Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School

Blessed Edward Jones Catholic School, (also known informally as "Blessed teds") was a Catholic co-educational voluntary aided secondary school situated on Cefndy Road, in Rhyl, Denbighshire. It was founded in September 1965 to serve the Catholic population of the surrounding area.[1]

Blessed Edward Jones
Catholic High School
Ysgol Uwchradd
Bendigaid Edward Jones
Address
Cefndy Road

Rhyl
,
Denbighshire
,
LL18 2EU

United Kingdom
Coordinates53°18′53″N 03°28′40″W
Information
TypeVoluntary Aided
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
EstablishedSeptember 1965 (1965-09)
ClosedAugust 2019
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr D Tobin
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment280
HousesAsaph, Beuno, Curig and Deiniol
Websitehttps://blessededwardjones.eschools.co.uk/web

It was one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, the others being St Joseph's Catholic & Anglican High School, Wrexham, and St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint. It teached pupils from the ages of 11 to 16, so does not have a sixth form.

History

In September 1965, the school was founded to provide education for children of Catholic families in Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, and Llandudno. It is situated next to a feeder primary school, Ysgol Mair.[2]

It was named after Blessed Edward Jones, who was a Welsh Catholic martyr in the 16th century, who baptised an Anglican, before becoming a Catholic priest.

In October 2012, it was inspected by Estyn who reported that its performance was Good.[1]

Christ the Word Catholic School

In 2013, plans were made by Denbighshire County Council, the local education authority, to build a new dual faith school for Anglicans and replace the existing Catholic schools in the county. Originally, the plan was to merge Blessed Edward Jones, Ysgol Mair in Rhyl and St Brigid's School in Denbigh, and include the Anglican Diocese of St Asaph.[3] Later, the Diocese of St Asaph pulled out of the plans as did St Brigid's School.

The name of the new school became Christ the Word Catholic School. It will open in 2019 and is built on the site of Blessed Edward Jones and Ysgol Mair, replacing the two schools. It will teach pupils aged 3 to 16 years old.[4] The cost of the building is £23 million and it is being built by Kier Construction.[5]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. Blessed Edward Jones R.C. School report, October 2012, by Estyn, retrieved 31 October 2018
  2. School information Archived 1 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine from BlessedEdwardJones.eschools.co.uk, retrieved 31 October 2018
  3. Faith school merger at St Brigid's and Blessed Edward Jones go to consultation from BBC News, 14 May 2013, retrieved 31 October 2018
  4. Kelly Williams, Take a virtual tour inside Rhyl's new £23m catholic school from Daily Post, 17 October 2018, retrieved 31 October 2018
  5. Suzanne Kendrick, LOOK: Outside areas, classrooms and other facilities at Rhyl's new £23m faith school revealed in fly-through video from Rhyl Journal, 18 October 2018, retrieved 31 October 2018
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