St Paul's Catholic College

St Paul's Catholic College is a mixed-sex Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England.[1]

St Paul's Catholic College
Address
Jane Murray Way

Burgess Hill
,
West Sussex
,
RH15 8GA

England
Coordinates50°57′59″N 0°09′16″W
Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1963
FounderRoman Catholic Diocese of Southwark
Local authorityWest Sussex
TrustBosco Catholic Education Trust
Department for Education URN148753 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherRob Carter
Staff106 (approx.)
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,850 (approx.)
Websitehttp://www.stpaulscatholiccollege.co.uk/

History
St Paul's Catholic College entrance

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 Pauls 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 to 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 and A-level and the college has been named consistently within the highest performing secondary schools nationally.[3] There is a strong belief that education should be about developing the "whole person" by looking to develop student confidence, happiness, faith and academic success.[4]

St Paul's was graded as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2007, 2008, and 2011.[5] It was also 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 most recently in 2019.[6]

References
  1. "St Pauls Catholic College in Burgess Hill". St Paul's Catholic College.
  2. "BOSCO CET". www.boscocet.org.uk.
  3. "BBC News - School league tables". BBC News.
  4. "School search". The Good Schools Guide. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
  5. "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 31 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  6. "Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Section 23 and Section 48 Reports".

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