# Catholic schools in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, there are many 'local authority maintained' (i.e. state funded) Roman Catholic schools. These are theoretically open to pupils of all faiths or none, although if the school is over-subscribed priority will be given to Roman Catholic children.

## History

During the Reformation, Catholic schools were created on the European continent for the training of children of Catholic families from Britain. During the 18th century, colleges for the training of priests were created in Scotland, such as in Scalan and Lismore Seminary. After the Re-establishment of the English hierarchy and the Scottish hierarchy new schools were created. After the Education Act 1918 in Scotland and the Education Act 1944 in England and Wales, state-funded Catholic schools were built. Nevertheless, today there has been some controversy over Roman Catholic schools. Some Labour backbenchers would like to see them closed along with all other faith-based schools, and this was the official policy of the Scottish Green Party at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. Some local authorities – such as in Lanarkshire – have chosen to build so-called "shared campuses" where a Roman Catholic and non-denominational school share grounds, a building, and facilities such as canteen, sport halls etc., but lessons are taught separately. This policy has had mixed success – although supporters say it reduces the risk of "us and them" sectarianism, some shared campuses have suffered disruptions on opening. At one stage the Scottish Catholic Church even considered legal action against North Lanarkshire Council to stop another "shared campus" being built.
In Northern Ireland, Roman Catholic schools are state-funded and organised and run by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS).

## England and Wales

The Catholic Education Service provides the central co-ordination under the Bishops' Conference for Catholic schools in England and Wales. In England and Wales, Catholic schools come under the jurisdiction of their local diocese who can inspect the religious education and acts of worship of the school under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. Many schools were also founded by religious orders who continue to maintain a presence, property ownership or trusteeship of their schools.
In England and Wales are joint Anglican and Catholic schools. These include primary schools such as: All Saints, Cambridge; The Bishops’ School, Chelmsford; Emmaus School, Liverpool; The Faith School, Liverpool; St John’s Sunderland; Christ the King, Macclesfield. There is a joint middle school: St Edward’s Royal Free School, Windsor. Joint secondary schools and academies include: St Cuthbert Mayne School, Torquay; St Augustine, Taunton; St Bede, Cambridge; St Bede, Redhill; St Michael, Barnsley; St Edward, Poole; St Francis Xavier High School, Richmond, North Yorkshire; Emmaus, Sheffield; Holy Family College, Heywood, Rochdale; Christ’s College, Cheltenham; St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool; St Chad’s, Runcorn. In 2006, the first joint Church in Wales and Catholic school was opened in Wales: St Joseph’s, Wrexham.

### England
#### Bedfordshire

Diocese of Northampton
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford
* Cardinal Newman Catholic School

#### Berkshire

Diocese of Portsmouth
* Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
* The Marist School, Sunninghill (Marists)
* St Joseph's College, Reading
* St Mary's School Ascot

#### Bristol

Diocese of Clifton
* St Bede's Catholic College
* St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
* St Brendan's Sixth Form College

#### Buckinghamshire

Diocese of Northampton
* St Michael's Catholic School, High Wycombe
* St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes
* St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School
* St Joseph's Catholic High School, Slough

#### Cambridgeshire

Diocese of East Anglia
* St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough
* St Mary's School, Cambridge

#### Cheshire

Diocese of Shrewsbury
* All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield
* Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
* Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington
* Chester Catholic High School
* Ellesmere Port Catholic High School
* St Gregory's Catholic High School
* St Nicholas Catholic High School
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe
Diocese of Liverpool
* Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School

#### Cumbria

Diocese of Lancaster
* Austin Friars
* St Benedict's Catholic High School, Hensingham
* St Bernard's Catholic High School
* St John Henry Newman Catholic School
* St Joseph's Catholic High School, Workington

#### Derbyshire

Diocese of Nottingham
* Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy
* St John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
* St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton
Diocese of Hallam
* St Mary's Catholic High School, Chesterfield
* Barlborough Hall School (Jesuits)
* Mount St Mary's College (Jesuits)

#### Devon

Diocese of Plymouth
* Notre Dame Catholic School
* St Boniface's Catholic College
* St Cuthbert Mayne School

#### Dorset

Diocese of Plymouth
* Leweston School
* St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School
Diocese of Portsmouth
* St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth

#### Durham

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
* Carmel College, Darlington
* English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
* Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy
* St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College
* St Bede's Catholic School, Peterlee
* St John's Catholic School
* St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
* St Michael's Catholic Academy, Billingham

#### Essex

Diocese of Brentwood
* Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (Brentwood Ursulines)
* De La Salle School, Basildon (Lasallian Brothers)
* Grays Convent High School
* New Hall School
* St Benedict's Catholic College
* St Bernard's High School, Westcliff-on-Sea
* St John Payne Catholic School
* St John's Roman Catholic School, Essex
* St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
* St Thomas More High School

