St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School
St Cecilia's RC High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Longridge in the English county of Lancashire. The school is named after Saint Cecilia, the patroness of musicians. It is a voluntary aided school administered by Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. St Cecilia's offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.
The current headteacher is Mr Ivan Catlow, whom took over in April 2015. Mr Catlow took over from associate headteacher, Mr Paul Trickett, who was appointed in September 2014. Mr Trickett was previously the headteacher of Rhyddings, Oswaldtwistle. Recently, new windows were fitted to replace existing timber frames, providing staff and pupils with a warmer environment in which to learn.
In February 2016, the school was judged “good” by Ofsted. The report in October 2013 said the school “required improvement”. In March 2017, the school gates were painted gold, in honour of former pupil Stephanie Slater MBE.
