St Monica's High School
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| Motto | "Prayer & Service" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1987 |
| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Mrs A. Letcher R.I.P |
| Deputy Headteacher | Mrs C. Watson & Mrs AM. Hainsworth |
| Location |
Bury Old Road Prestwich Greater Manchester M25 1JH England Coordinates: 53°33′18″N 2°25′24″W / 53.5550°N 2.4232°W |
| Local authority | Bury |
| DfE number | 351/4606 |
| DfE URN | 105366 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www |
St Monica's R.C. High School Specialist Language & Applied Learning College, is located on Bury Old Road in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, opposite to Heaton Park.
The school is a Roman Catholic Secondary School provided by the Diocese of Salford and is maintained by the Bury Local Education Authority as a Voluntary Aided School. It serves pupils mainly from the areas of Prestwich, Whitefield, Kersal and Radcliffe and all those in the parish communities of its associated primary schools.
St Monica's RC High School was formed when two schools; St Joseph's RC High School, Whitefield and St Peter's RC High School, Prestwich, amalgamated and settled on the former St Peter's site on Bury Old Road. The school opened on 1 September 1987.
During Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom in 1982 the school (St Peter's RC High School at the time) was used as the base for local authorities and members of the Pope's entourage.The Pope made his appearance in nearby Heaton Park making the school an ideal place to run the operations from.
The school achieved Beacon status in 2001, gained its specialist status as a language college in 2003, and became an applied learning college in 2010.
In 2010 a new building at the south end of the school was constructed, comprising 6 new classrooms for the purposes of teaching English. After a £6.6 million grant, a 6th form applied learning college was completed in September 2011. The building contains a library, computer suite, theatre performance area and sports facilities.
An inspection of the high school and sixth form for section 48 of the education act was last carried out on 4 April 2014, in which the school was given 'outstanding' status in overall effectiveness. The inspection judgements included quality of catholic leadership, word of God community, welcome community, welfare, worship and witness, all of which were also given 'outstanding' status.
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