Sea * St John Payne Catholic School * St John's Roman Catholic School, Essex * St Mark's West Essex Catholic School * St Thomas More High School


Gloucestershire

Diocese of Clifton * All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham (joint Anglican) * St Edward's School, Cheltenham * St Peter's High School, Gloucester


Greater Manchester

Diocese of Salford * St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College, Ashton-under-Lyne * Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton * Holy Cross College, Bury * St Gabriel's Roman Catholic High School, Bury * St Thomas More Roman Catholic College, Denton * The Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Didsbury * St Patrick's Roman Catholic High School, Eccles * Mount St Joseph School, Farnworth * Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College, Heywood * St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Horwich * Loreto College, Manchester * Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester * St Bede's College, Manchester * St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester * St Peter's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester * Xaverian College, Manchester * Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, Oldham * St Monica's High School, Prestwich * All Hallows Roman Catholic High School, Salford * St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, Stockport * Stella Maris School, Stockport * St Antony's Roman Catholic School, Urmston * St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Wardley Diocese of Shrewsbury * All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield *
Aquinas College, Stockport Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic sixth form college in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The college offers a range of Level 2 and Level 3 courses including GCSEs, A-Levels, and other vocational courses such as BTECs and T-levels. ...
* Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College * Harrytown Catholic High School *
Loreto Grammar School Loreto Grammar School is located in Trafford, England. Pupils must sit an entrance exam to enter, and fulfil several other entry criteria. It is part of the worldwide Loreto community, and the Altrincham school was founded by the Sisters of Lor ...
*
St Ambrose College St Ambrose College is an 11–18 Christian Brothers' Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1946 by Joseph Robertson. In 2012 the school became an academy, and was complete ...
* St James' Catholic High School, Stockport * St Paul's Catholic High School Archdiocese of Liverpool * St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield * St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan * St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley * St Peter's Catholic High School


Hampshire

* All Hallows Catholic School * Alton School * Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School * Farleigh School * Farnborough Hill * Oaklands Catholic School * St Anne's Catholic School, Southampton * St Edmund's Catholic School, Portsmouth * Saint George Catholic College * Salesian College, Farnborough


Hertfordshire

* Loreto College, St Albans (Loreto Sisters) * Nicholas Breakspear School * St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth * St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford * St Columba's College, St Albans * St Edmund's College, Ware


Isle of Wight

* Christ the King College, Isle of Wight


Kent

* St Anselm's Catholic School * St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover * St Gregory's Catholic School * St John's Catholic Comprehensive School * St John Fisher Catholic School * St Simon Stock Catholic School * Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea (Ursulines)


Lancashire

Diocese of Lancaster * Cardinal Allen Catholic High School * Cardinal Newman College * Christ the King Catholic High School, Preston * Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Fulwood * Our Lady's Catholic College * Our Lady's Catholic High School, Fulwood * St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham St Annes * St Mary's Catholic Academy Archdiocese of Liverpool * All Hallows Catholic High School * Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley * Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College *
St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk St. Bede's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational secondary school located on St. Anne's Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, North West England North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the c ...
* St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland Diocese of Salford * Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School * Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School * Our Lady and St John Catholic College * St Mary's College, Blackburn * Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College * Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, Colne * St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School, Longridge * All Saints' Catholic High School, Rawtenstall * Stonyhurst College (Jesuits) * Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall (Jesuits)


Leicestershire

Diocese of Nottingham * De Lisle College * English Martyrs Catholic School * Ratcliffe College * St Martin's Catholic Academy * St Paul's Catholic School, Leicester


Lincolnshire

Diocese of Nottingham * Beacon Academy, Cleethorpes * St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy * St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy


