Cardinal Newman College is a Catholicsixth form college close to the centre of Preston, Lancashire, England. The college was graded "outstanding" by Ofsted in May 2009.[1] The college was then granted "Beacon College" status by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in November 2010.[2]
The college was ranked as the best sixth form college in England according to the Sunday Times' analysis of A Level performance for 2011.[3] With nine other high performing sixth form colleges, the college was a founder member of the 'Maple Group' of colleges in March 2013.
The college has undergone significant new build and refurbishment since 2008. This has included the addition of the newly built St Cecilia’s Building in 2009, the acquisition of the St Augustine’s Centre in 2010, and the St Francis Building in 2015, situated next to the St Mary's Building. The most recent addition was the John Henry building.
The college contains Lark Hill House, built in 1797 as private house for Samuel Horrocks, a cotton manufacturer and later Mayor and Member of Parliament for Preston.[4][5] The house was unoccupied after the deaths of both Horrocks in 1842 and his son four years later, until 1860 when it was sold to the Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters, to become Lark Hill House School for girls.
The house was modified in 1870, with more classrooms added in 1893, 1907, and 1932. The school was a direct grant grammar school from 1919, known as Larkhill Convent Grammar School. From 1967, the school took in sixth form students from other Catholic secondary schools around Preston. The introduction of comprehensive schools in Lancashire forced the school to stop admitting under 16 pupils from 1978.
In that year, the Lark Hill sixth form merged with the sixth forms of the other two Catholic grammar schools in Preston, namely Winckley Square Convent School and Preston Catholic College, to form Cardinal Newman College,[6] named after John Henry Newman. Initially, the sites of all three former schools were used, but within a few years, the college was concentrated at the Lark Hill site.
However, the former Catholic College's playing fields, one mile (1½ km) south of the college, are still used by Newman College.
At the turn of the 20th century, Newman had a successful football team, and old students often continued to play together after their college years for the nearby Preston Winckley F.C. onwards from 1903, in the Lancashire Amateur League. The league, and subsequently the team, folded in 1911, and led to the creation of a Catholic College Old Boys F.C., changing the name to Newman College F.C. in 1982.
The club has enjoyed varying degrees of success, fielding five teams in 1990/91, but a period of decline saw the club fielding only one team in 2006. A resurgence in recent years has seen the club win the Lancastrian Brigade Cup, with promotion to the Premier division of the Mid Lancashire League and the inclusion of a reserves team following soon after. The club still sports their traditional green and white hoops and after playing on their own Riverside pitch for one hundred years, now play at BAC/EE Preston social and sports club.
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Referencesedit
Garlington, J. (1995, new edition 2006), Images of England: Preston, , Stroud, ISBN1-84588-307-1
Hartley, S. (2006), "Lancashire Historic Town Survey: Preston" (PDF).[permanent dead link](20.1 MiB), Lancashire County Council, Preston, accessed 11 December 2007
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Cardinal Newman College is a Catholic sixth form college close to the centre of Preston Lancashire England The college was graded outstanding by Ofsted in May 2009 1 The college was then granted Beacon College status by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in November 2010 2 Cardinal Newman CollegeView of the college 2019 AddressLark Hill RoadPreston Lancashire PR1 4HDEnglandCoordinates53 45 24 N 2 41 16 W 53 7566 N 2 6878 W 53 7566 2 6878InformationTypeVoluntary aided sixth form collegeReligious affiliation s Roman CatholicEstablished1978 1978 Local authorityLancashire County CouncilDepartment for Education URN130745 TablesPrincipalNick BurnhamStaff400GendermixedAge16 Enrolment3 500Websitehttp www cardinalnewman ac ukThe college was ranked as the best sixth form college in England according to the Sunday Times analysis of A Level performance for 2011 3 With nine other high performing sixth form colleges the college was a founder member of the Maple Group of colleges in March 2013 The college has undergone significant new build and refurbishment since 2008 This has included the addition of the newly built St Cecilia s Building in 2009 the acquisition of the St Augustine s Centre in 2010 and the St Francis Building in 2015 situated next to the St Mary s Building The most recent addition was the John Henry building Contents 1 History 2 Football club 3 Notable former students 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe college contains Lark Hill House built in 1797 as private house for Samuel Horrocks a cotton manufacturer and later Mayor and Member of Parliament for Preston 4 5 The house was unoccupied after the deaths of both Horrocks in 1842 and his son four years later until 1860 when it was sold to the Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters to become Lark Hill House School for girls The house was modified in 1870 with more classrooms added in 1893 1907 and 1932 The school was a direct grant grammar school from 1919 known as Larkhill Convent Grammar School From 1967 the school took in sixth form students from other Catholic secondary schools around Preston The introduction of comprehensive schools in Lancashire forced the school to stop admitting under 16 pupils from 1978 In that year the Lark Hill sixth form merged with the sixth forms of the other two Catholic grammar schools in Preston namely Winckley Square Convent School and Preston Catholic College to form Cardinal Newman College 6 named after John Henry Newman Initially the sites of all three former schools were used but within a few years the college was concentrated at the Lark Hill site However the former Catholic College s playing fields one mile 1 km south of the college are still used by Newman College Football club editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message At the turn of the 20th century Newman had a successful football team and old students often continued to play together after their college years for the nearby Preston Winckley F C onwards from 1903 in the Lancashire Amateur League The league and subsequently the team folded in 1911 and led to the creation of a Catholic College Old Boys F C changing the name to Newman College F C in 1982 The club has enjoyed varying degrees of success fielding five teams in 1990 91 but a period of decline saw the club fielding only one team in 2006 A resurgence in recent years has seen the club win the Lancastrian Brigade Cup with promotion to the Premier division of the Mid Lancashire League and the inclusion of a reserves team following soon after The club still sports their traditional green and white hoops and after playing on their own Riverside pitch for one hundred years now play at BAC EE Preston social and sports club Notable former students editHelen Southworth former Labour MP for Warrington South citation needed Sean Haslegrave professional footballer citation needed Myles Pearson Paralympics GB athlete 7 8 Guy Flanagan actor 9 Julie Atherton actress 10 Rae Morris pop singer songwriter Hannah Britland actress citation needed Dominic Lyne author citation needed Cliff Thorburn snooker player citation needed Clifford V Johnson physicistNotes edit 1 Ofsted website accessed 3 August 2012 2 LSIS website accessed 14 August 2012 Sixth Formers in the Top 20 Blackpool Gazette 19 November 2012 accessed 25 November 2012 Hartley p 48 Follow the Yarn 1766 Samuel Horrocks accessed 27 November 2007 Garlington pp 78 79 http www wheelsforgood com news blackpool olympic hopeful scores a try with Retrieved 21 August 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help 3 Archived 2012 08 15 at the Wayback Machine Paralympics GB website accessed 21 August 2012 Performing Arts Course Stars in Their Eyes PDF Cardinal Newman College Retrieved 11 August 2009 permanent dead link Pulling Focus Julie Atherton interview the industri Archived from the original on 18 January 2014 Retrieved 4 July 2014 References editGarlington J 1995 new edition 2006 Images of England Preston Nonsuch Publishing Stroud ISBN 1 84588 307 1 Hartley S 2006 Lancashire Historic Town Survey Preston PDF permanent dead link 20 1 MiB Lancashire County Council Preston accessed 11 December 2007External links editCardinal Newman College Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cardinal Newman College amp oldid 1137328986 History, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
