Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College


Blessed Trinity RC College is a mixed 11 to 16 voluntary aided Roman Catholic faith school in Burnley, Lancashire, England.

History

The school opened in September 2006, as part of ambitious plan to replace all of the district’s 11 to 16 schools, funded by a government public–private partnership programme called Building Schools for the Future.
It was formed from the merger of St Theodore's Boys High School and St Hilda's Girls' High School, and initially occupied split sites of the former St Hilda's and Habergham Sixth Form Centre. Bernadette Bleasdale, who had been the head of St Hilda’s since 1992, became the new school's first head teacher.

Former schools

St Theodore's RC High School was a boys 11 to 16 school with a mixed sixth form.
St Hilda's RC High School was a girls high school originally opened in 1954.

Early history

Following an inspection by Ofsted in July 2008, Blessed Trinity was awarded the status of a "good school, with outstanding elements".

New building

Demolition started on the former St Theodore's site in June 2008, and the school moved into a new £24m building, in September 2010. The new college holds approximately 1,000 students, and will eventually hold a 1,250 capacity. Shortly after Ofsted placed the school in special measures in 2011, Bleasdale announced she would retire in April 2012.
Richard Varey took over as head teacher, and the school exited special measures in March 2013. Varey bid farewell to the 'bedrock' of the school on her retirement, after starting her job there in 1996.

Attainment

The school's value added measure was 1006.7 in August 2007. The school was again the highest performing in the borough in terms of GCSE results in August 2010.
The DfE figures released in January 2011 show Blessed Trinity to be the only school in Burnley, where more than half the pupils achieved five good passes in their GCSEs, including English and Maths.

Notable former pupils

;St Theodore's RC High School
;St Hilda's RC High School