#### Gloucestershire

Diocese of Clifton
* All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham (joint Anglican)
* St Edward's School, Cheltenham
* St Peter's High School, Gloucester

#### Greater Manchester

Diocese of Salford
* St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College, Ashton-under-Lyne
* Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton
* Holy Cross College, Bury
* St Gabriel's Roman Catholic High School, Bury
* St Thomas More Roman Catholic College, Denton
* The Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Didsbury
* St Patrick's Roman Catholic High School, Eccles
* Mount St Joseph School, Farnworth
* Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College, Heywood
* St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Horwich
* Loreto College, Manchester
* Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
* St Bede's College, Manchester
* St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
* St Peter's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
* Xaverian College, Manchester
* Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, Oldham
* St Monica's High School, Prestwich
* All Hallows Roman Catholic High School, Salford
* St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, Stockport
* Stella Maris School, Stockport
* St Antony's Roman Catholic School, Urmston
* St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Wardley
Diocese of Shrewsbury
* All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield
* Aquinas College, Stockport
* Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
* Harrytown Catholic High School
* Loreto Grammar School
* St Ambrose College
* St James' Catholic High School, Stockport
* St Paul's Catholic High School
Archdiocese of Liverpool
* St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
* St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan
* St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley
* St Peter's Catholic High School

#### Hampshire

* All Hallows Catholic School
* Alton School
* Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
* Farleigh School
* Farnborough Hill
* Oaklands Catholic School
* St Anne's Catholic School, Southampton
* St Edmund's Catholic School, Portsmouth
* Saint George Catholic College
* Salesian College, Farnborough

#### Hertfordshire

* Loreto College, St Albans (Loreto Sisters)
* Nicholas Breakspear School
* St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth
* St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford
* St Columba's College, St Albans
* St Edmund's College, Ware

#### Isle of Wight

* Christ the King College, Isle of Wight

#### Kent

* St Anselm's Catholic School
* St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover
* St Gregory's Catholic School
* St John's Catholic Comprehensive School
* St John Fisher Catholic School
* St Simon Stock Catholic School
* Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea (Ursulines)

#### Lancashire

Diocese of Lancaster
* Cardinal Allen Catholic High School
* Cardinal Newman College
* Christ the King Catholic High School, Preston
* Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Fulwood
* Our Lady's Catholic College
* Our Lady's Catholic High School, Fulwood
* St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham St Annes
* St Mary's Catholic Academy
Archdiocese of Liverpool
* All Hallows Catholic High School
* Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley
* Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
* St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk
* St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland
Diocese of Salford
* Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School
* Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
* Our Lady and St John Catholic College
* St Mary's College, Blackburn
* Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College
* Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, Colne
* St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School, Longridge
* All Saints' Catholic High School, Rawtenstall
* Stonyhurst College (Jesuits)
* Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall (Jesuits)

#### Leicestershire

Diocese of Nottingham
* De Lisle College
* English Martyrs Catholic School
* Ratcliffe College
* St Martin's Catholic Academy
* St Paul's Catholic School, Leicester

#### Lincolnshire

Diocese of Nottingham
* Beacon Academy, Cleethorpes
* St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy
* St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy

#### London

Archdiocese of Westminster
* Our Lady of Lourdes School, Arnos Grove
* Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington
* All Saints Catholic College, North Kensington
* St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School
* Bishop Challoner Catholic School
* Bishop Douglass Catholic School
* Cardinal Pole Catholic School
* Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
* The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Greenford
* The Douay Martyrs School
* St Augustine's Priory, Ealing
* St Benedict's School, Ealing (Benedictines)
* Finchley Catholic High School
* Gumley House Convent School
* Gunnersbury Catholic School
* John F Kennedy Catholic School
* The John Henry Newman School
* La Sainte Union Catholic School
* London Oratory School
* Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School
* Mount House School
* Newman Catholic College
* Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill
* Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith
* Sacred Heart Language College
* St Anthony's School, Hampstead
* St Aloysius' College, Highgate
* St Angela's Ursuline School
* St Anne's Catholic High School
* St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
* St Dominic's Sixth Form College
* St George's Catholic School
* St Gregory's Catholic Science College
* St Ignatius College, Enfield (Jesuits)
* St James' Catholic High School, Colindale
* St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow
* St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
* St Michael's Catholic High School
* St Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames
* St Richard Reynolds Catholic College
* Salvatorian College
* St Thomas More Language College
* St Catherine's School, Twickenham
* Westminster Cathedral Choir School
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green
Archdiocese of Southwark
* Bishop Challoner School
* Bishop Thomas Grant School
* Bonus Pastor Catholic College
* The Cedars School
* Christ the King Sixth Form College
* Coloma Convent Girls' School
* Donhead Preparatory School (Jesuits)
* Holy Cross School, New Malden
* Holy Cross Preparatory School
* The John Fisher School
* La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School (La Retraite Sisters)
* The Laurels School
* Marymount International School London (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary)
* Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School
* Richard Challoner School
* Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell
* St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls
* St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
* St Francis Xavier College, Clapham
* St John Bosco College, Battersea
* St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood (Lasallian Brothers)
* St Mary's Catholic High School, Croydon
* St Matthew Academy
* St Michael's Catholic College
* St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood
* St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham
* St Thomas the Apostle College
* St Ursula's Convent School
* Thomas More Catholic School, Purley
* Ursuline High School, Wimbledon (Ursulines)
* Wimbledon College (Jesuits)
Diocese of Brentwood
* All Saints Catholic School, Dagenham
* The Campion School, Hornchurch
* Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow
* The Palmer Catholic Academy
* Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
* St Bonaventure's
* Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green
* Ursuline Academy Ilford

