Cardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High School
Encyclopedia
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a comprehensive
school located in Meanwood
, Leeds
, West Yorkshire
, England
. The school is one of the best comprehensive performing schools in Yorkshire with, in 2010 over 85% of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE level. The school has had no sixth form since September 2000 when the new buildings were created. It under-went an OFSTED
inspection in October 2011.
and has been praised many times for outstanding results. It is named in honour of Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, a former Bishop
of Leeds
, Archbishop
of Liverpool
and Cardinal
of Westminster.
It is situated just south of the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road
.
RC Secondary Modern School
and the grammar school
were merged to create Cardinal Heenan High School, as it was then known (the word 'Catholic' was added at a later date.). It had 1,200 boys and girls and around 150 in the sixth form.
premises; the old buildings were demolished, although the structural 'skeleton' of the former Science block was incorporated in the new premises of St Urban's Primary School.
; it had previously been granted the status of Beacon School, a government funded programme which was phased out in August 2005.
Comprehensive
Comprehensive may refer to:*Comprehensive layout, the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client*Comprehensive school, a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude...
school located in Meanwood
Meanwood
Meanwood is a suburb and former village of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-Origins and History:The name Meanwood goes back to the 12th century, and is of Anglo-Saxon derivation: the Meene wude was the boundary wood of the Manor of Alreton, the woods to the east of Meanwood Beck...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school is one of the best comprehensive performing schools in Yorkshire with, in 2010 over 85% of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades at GCSE level. The school has had no sixth form since September 2000 when the new buildings were created. It under-went an OFSTED
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection in October 2011.
Admissions
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a part of the Diocese of LeedsDiocese of Leeds
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite centred around Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had covered all of Yorkshire...
and has been praised many times for outstanding results. It is named in honour of Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, a former Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
of Westminster.
It is situated just south of the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road
Leeds Outer Ring Road
The Leeds Outer Ring Road is a main road that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The ring road is approximately long and consists of single and dual carriageways....
.
Grammar school
The school was formerly the St Thomas Aquinas Boys' Grammar School on Tongue Lane. It was built in 1961 as a three-form entry school by the City of Leeds Education Committee. The Saint John Bosco school was next door and had 600 boys and girls, and was also built in 1961.Comprehensive
A coeducational comprehensive 13-18 school was established in September 1978, when two adjoining schools, Saint John BoscoJohn Bosco
John Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods...
RC Secondary Modern School
Secondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
and the grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
were merged to create Cardinal Heenan High School, as it was then known (the word 'Catholic' was added at a later date.). It had 1,200 boys and girls and around 150 in the sixth form.
New buildings
In September 2000, the school moved into new PFIPrivate Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative is a way of creating "public–private partnerships" by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital...
premises; the old buildings were demolished, although the structural 'skeleton' of the former Science block was incorporated in the new premises of St Urban's Primary School.
Specialist school
In 2004, the school achieved the status of Language CollegeLanguage College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
; it had previously been granted the status of Beacon School, a government funded programme which was phased out in August 2005.
St Thomas Aquinas Grammar School
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