London

Archdiocese of Westminster * Our Lady of Lourdes School, Arnos Grove * Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington * All Saints Catholic College, North Kensington * St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School * Bishop Challoner Catholic School * Bishop Douglass Catholic School * Cardinal Pole Catholic School * Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School * The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Greenford * The Douay Martyrs School * St Augustine's Priory, Ealing * St Benedict's School, Ealing (Benedictines) * Finchley Catholic High School * Gumley House Convent School * Gunnersbury Catholic School * John F Kennedy Catholic School * The John Henry Newman School * La Sainte Union Catholic School *
London Oratory School The London Oratory School, also known as "The Oratory" or "The London Oratory" to distinguish it from other schools, is a Selective Catholic Voluntary Aided secondary school for boys aged 7–18 and girls aged 16–18 in West Brompton. Foun ...
* Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School * Mount House School * Newman Catholic College * Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill * Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith * Sacred Heart Language College * St Anthony's School, Hampstead * St Aloysius' College, Highgate * St Angela's Ursuline School * St Anne's Catholic High School * St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls * St Dominic's Sixth Form College * St George's Catholic School * St Gregory's Catholic Science College * St Ignatius College, Enfield (Jesuits) * St James' Catholic High School, Colindale * St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow * St Michael's Catholic Grammar School * St Michael's Catholic High School * St Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames * St Richard Reynolds Catholic College * Salvatorian College * St Thomas More Language College * St Catherine's School, Twickenham * Westminster Cathedral Choir School * St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green Archdiocese of Southwark * Bishop Challoner School * Bishop Thomas Grant School * Bonus Pastor Catholic College * The Cedars School * Christ the King Sixth Form College * Coloma Convent Girls' School * Donhead Preparatory School (Jesuits) * Holy Cross School, New Malden * Holy Cross Preparatory School * The John Fisher School * La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School (La Retraite Sisters) * The Laurels School * Marymount International School London (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary) * Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School * Richard Challoner School * Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell * St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls * St Columba's Catholic Boys' School * St Francis Xavier College, Clapham * St John Bosco College, Battersea * St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood (Lasallian Brothers) * St Mary's Catholic High School, Croydon *
St Matthew Academy St Matthew Academy is a mixed all-through, co-educational Roman Catholic academy for students aged 4 to 16. Located in the London Borough of Lewisham, the academy opened in September 2007, replacing two previous schools: St Joseph's Academy, Bla ...
* St Michael's Catholic College * St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood * St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls * St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham * St Thomas the Apostle College * St Ursula's Convent School * Thomas More Catholic School, Purley * Ursuline High School, Wimbledon (Ursulines) * Wimbledon College (Jesuits) Diocese of Brentwood * All Saints Catholic School, Dagenham * The Campion School, Hornchurch * Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow * The Palmer Catholic Academy * Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School * St Bonaventure's * Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green * Ursuline Academy Ilford


Merseyside

Archdiocese of Liverpool *
St Mary's College, Crosby St. Mary's College is an independent Roman Catholic coeducational day school in Crosby, Merseyside, about north of Liverpool. It comprises an early years department "Bright Sparks" (age 0-4), preparatory school known as "The Mount" (age 4-11 ...
* The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (Joint Anglican) * The Academy of St Nicholas (Joint Anglican) * All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby * Archbishop Beck Catholic College * Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (FCJ) * Broughton Hall High School * Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School * Carmel College (St Helens) * Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport * De La Salle School, St Helens * Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton * Hope Academy * Maricourt Catholic School * Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool * Sacred Heart Catholic College * St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy * St Cuthbert's Catholic High School * St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston * St Edward's College * St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool (La Mennais Brothers) * St John Bosco Arts College * St Julie's Catholic High School * The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco (Salesians) Diocese of Shrewsbury * St Anselm's College * St John Plessington Catholic College


Norfolk

Diocese of East Anglia * Notre Dame High School, Norwich * St Bede's Inter-Church School (Joint Anglican)


Northamptonshire

Diocese of Northampton * Notre Dame High School, Northampton * Thomas Becket Catholic School


Northumberland

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle * St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy * St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School


Nottinghamshire

Diocese of Nottingham * All Saints' Catholic Academy * The Becket School * Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy * Loughborough Amherst School * Trinity School, Nottingham


Oxfordshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham * Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School * Greyfriars Catholic School * Rye St Antony School Diocese of Portsmouth * Our Lady's Abingdon


Shropshire

Diocese of Shrewsbury * Holy Trinity Academy, Telford * Moor Park School


Somerset

* All Hallows Preparatory School *
Downside School Downside School (formally The College of St Gregory the Great, Downside but simply referred to as Downside) is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, independent, day and boarding school in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England. It was establish ...
(Benedictines) * Prior Park College * Saint Gregory's Catholic College


Staffordshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham * Blessed William Howard Catholic School * Cardinal Griffin Catholic College * Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone * Painsley Catholic College * St Dominic's Grammar School * St Dominic's Priory School, Stone * St John Fisher Catholic College * St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent * St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy * St Thomas More Catholic Academy Diocese of Nottingham * Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy


Suffolk

Diocese of East Anglia * Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds * St Alban's Catholic High School, Ipswich * St Benedict's Catholic School * St Joseph's College, Ipswich


Surrey

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton * Notre Dame School, Surrey * St Andrew's Catholic School * St Bede's School * St Dominic's School * St George's College, Weybridge (Josephites) * St John's Beaumont School (Jesuits) * St John the Baptist School, Woking * St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford * St Teresa's School Effingham * Salesian School, Chertsey (Salesians) *
Woldingham School Woldingham School is an Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent Boarding school, boarding and day school for girls, located in the former Marden Park of outside the village of Woldingham, Surrey, in South East England. It is a Roman ...
(Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)


Sussex

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton * Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove * Mayfield School, East Sussex * Our Lady of Sion School * St Oscar Romero Catholic School * St Paul's Catholic College, Burgess Hill * St Philip Howard Catholic High School * St Richard's Catholic College * St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley * Towers Convent School * Worth School


Tyne and Wear

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle * Cardinal Hume Catholic School * Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne * St Aidan's Catholic Academy * St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy * St Cuthbert's High School * St Joseph's Catholic Academy * St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne * St Robert of Newminster Catholic School * St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon * St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields * St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic College


Warwickshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham * Princethorpe College * St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School * St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton * Trinity Catholic School


West Midlands

Archdiocese of Birmingham * Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School * Bishop Challoner Catholic College * Bishop Milner Catholic College * Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School * Bishop Walsh Catholic School * Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College * Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry * Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham * Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham * John Henry Newman Catholic College * The Oratory Preparatory School * The Oratory School * Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy * St Edmund Campion Catholic School * St Edmund's Catholic Academy * St Francis of Assisi Catholic College * St John Wall Catholic School * St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham * St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull * St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham * St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall * Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School


Wiltshire

Diocese of Clifton * St Augustine's Catholic College * St Joseph's Catholic College * St Joseph's Catholic School, Laverstock * St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester


Worcestershire

Archdiocese of Birmingham *
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Worcester, England, locally referred to as "Blesseds". It is a co-educational school, in which there are just over 1,000 students, aged bet ...
* Hagley Roman Catholic High School * St Augustine's High School, Redditch


Yorkshire

Diocese of Leeds * All Saints, Huddersfield * Cardinal Heenan, Meanwood * Corpus Christi, Leeds * 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 Thomas à Becket, Wakefield * St Wilfrid's, Featherstone Diocese of Middlesbrough * Ampleforth College (Benedictines) *
All Saints Roman Catholic School, York All Saints Catholic School, York is a split site, coeducational Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive Catholic secondary school and sixth form. The school is regarded as the oldest Catholic school in England. The school has ...
* Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary * St Augustine's Catholic School *
St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire St. Francis Xavier School is a coeducational secondary school situated on Darlington Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It is a joint Roman Catholic and Church of England school, serving children and young peopl ...
* St Mary's College, Hull * St Patrick's Catholic College * St Peter's Catholic College, South Bank *
Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough Trinity Catholic College is a large, co-educational secondary school and sixth form in the town of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust. History Founded in 2009 following the amalgam ...
Diocese of Hallam * All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield * Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School * The McAuley Catholic High School * Notre Dame High School, Sheffield * St Bernard's Catholic High School, Rotherham * Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Rotherham * St Theresa's Catholic Primary School


Wales

* St Richard Gwyn High School, Barry * Archbishop McGrath High School, Bridgend * Corpus Christi High School, Cardiff * St David's Sixth Form College, Cardiff * St Illtyd's High School, Cardiff * St John's College, Cardiff * St John Lloyd Comprehensive School, Llanelli * St Mary's High School, Lugwardine * Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil * St John's High School, Newport * St Alban's High School, Pontypool * Cardinal Newman School, Rhydyfelin * Bishop Vaughan School, Swansea * Mary Immaculate High School, Wenvoe * St Richard Gwyn High School, Flint * Christ the Word School, Rhyl * St Joseph's High School, Wrexham


