St Paul's Catholic College

Academy in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England

50°57′59″N 0°09′16″W / 50.96637°N 0.15457°W / 50.96637; -0.15457InformationTypeAcademyReligious affiliation(s)Roman CatholicEstablished1963FounderRoman Catholic Diocese of SouthwarkLocal authorityWest SussexTrustBosco Catholic Education TrustDepartment for Education URN148753 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherRob CarterStaff106 (approx.)GenderCoeducationalAge11 to 18Enrolment1,850 (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

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. St Paul's Catholic College in Burgess Hill took place in 2013–2014 to mark 50 years since the school opened.

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

The school had 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.

Organization

The college accepts children from the age of eleven through eighteen. There are six houses: 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

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

External links

Media related to St Pauls Catholic College at Wikimedia Commons

St Paul's Catholic College Website
St Paul's Catholic College Sixth Form Website
Bosco Catholic Education Trust
St Paul's VLE
Inspire Teaching School Alliance

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