St Paul's Catholic College

St Paul's Catholic College
Address
Map
Jane Murray Way

Burgess Hill
,
West Sussex
,
RH15 8GA

England
Coordinates50°57′59″N 0°09′16″W / 50.96637°N 0.15457°W / 50.96637; -0.15457
Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established9 September 1963
FounderRoman Catholic Diocese of Southwark
Local authorityWest Sussex
TrustBosco Catholic Education Trust
Department for Education URN148753 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherRob Carter
Staff106 (approx.)
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,150 (approx.)
Websitehttp://www.stpaulscatholiccollege.co.uk/

St Paul's Catholic College is a mixed-sex Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England.[1]

History

St Paul's Catholic College entrance

The College first opened on 9 September 1963 as a modern secondary school serving the Mid-Sussex area. It was originally situated in the nearby town of Haywards Heath but relocated to its current site at the northwestern edge of Burgess Hill in September 2004.

In April 2013, the College was appointed as a National Teaching School and National Support School by the Department for Education.

The school had around 1,850 students in 2014.

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by West Sussex County Council, in January 2022 St Paul's Catholic College converted to academy status. It is now sponsored by the Bosco Catholic Education Trust[2] and continues to be under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.

Organisation

The college accepts children from the age of eleven through eighteen. There are six houses in the school: Athens, Corinth, Valletta, Damascus, Lystra, and Rome.

The school has expanded the role of e-learning in the classroom, as well as being a fair-trade school, encouraging student support for both local and international good causes.

Accolades

Results in GCSE, A-levels, and the college has been named consistently within the highest performing secondary schools nationally.[3]

St Paul's was graded as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2007, 2008, and 2011, 2019 and 2023. [4] In 2019, it was graded as 'outstanding' in the Catholic School (Section 48) inspection by the diocese which evaluates the quality of Catholic education and the spiritual life of the school.[5]

References

  1. ^ "St Pauls Catholic College in Burgess Hill". St Paul's Catholic College.
  2. ^ "BOSCO CET". www.boscocet.org.uk.
  3. ^ "BBC News - School league tables". BBC News.
  4. ^ Ofsted Communications Team (31 December 2021). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk.
  5. ^ "Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Section 23 and Section 48 Reports".

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