#### Merseyside

Archdiocese of Liverpool
* St Mary's College, Crosby
* The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (Joint Anglican)
* The Academy of St Nicholas (Joint Anglican)
* All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby
* Archbishop Beck Catholic College
* Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (FCJ)
* Broughton Hall High School
* Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
* Carmel College (St Helens)
* Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport
* De La Salle School, St Helens
* Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
* Hope Academy
* Maricourt Catholic School
* Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool
* Sacred Heart Catholic College
* St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
* St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
* St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston
* St Edward's College
* St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool (La Mennais Brothers)
* St John Bosco Arts College
* St Julie's Catholic High School
* The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco (Salesians)
Diocese of Shrewsbury
* St Anselm's College
* St John Plessington Catholic College

#### Norfolk

Diocese of East Anglia
* Notre Dame High School, Norwich
* St Bede's Inter-Church School (Joint Anglican)

#### Northamptonshire

Diocese of Northampton
* Notre Dame High School, Northampton
* Thomas Becket Catholic School

#### Northumberland

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
* St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
* St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School

#### Nottinghamshire

Diocese of Nottingham
* All Saints' Catholic Academy
* The Becket School
* Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
* Loughborough Amherst School
* Trinity School, Nottingham

#### Oxfordshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham
* Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School
* Greyfriars Catholic School
* Rye St Antony School
Diocese of Portsmouth
* Our Lady's Abingdon

#### Shropshire

Diocese of Shrewsbury
* Holy Trinity Academy, Telford
* Moor Park School

#### Somerset

* All Hallows Preparatory School
* Downside School (Benedictines)
* Prior Park College
* Saint Gregory's Catholic College

#### Staffordshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham
* Blessed William Howard Catholic School
* Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
* Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone
* Painsley Catholic College
* St Dominic's Grammar School
* St Dominic's Priory School, Stone
* St John Fisher Catholic College
* St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent
* St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
* St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Diocese of Nottingham
* Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy

#### Suffolk

Diocese of East Anglia
* Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds
* St Alban's Catholic High School, Ipswich
* St Benedict's Catholic School
* St Joseph's College, Ipswich

#### Surrey

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
* Notre Dame School, Surrey
* St Andrew's Catholic School
* St Bede's School
* St Dominic's School
* St George's College, Weybridge (Josephites)
* St John's Beaumont School (Jesuits)
* St John the Baptist School, Woking
* St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford
* St Teresa's School Effingham
* Salesian School, Chertsey (Salesians)
* Woldingham School (Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)

#### Sussex

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
* Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove
* Mayfield School, East Sussex
* Our Lady of Sion School
* St Oscar Romero Catholic School
* St Paul's Catholic College, Burgess Hill
* St Philip Howard Catholic High School
* St Richard's Catholic College
* St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley
* Towers Convent School
* Worth School

#### Tyne and Wear

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
* Cardinal Hume Catholic School
* Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne
* St Aidan's Catholic Academy
* St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
* St Cuthbert's High School
* St Joseph's Catholic Academy
* St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne
* St Robert of Newminster Catholic School
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
* St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy, North Shields
* St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic College

#### Warwickshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham
* Princethorpe College
* St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton
* Trinity Catholic School

#### West Midlands

Archdiocese of Birmingham
* Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
* Bishop Challoner Catholic College
* Bishop Milner Catholic College
* Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School
* Bishop Walsh Catholic School
* Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College
* Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry
* Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham
* Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham
* John Henry Newman Catholic College
* The Oratory Preparatory School
* The Oratory School
* Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
* St Edmund Campion Catholic School
* St Edmund's Catholic Academy
* St Francis of Assisi Catholic College
* St John Wall Catholic School
* St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham
* St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull
* St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham
* St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
* Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School

