St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School

St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
	Front entrance to the school
Address
	37 Ash Drive; Wardley, Swinton; Salford, Greater Manchester, M27 9QP; England
Coordinates	53°31′14″N 2°21′31″W / 53.520574°N 2.358528°W
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Motto	Latin: Crescens discit vivere; (Through growing we learn to live)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1955
Local authority	Salford
Department for Education URN	105989 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Vikki Allen
Headteacher	Ben Davis
Staff	81
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1,060 pupils
Houses	St Francis of Assisi, St Oscar Romero, St Bernadette of Lourdes, St Michael the Archangel and St Teresa of Calcutta and St Benedict of Nursia.
Colour(s)	Maroon and white
Website	www.stambrosebarlowswinton.org

St Ambrose Barlow RC High School is a secondary school^[2] located in Wardley, Greater Manchester, England. The school is named after St Ambrose Barlow, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.^[3]

The school serves a wide range of parishes including St Charles' RC Primary School in Swinton, St Mark's RC Primary School in Pendlebury, St Mary's RC Primary School in Swinton, St Luke's RC Primary School in Irlams o' th' Height, St Edmund's RC Primary School in Little Hulton and Christ the King RC Primary School in Walkden. St Ambrose Barlow has been accredited with many national awards including National Teaching School status, the School Inclusion Award and Dyslexia Friendly Status. The majority of pupils are baptised Roman Catholic.^[4]

History

The school was established on land at Shaftesbury Road in nearby Swinton. Building work commenced on Ash Wednesday 1953 and the school entered use in January 1955 with the official opening and blessing on 16 February 1955, by Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall.

In April 2013, the school moved into a new building in Wardley near Swinton. St George's RC High School closed in August 2014 with most pupils transferring to St Ambrose Barlow.

Ofsted

In 2018 an inspection of the school was carried out in accordance with Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. The Diocese of Salford awarded the school "Good" in all seven categories.^[4]

At another inspection carried out by Ofsted in 2018, the school was rated as "requires improvement"

Another Ofsted inspection was carried out in March 2022, the school was rated as “requires improvement”

Leadership

Executive Principal, Mrs. C. M. Garside, was awarded CBE for Services to Education in January 2015.^[5]

Mr Ben Davis was appointed as the Headteacher of St Ambrose Barlow in 2015.

In popular culture

The old site of St Ambrose Barlow was used for filming the CBBC show 4 O'Clock Club for both interior and exterior shots.^[6] The site was first used for filming in the summer of 2013 for the third series which began airing in January 2014. The site continued to be the building for the fictional Elmsmere Manor High School until 2017 when production moved to a former school in Walkden.

The former site was used as the set of Waterloo Road, from January 2023 until February 2024, from Series 14 onwards the school will move to the former Nicholls Campus of The Manchester College as Waterloo Road joined the trust and relocated to a new premises.

References

^ "Issuu". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "School Website". Retrieved 21 June 2008.
^ Jones, Terry H. "Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow". Saints.SQPN.com. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
^ ^a ^b Russi, Judith; Jones, Stephen. INSPECTION REPORT St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School (PDF) (Report). Department for Formation, Office for Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015.
^ "Head at top Salford school gets New Years Honour - Manchester Evening News". 30 December 2014.
^ Scheerhout, John (3 September 2015). "Glaring lights used in filming CBBC show kept my daughter awake, says furious mum". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

External links

[issuu-1] "Issuu". Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[school-website-2] "School Website". Retrieved 21 June 2008.

[SQPN-3] Jones, Terry H. "Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow". Saints.SQPN.com. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

[Inspection-4] Russi, Judith; Jones, Stephen. INSPECTION REPORT St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School (PDF) (Report). Department for Formation, Office for Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015.

[manchestereveningnews.co.uk-5] "Head at top Salford school gets New Years Honour - Manchester Evening News". 30 December 2014.

[6] Scheerhout, John (3 September 2015). "Glaring lights used in filming CBBC show kept my daughter awake, says furious mum". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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Independent schools	Bridgewater School
Further education colleges	Salford City College
Defunct schools	Broughton High School Joseph Eastham High School St George's RC High School Salford Grammar School Worsley Wardley Grammar School

v t e Diocese of Salford
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Bishops of Salford I: William Turner II: Herbert Vaughan III: John Bilsborrow IV: Louis Casartelli V: Thomas Henshaw VI: Henry Marshall VII: George Beck VIII: Thomas Holland IX: Patrick Kelly X: Terence Brain (Bishop Emeritus) XI: John Arnold
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Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Saint Joseph (19 March) Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 July)
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See also Apostolic Vicariate of the Lancashire District Wardley Hall St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery (Wardley) John Vaughan Geoffrey Burke
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