Our Lady's R.C. High School, Royton

Our Lady's R.C. High School

Motto	Mater Dei (Mother Of God)
Established	1961 - 2011
Type	High School
Religion	Roman Catholic
Location	Oldham Greater Manchester England
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Students	1,200 (approx.)
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–18
Colours	Blue & White
Website	School website

Our Lady's R.C. High School was a Roman Catholic high school and sixth form for 11-18 year olds, located in Royton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.), The school was a specialist school in Mathematics and Computing, and contained over 80 members of staff, with over 1,200 students. The sixth form college offered 19 (as of the 2007/08 academic year) courses. The school had a dispute in 2010 after Headteacher Mr R. Whittaker was suspended.^[1] His Deputy Headteacher, Mrs C. Spillaine became Acting Headteacher, but left the school at the end of 2010. The most recent Headteacher was Mr Thornton who left when the school merged to form a joint Roman Catholic School.

History

The school was founded in 1961 as a secondary modern school with 259 pupils. The first head teacher was Mr Eric Critchley. In 1979 further building took place for the school to become an 11-16 comprehensive school for 700 pupils. In 1985 the school's sixth form college opened, converting the school into an 11-18 comprehensive school. The sixth form then had only 11 students. In 1986 the school was reorganised as part of an Oldham Roman Catholic Schools' reorganisation prompting further building work and raising the school's capacity to 800 pupils.

Inspection Report

The school was last inspected by OFSTED in May 2010.^[2]

Notable Achievements

In 2010 Mr Glyn Potts, Head of Public Services at Our Lady's RC High School was awarded the 'Inspirational Educators' prize^[3] in the 'Further and Higher Education' category by the Company of Educators^[4], one of the London Livery Companies.

References

1. ^ http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/35109/head-suspended
2. ^ Ofsted inspection report for Our Lady's R.C High School, Royton (PDF file)
3. ^ http://www.guildofeducators.com/downloads/AWARDS_2010.pdf
4. ^ http://www.guildofeducators.com/

Coordinates: 53°33′42″N 2°07′15″W / 53.5618°N 2.1207°W / 53.5618; -2.1207