#### Wiltshire

Diocese of Clifton
* St Augustine's Catholic College
* St Joseph's Catholic College
* St Joseph's Catholic School, Laverstock
* St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester

#### Worcestershire

Archdiocese of Birmingham
* Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
* Hagley Roman Catholic High School
* St Augustine's High School, Redditch

#### Yorkshire

Diocese of Leeds
* All Saints, Huddersfield
* Cardinal Heenan, Meanwood
* Corpus Christi, Leeds
* Mount St Mary's, Leeds
* Notre Dame, Leeds
* St Bede's & St Joseph's, Bradford
* St Catherine's, Halifax
* St John Fisher, Dewsbury
* St John Fisher, Harrogate
* St John's School for the Deaf, Boston Spa
* St Mary's Menston
* St Thomas à Becket, Wakefield
* St Wilfrid's, Featherstone
Diocese of Middlesbrough
* Ampleforth College (Benedictines)
* All Saints Roman Catholic School, York
* Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
* St Augustine's Catholic School
* St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire
* St Mary's College, Hull
* St Patrick's Catholic College
* St Peter's Catholic College, South Bank
* Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough
Diocese of Hallam
* All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield
* Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School
* The McAuley Catholic High School
* Notre Dame High School, Sheffield
* St Bernard's Catholic High School, Rotherham
* Saint Pius X Catholic High School, Rotherham
* St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

### Wales

* St Richard Gwyn High School, Barry
* Archbishop McGrath High School, Bridgend
* Corpus Christi High School, Cardiff
* St David's Sixth Form College, Cardiff
* St Illtyd's High School, Cardiff
* St John's College, Cardiff
* St John Lloyd Comprehensive School, Llanelli
* St Mary's High School, Lugwardine
* Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil
* St John's High School, Newport
* St Alban's High School, Pontypool
* Cardinal Newman School, Rhydyfelin
* Bishop Vaughan School, Swansea
* Mary Immaculate High School, Wenvoe
* St Richard Gwyn High School, Flint
* Christ the Word School, Rhyl
* St Joseph's High School, Wrexham

## Scotland

After the Education Act 1918, many state-funded Scottish Catholic schools were started. Nevertheless, there exist Catholic independent schools such as St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Fernhill School, Rutherglen, and Kilgraston School. During the Scottish Reformation, while there were no Catholic seminaries in England and Wales, there was a number of Scottish seminaries before the restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy. Notable Scottish Catholic schools today include:

### Aberdeen

* St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Aberdeen

### Dumfries and Galloway

* St Joseph's College, Dumfries

### Dundee

* St John's Roman Catholic High School
* St Paul's Roman Catholic Academy

### East Ayrshire

* Saint Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock

### East Dunbartonshire

* St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
* Turnbull High School

### East Renfrewshire

* St Luke's High School
* St Ninian's High School, Giffnock

### Edinburgh

* Holy Rood High School, Edinburgh
* St Augustine's High School, Edinburgh
* St Thomas of Aquin's High School

### Fife

* St Columba's Roman Catholic High School, Dunfermline

### Glasgow

* All Saints Roman Catholic Secondary School
* Cardinal Winning Secondary School
* Holyrood Secondary School
* John Paul Academy
* Lourdes Secondary School
* Notre Dame High School, Glasgow
* St Aloysius' College, Glasgow
* St Andrew's Secondary School, Glasgow
* St Margaret Mary's Secondary School
* St Mungo's Academy
* St Paul's High School, Glasgow
* St Roch's Secondary School
* St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Glasgow

### Inverclyde

* St Columba's High School, Gourock

### Midlothian

* St David's Roman Catholic High School

### North Ayrshire

* St Matthew's Academy

### North Lanarkshire

* Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill
* Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld
* Our Lady's High School, Motherwell
* St Aidan's High School
* St. Maurice's High School
* Taylor High School, New Stevenston

### Perth and Kinross

* Kilgraston School
* St John's Academy

### Renfrewshire

* St Andrew's Academy, Paisley
* St Benedict's Roman Catholic High School
* Trinity High School, Renfrew

### South Ayrshire

* Queen Margaret Academy

### South Lanarkshire

* Fernhill School, Rutherglen
* Holy Cross High School, Hamilton
* St Andrew's and St Bride's High School
* Saint John Ogilvie High School
* Trinity High School, Rutherglen

### Stirling

* St Modan's High School

### West Dunbartonshire

* Our Lady and St Patrick's High School
* St Peter the Apostle High School

### West Lothian

* St Margaret's Academy
* St Kentigern's Academy