St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School is a

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located in the Thornham area of

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, England.

History

St Cuthbert's was founded as Bishop Henshaw School in 1968 and was Rochdale's first Catholic secondary school. It became a middle school when Rochdale adopted the three-tier system. It was extended into a secondary school and renamed St Cuthbert's High School during the late 1980s following the

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's decision to scrap the three-tier system. The school moved into new buildings in January 2014. Previously a

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administered by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, in November 2023 St Cuthbert's RC High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the St Teresa Of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust, but continues to be under the jurisdiction of the

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Feeder schools

The school mainly accepts pupils from Alice Ingham RC Primary School, Holy Family RC Primary School, Sacred Heart RC Primary School, St Gabriel's RC Primary School, St John's RC Primary School, St Mary's RC Primary School, St Patrick's RC Primary School and St Vincent's RC Primary School.

Academics

St Cuthbert's RC High School offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

Notable former pupils

;Bishop Henshaw * Tim O'Brien (physicist), from 1977 to 1982 * Mario Wolczko (Architect at Oracle Corporation), from 1976 to 1981 * Paul Rowen, politician and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale. ;St Cuthbert's * Johny Diba, former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for

. * Connor Ronan, footballer who plays as a midfielder for

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. *

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, footballer who plays for

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References

External links

St Cuthbert's RC High School official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Cuthbert's RC High School Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Salford Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Schools in Rochdale