St Wilfrid'S Catholic High School, North Featherstone

St Wilfrid's Catholic High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. It also has dual Language and Vocational specialisms. HistorySt Wilfrids was opened up as a school in 1963. In 1998, St Wilfrid's became a Language College which offers six languages including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian and Japanese. In 2003 the school had both an OfSTED and Religious Education inspection which identified St. Wilfrid’s as “a very good school, with many excellent features”. St. Wilfrid's was awarded a second specialism as a Vocational specialist college which came into effect in September 2006. 14 - 19 courses on offer to pupils include: Health & Social care, Travel and Tourism, Performing Arts (Dance, Singing and Drama), IT for Practitioners, NVQ in European languages, NVQ Hairdressing, CISCO IT networking and Construction. It has its own swimming pool. The April 2007 inspection by OfSTED recognised the school as "Good with Outstanding features". The subsequent Religious Education inspection awarded an "Outstanding" judgement. The school has launched a theatrical production every year for approximately 20 years; the plays and musicals always draw in audiences of local families and the parents of pupils. The most recent of these productions was Footloose in February 2013. Also the school has undergone renovations quite recently, expanding its grounds to include the new 'Newlands' building and two new tennis courts. Newlands has been used for maths, technology and language lessons for all year groups.

St Wilfrid's Catholic High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. It also has dual Language and Vocational specialisms. HistorySt Wilfrids was opened up as a school in 1963. In 1998, St Wilfrid's became a Language College which offers six languages including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian and Japanese. In 2003 the school had both an OfSTED and Religious Education inspection which identified St. Wilfrid’s as “a very good school, with many excellent features”. St. Wilfrid's was awarded a second specialism as a Vocational specialist college which came into effect in September 2006. 14 - 19 courses on offer to pupils include: Health & Social care, Travel and Tourism, Performing Arts (Dance, Singing and Drama), IT for Practitioners, NVQ in European languages, NVQ Hairdressing, CISCO IT networking and Construction. It has its own swimming pool. The April 2007 inspection by OfSTED recognised the school as "Good with Outstanding features". The subsequent Religious Education inspection awarded an "Outstanding" judgement. The school has launched a theatrical production every year for approximately 20 years; the plays and musicals always draw in audiences of local families and the parents of pupils. The most recent of these productions was Footloose in February 2013. Also the school has undergone renovations quite recently, expanding its grounds to include the new 'Newlands' building and two new tennis courts. Newlands has been used for maths, technology and language lessons for all year groups.