Cardinal Newman College

This article is about the college in Lancashire, England. For other education establishments with similar names, see Cardinal Newman (disambiguation).

Voluntary aided sixth form college in Preston, Lancashire, England

Cardinal Newman College

View of the college (2019)

Address

Lark Hill Road

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 4HD

England

Coordinates| 53°45′24″N 2°41′16″W﻿ / ﻿53.7566°N 2.6878°W﻿ / 53.7566; -2.6878
Information
Type| Voluntary aided sixth form college
Religious affiliation(s)| Roman Catholic
Established| 1978 (1978)
Local authority| Lancashire County Council
Department for Education URN| 130745 Tables
Principal| Nick Burnham
Staff| 400
Gender| mixed
Age| 16+
Enrolment| 3,500
Website| http://www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk

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 February 2023.[1]

The college was ranked as the best sixth form college in England according to the Sunday Times' analysis of A Level performance for 2011.[2]

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.

## History

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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.[3][4] 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 for girls from 1919, known as Larkhill Convent Grammar School. From 1967, the school took in sixth form female 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,[5] 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.

## Football club

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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

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* Helen Southworth, former Labour MP for Warrington South[citation needed]
* Sean Haslegrave, professional footballer[citation needed]
* Myles Pearson, Paralympics GB athlete[6][7]
* Guy Flanagan, actor[8]
* Julie Atherton, actress[9]
* Rae Morris, pop singer songwriter
* Hannah Britland, actress[citation needed]
* Dominic Lyne, author[citation needed]
* Cliff Thorburn, snooker player[citation needed]
* Clifford V. Johnson, physicist

## Notes

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1. ^ [1], Ofsted website, accessed 22 January 2024
2. ^ "Sixth Formers in the Top 20", Blackpool Gazette, 19 November 2012, accessed 25 November 2012
3. ^ Hartley, p.48
4. ^ Follow the Yarn: 1766 Samuel Horrocks accessed 27 November 2007
5. ^ Garlington, pp.78-79
6. ^ http://www.wheelsforgood.com/news/blackpool-olympic-hopeful-scores-a-try-with. Retrieved 21 August 2012. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)[title missing]
7. ^ [2] Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, Paralympics GB website, accessed 21 August 2012
8. ^ "Performing Arts Course: Stars in Their Eyes!" (PDF). Cardinal Newman College. Retrieved 11 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
9. ^ "Pulling Focus: Julie Atherton interview". the industri. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

## References

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* Garlington, 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 2007

## External links

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* Cardinal Newman College Website

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