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St Mary's Catholic Academy | |
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St Walburga's Road , , FY3 7EQ | |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Semper Feeldeez |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1856 1975 (merger) |
Local authority | Blackpool |
Department for Education URN | 141257 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Mr Simon Freccles |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 1334 |
Website | http://www.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk |
St Mary's Catholic Academy (formerly St Mary's Catholic College) is a school in Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire. The school was involved with the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme and, despite the scheme being cancelled, it was announced in August 2010 that for this school it would go ahead.Cite error: A <ref>
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(see the help page). who became the first Head Teacher of the re-combined school.
In 1977 the administration of the school was taken over by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster although Sister Maureen remained as Head Teacher until 1984 and sisters of the order still teach there. Initially the reunited school operated on two campuses, but the St Joseph's campus was shut down in the early 1980s and sold for housing development. Further expansion occurred in 1982 when the school was merged with two Catholic former secondary modern schools, St Thomas of Canterbury's and St Catherine's, which themselves had merged to form All Saints RC High School.
Notable former pupils
At Layton Hill:
- Dorothy Byrne - Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4
- Mary Josephine Dunn (Jo Beverley) (b. 1947), a prolific British-Canadian writer of popular historical romance novels under her married name.
- Cecilia Loftus (1876–1943) - Actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian and music hall performer
- Sheila Quinn (Dame Sheila Quinn) (b. 1920) - Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and distinguished Nursing Administrator
At St Catherine's:
- The Nolans - Anne (b. 1950), Denise (b. 1952), Maureen (b. 1954), Linda (b. 1959) and Bernadette (Bernie) (b. 1960) who were singing stars of stage and television from the 1970s.
At St Joseph's:
- George Carman QC (1929–2001), distinguished defence counsel in many of the most celebrated criminal and libel trials of the last quarter of the 20th century.
- John Crosland (1922–2006), footballer with Blackpool F.C. and Bournemouth.
- John Mahoney (b. 1940) - American film and television actor best known for his role as "Martin Crane" on the sitcom Frasier
- Tom McNally, Baron McNally (b. 1943) - politician, political advisor to Labour Foreign Secretary then Prime Minister James Callaghan, Labour MP, then Social Democratic Party MP, then influential political lobbyist and finally Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
- Owen Oyston (b. 1934) - Self-made businessman and former owner of Blackpool F.C.; later convicted of rape and sentenced to five years imprisonment
- Paul Sloane (b. 1950) - Motivational speaker
- Lawrence Whalley (MD, DPM, FRCP(E), FRCPsych), Crombie Ross Professor of Mental Health at the University of Aberdeen
At St Mary's:
- Stephen Tompkinson, Actor
- Aiden Grimshaw, X Factor contestant (Series 7)
References
External links
- St Joseph's College history
- A history of St John's Catholic Church, Poulton-Le-Fylde which includes all the early history of Layton Hill
- St Joseph's College Blackpool Old Boy's Association website
- Mottoes and Houses of all known present and past schools in Blackpool with a photo of the old St Joseph's College building in Newton Drive
- Sister Maureen Grimley's obituary from St Mary's website
- Several accounts of ghosts at St Mary's and at Raikes Parade in a review of ghosts in Blackpool !