Scotland

After the
Education Act 1918 The Education Act 1918 ( 8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 39), often known as the Fisher Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was drawn up by H. A. L. Fisher. Herbert Lewis, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, also played ...
, many state-funded Scottish Catholic schools were started. Nevertheless, there exist Catholic independent schools such as St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Fernhill School, Rutherglen, and
Kilgraston School Kilgraston School was a Scottish Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding and day school that offered single-sex education for girls aged from five to eighteen years old, and a co-educational junior school for girls and boys aged f ...
. During the
Scottish Reformation The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland. It forms part of the wider European 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Fr ...
, while there were no Catholic
seminaries A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clerg ...
in England and Wales, there was a number of Scottish seminaries before the restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy. Notable Scottish Catholic schools today include: ;Aberdeen * St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Aberdeen ;Dumfries and Galloway * St Joseph's College, Dumfries ;Dundee * St John's Roman Catholic High School * St Paul's Roman Catholic Academy ;East Ayrshire *
Saint Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock Saint Josephs' Academy (Scottish Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Naomh Iòsaph'') is an 11–18 Roman Catholic secondary school in the New Farm Loch area of the town of Kilmarnock, situated in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2023, the school roll stood at 648 p ...
;East Dunbartonshire * St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch * Turnbull High School ;East Renfrewshire * St Luke's High School *
St Ninian's High School, Giffnock St Ninian's High School is a six-year co-educational Roman Catholic state high school in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school, which opened in 1984, serves Giffnock, Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Clarkston, Thornliebank, Newton Mear ...
;Edinburgh * Holy Rood High School, Edinburgh * St Augustine's High School, Edinburgh * St Thomas of Aquin's High School ;Fife * St Columba's Roman Catholic High School, Dunfermline ;Glasgow * All Saints Roman Catholic Secondary School * Cardinal Winning Secondary School * Holyrood Secondary School * John Paul Academy * Lourdes Secondary School * Notre Dame High School, Glasgow * St Aloysius' College, Glasgow * St Andrew's Secondary School, Glasgow * St Margaret Mary's Secondary School * St Mungo's Academy * St Paul's High School, Glasgow * St Roch's Secondary School * St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Glasgow ;Inverclyde * St Columba's High School, Gourock * Notre Dame High School, Greenock ;Midlothian * St David's Roman Catholic High School ;North Ayrshire * St Matthew's Academy ;North Lanarkshire * Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill * Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld * Our Lady's High School, Motherwell * St Aidan's High School * St. Maurice's High School * Taylor High School, New Stevenston ;Perth and Kinross *
Kilgraston School Kilgraston School was a Scottish Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding and day school that offered single-sex education for girls aged from five to eighteen years old, and a co-educational junior school for girls and boys aged f ...
* St John's Academy ;Renfrewshire * St Andrew's Academy, Paisley * St Benedict's Roman Catholic High School * Trinity High School, Renfrew ;South Ayrshire * Queen Margaret Academy ;South Lanarkshire * Fernhill School, Rutherglen *
Holy Cross High School, Hamilton Holy Cross High School is a Catholic High School in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland. History The original site on Muir Street started out as St Mary's Primary in the 1930s and became Holy Cross High School in the 1950s using the origi ...
* St Andrew's and St Bride's High School * Saint John Ogilvie High School * Trinity High School, Rutherglen ;Stirling * St Modan's High School ;West Dunbartonshire * Our Lady and St Patrick's High School * St Peter the Apostle High School ;West Lothian * St Margaret's Academy * St Kentigern's Academy


See also

*
Catholic Church in England and Wales The Catholic Church in England and Wales (; ) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. Its origins date from the 6th century, when Pope Gregory I through a Roman missionary and Benedictine monk, Augustine, ...
*
Catholic Church in Scotland The Catholic Church in Scotland, overseen by the Scottish Bishops' Conference, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church headed by the Pope. Christianity first arrived in Roman Britain and was strengthened by the conversion of the Picts thr ...
* Catholic Church in Northern Ireland * Selective Catholic schools * List of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom


References

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