Established 1952 Religion Roman Catholic DfE number 876/4625 Founded 1952 Gender Mixed-sex education | Type Voluntary aided school Principal Wendy White Phone +44 151 424 2139 | |
Location Highfield Road
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7DW
England Address Highfield Rd, Widnes WA8 7DW, UK Similar Wade Deacon High Sch, Rainhill High School, St Chads Catholic & Church of, Sandymoor School, St Julie's Catholic High Sch | ||
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form, located in Widnes in the English county of Cheshire.
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College is a voluntary aided school administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool and Halton Borough Council. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.
History
The school opened in 1952 as Saints Joseph's Roman Catholic High School. It was initially a mixed sex secondary modern school but from 1959 education was provided separately for boys and girls. It returned to being a mixed sex school in 1972. It later merged with the neighbouring Sts John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School to form Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic High School. Its current name is Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College.