All Saints' Catholic High School, Rawtenstall

All Saints' Catholic High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England.

1. History

The school is located on a large site off Haslingden Road. The main building was completed in 1959, and was called Saint Ambrose secondary modern school with upper school facilities opening in 1972. A new modern foreign language centre – The Fishwick Centre - was built as part of the development of the school as a Specialist Language College. This provides four specialist language teaching rooms, including a computer suite. In September 2010 a new sports hall was opened. In November 2025 the pupils moved into a new multi-million pound state of the art school situated on the same site as the original school. The original school is now to be demolished. Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Lancashire County Council, in July 2017 All Saints' Catholic High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Romero Catholic Academy Trust.

1. Feeder schools

St. James-the-Less, Rawtenstall St. Peter’s, Newchurch St. Veronica’s, Helmshore St. Mary’s, Haslingden St. Joseph's, Stacksteads St. Mary's, Bacup Our Lady & St. Anselm's, Whitworth.

1. Notable former pupils

Agyness Deyn model and actress (born Laura Hollins in 1983). Agyness had a successful modelling career and became one of the UKs top models. Latterly she because an actress and has had many successful roles in film. Aaron Hayden born c1995 is a professional boxer who recently won the super bantamweight regional title. Sophie Holt born c1992 is a sheepdog handler who competed at the English National Sheepdog trials. Marc Pugh, professional football player Ryan Herbert, murderer

1. References


1. External links

"All Saints' Catholic Language College". www.allsaints67.lancsngfl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

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Rossendale General Hospital

Rossendale General Hospital was an acute general hospital at Rawtenstall in Lancashire. It was managed by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Haslingden Canal

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Rawtenstall railway station

Rawtenstall railway station serves the town of Rawtenstall, in Lancashire, England; it is the northern terminus of the heritage East Lancashire Railway. It was formerly on the national railway network on the line between Bacup, Bury and Manchester. The Association of Train Operating Companies have identified that the community of Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway's heritage line could benefit from services connecting the station to the national network.

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Rawtenstall

Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester, 22 miles (35 km) east of Preston and 45 miles (70 km) south east of Lancaster. The town is at the centre of the Rossendale Valley. As of 2022, it had a population of 23,000.

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