St. Antony's Catholic College
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St. Antony's Catholic College is a comprehensive school
situated in Stretford
, Greater Manchester
, England
. The GCSE results have varied from excellent to average since it opened in 1992.
The school was formed in 1992 from the merger of three Catholic Secondary Schools; St Mary's, Stretford which was opened in 1952, Cardinal Vaughan, Stretford which was opened in 1964 and St Paul's, Urmston. St Anthonys was established in the modernised buildings of St Pauls.
St. Antony's is a school of mixed gender, and around a third of the pupils are of Caribbean
descent. A lot of the pupils come from Stretford and South Manchester.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
situated in Stretford
Stretford
Stretford is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, it is to the southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Salford and northeast of Altrincham...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, 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 GCSE results have varied from excellent to average since it opened in 1992.
The school was formed in 1992 from the merger of three Catholic Secondary Schools; St Mary's, Stretford which was opened in 1952, Cardinal Vaughan, Stretford which was opened in 1964 and St Paul's, Urmston. St Anthonys was established in the modernised buildings of St Pauls.
St. Antony's is a school of mixed gender, and around a third of the pupils are of Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
descent. A lot of the pupils come from Stretford and South Manchester.