St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College

Voluntary aided school in Greater Manchester, England

53°30′33″N 2°04′37″W / 53.50921°N 2.07697°W / 53.50921; -2.07697InformationTypeVoluntary aided schoolMottoIn Omnibus Fidelis - In All Things FaithfulReligious affiliation(s)Roman CatholicEstablished1963 (1963)Local authorityTameside CouncilDepartment for Education URN106270 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherSheldon LogueGenderCoeducationalAge11 to 16Enrolment830 as of December 2022^[update]Websitehttp://www.stdamians.co.uk/

St Damian's R.C Science College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Ashton-under-Lyne in the English county of Greater Manchester.^[1]

Established in 1963 as St Damian's Catholic Secondary Modern School, it became a comprehensive school in later years and was also awarded Science College status. As part of the Building Schools for the Future Project a new school building constructed by Carillion was occupied May 2011. Today St Damian's is a voluntary aided school administered by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford.^[2]

St Damian's RC Science College offers GCSEs, BTECs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.^[3] The school also has a specialism in science.

Notable former pupils

Elyes Gabel, actor
Mike Hall, politician
Ashley Jade, singer and actress^[4]

References

^ "St Damian's R.C Science College | Catholic School | Ashton-under-Lyne".
^ "St Damian's RC Science College - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Key Stage 4 - Overview".
^ "Singer Ashley hits big time". Manchester Evening News. 8 May 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

External links

St Damian's RC Science College official website

Schools in Tameside

Secondary schools

FE & sixth form colleges

Defunct schools

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