All Saints Catholic College
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All Saints Catholic College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive school situated in Bradley Bar, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, HD2 2JT, England

Admissions

All Saints is a feederschool to both Greenhead College
Greenhead College
Greenhead College is a former grammar school and current sixth form college located in Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire. The current principal is Martin Rostron....

 and Huddersfield New College
Huddersfield New College
Huddersfield New College is a former grammar school and current sixth form college located in Salendine Nook on the outskirts of Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire. The current Principal is Angela Williams.-Admissions:...

. 80% of pupils are catholic, and around 50% of the staff are.

It is situated just east of the A6107/A641 Bradley Bar roundabout (towards Brighouse
Brighouse
Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...

 north of Huddersfield), about 660 yards (603.5 m) south of the M62.

Grammar school

It originated as St. Gregory's R.C. Grammar school, a catholic voluntary aided grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...

 on Bradley Road in Bradley
Bradley, West Yorkshire
Bradley is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north-east of the town centre. It is generally just off the A62 Leeds Road and west of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Broad Canal...

. It had around 500 boys and girls in the early 1960s then 800 by the 1970s, and was run by Huddersfield Education Committee.

Comprehensive

In 1973, the grammar school combined with St Augustines Secondary Modern to form the current comprehensive school.

In 2006, it achieved specialist Humanities College
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...

 status.

Academic performance

Although statistics shows the school's ranking in the leagues for local schools has dropped over the past year or so, the school's GCSE results are above average for the area.

In 2008 All Saints did exceptionally well in their GCSE results with 65.5% of students achieving 5A*-Cs compared to 2007's 48%. 10.1% more students achieved 5A*-Cs including maths and English going from 28% in 2007 to 38.1%.

It performs at the England average.

Schools

The Lower School, (Years 7, 8 and 9) are supposed to be restricted to the East of the school at breaks, and the Upper School (Years 10 and 11) are restricted to the West of the School. The school has average Physical Education facilities, with 2 gymnasiums, 3 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch, a Gaelic football pitch, 2 tennis courts, which double as hockey pitches.

There is currently a Prefect System in place at the school, as well as a Student Council.

Sport

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The school does generally well in sports events including Rugby and Netball. There has been an emphasis on girls' sports lately, in particular the Year 11 girls' rugby team who for the last couple of years have reached the national finals, only to be conquered by Cardinal Newman. They do nothing for other sports, such as basketball. Also the Upper School girls football team won the Yorkshire schools league in 2009. The original Saint Augustines excelled in Rugby League and between the mid 60s to early 70s won most trophies in all age groups from under 12s to under 16s

Choir

The All Saints Catholic College Choir recently achieved a bronze medal at the World Choir Games in Austria, having only been together a year. The students met choirs from all over the world and competed against the very best in their category, mixed youth choirs.

Alumni

  • Andy Raleigh
    Andy Raleigh
    Andy Raleigh is an English rugby league player from Huddersfield. He currently plays in Super League for Huddersfield Giants. He plays as a or as a ....

    , Rugby League player
  • Matt Roberts
    Matt Roberts
    Matthew "Matt" Roberts is an English television presenter, best known for work on BBC Sport's Moto GP coverage.-Early life:Roberts attended All Saints High School in Huddersfield as well Greenhead College and Huddersfield University....

    , BBC Sport
    BBC Sport
    BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...

    's Moto GP presenter

St. Gregory's R.C. Grammar School

  • David Miles, Chief Archaeologist from 1999-2005 of English Heritage
    English Heritage
    English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...

    .
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