Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School | |
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Rochdale Road Stanycliffe, Middleton , , M24 2GL | |
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Type | Voluntary aided school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman catholic |
Established | 1959 |
Local authority | Rochdale |
Specialist | Sports |
Department for Education URN | 105844 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Mr C Mason |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1063 |
Website | http://www.clhs.co.uk |
The Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Middleton, Greater Manchester for ages 11–18. The school is named for Thomas Langley, a 15th century prelate who hailed from Middleton.
Admissions
It is a Roman Catholic school situated on Rochdale Road (A664), around one mile from the end of the Middleton spur of the A627(M). Hopwood Hall College and Hopwood Clough Nature Reserve are nearby to the north-west.
History
Grammar school
It opened in September 1959 as a grammar school with just the first year, gradually increasing year by year. It was administered by Lancashire Education Committee and by 1967 had 780 boys. In 1974 it was taken over by the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in the early 80's.
Academic performance
It gets GCSE results slightly above average, but at A-level it performs better, receiving the best results in Rochdale LEA.
Alumni
- Paul Scholes
- Suranne Jones, actress
- Kavana, pop artist
- Keri-Anne Payne, swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Liam Fray, of The Courteeners
- Daniel "Conan" Moores, of The Courteeners
Cardinal Langley RC Grammar School
- Steve Coogan
- Kieran Prendiville, TV presenter, writer
- John Richmond, fashion designer
- Martin Coogan, singer, songwriter, DJ
- John Higgins CBE, Director General since 2002 of Intellect
- Brendan Coogan, TV presenter
- Maartin Allcock, musician
- Clint Boon, Inspiral Carpets and DJ
- Prof Paul O'Brien, Professor of Inorganic Materials Chemistry since 1999 at the University of Manchester, Head of the School of Chemistry since 2004
- Professor Michael Tracey, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA