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| name = Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
| name = Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
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| image = Cardinal Griffin College, Cannock.jpg
| image = Cardinal Griffin College, Cannock.jpg
| caption = College building
| caption = College building
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.697|-2.036|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=title}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.697|-2.036|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| motto = {{Lang-la|Da Mihi Animas}}
| motto = {{Lang-la|Da Mihi Animas}}
| motto_translation = Give Me Souls
| motto_translation = Give Me Souls
| established = {{Start date and age|1960}}
| established = {{Start date and age|1960}}
| closed =
| closed =
| type = Secondary school
| type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]]
| religious_affiliation = [[Catholic]]
| trust = The Painsley Catholic Academy Trust
| religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic]]
| headteacher = Mr Michael Burrowes
| headteacher = Hermione Gibson<ref>[https://www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk/Governing-Body/CGCC_Business_Interests_and_Terms_of_Office_2022_2023_Updated_Feb_2023.pdf Governing Body] from Cardinal Griffin School, retrieved 5 March 2023</ref>
| chair_label =
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| chair =
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| specialist = Science
| address = Cardinal Way
| address = Cardinal Way
| city = [[Cannock]]
| city = [[Cannock]]
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| postcode = WS11 4AW
| postcode = WS11 4AW
| country = England
| country = England
| local_authority = [[Staffordshire]]
| local_authority = [[Staffordshire County Council|Staffordshire]]
| oversight =
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| urn = 124468
| urn = 149989
| ofsted = Yes
| ofsted = Yes
| staff =
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| enrolment = 900+
| enrolment = 870 {{As of|2023|08|lc=on}}
| gender = Mixed
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Coeducational]]
| lower_age = 11
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Six
| houses = Six
| colours = Black and Red
| colours = {{color box|black}}{{color box|red}} Black and Red
| publication = ''The Griffin''
| publication = ''The Griffin''
| website = {{URL|www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk}}
| website = {{URL|www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk}}
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'''Cardinal Griffin Catholic College''' is a [[Mixed-sex education|mixed]] [[Voluntary aided school|Voluntary aided]] [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[Secondary school]] and [[Sixth form college]] in [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]], [[England]]. Cardinal Griffin is a [[Specialist Science College]].
'''Cardinal Griffin Catholic College''' is a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[Secondary school]] and [[sixth form]] located in [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]], England.<ref>https://www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The college has played the sport of [[Handball]] since 1980s. In 1982, they won the national under-15s final and in the early 1980s came fourth in the under-14 championship of a Europe-wide Handball tournament in [[Teramo]].<ref>[http://britishhandballmemories.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/cardinal-griffin-school.html Cardinal Griffin School] from British Handball Memories, retrieved 29 July 2017</ref>
The college has played the sport of [[Handball]] since 1980s. In 1982, they won the national under-15s final and in the early 1980s came fourth in the under-14 championship of a Europe-wide Handball tournament in [[Teramo]].<ref>[http://britishhandballmemories.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/cardinal-griffin-school.html Cardinal Griffin School] from British Handball Memories, retrieved 29 July 2017</ref>


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In 2013, [[Ofsted]] inspected the school and rated it in overall effectiveness as 'Good' and behaviour and safety of pupils as 'Outstanding'. The overall effectiveness was an improvement from its previous inspection, which was rated as 'Satisfactory'.<ref>[https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2283705/urn/124468.pdf Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School - Ofsted report]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Ofsted]], October 2013, retrieved 29 July 2017</ref>

==Cannock Civic Observatory==
In 2010 an observatory with two domes and what has been called the "largest collection of telescopes in the Midlands" was built on the school grounds. It was opened by Brother [[Guy Consolmagno]] [[Society of Jesus|SJ]], the official Vatican Astronomer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lopuszynski|first1=Jozef|title=Vatican Astronomer opens Cannock Civic Observatory|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_9024000/9024839.stm|accessdate=29 February 2016|publisher=BBC|date=22 September 2010}}</ref>
In 2010 an observatory with two domes and what has been called the "largest collection of telescopes in the Midlands" was built on the school grounds. It was opened by Brother [[Guy Consolmagno]] [[Society of Jesus|SJ]], the official Vatican Astronomer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lopuszynski|first1=Jozef|title=Vatican Astronomer opens Cannock Civic Observatory|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_9024000/9024839.stm|accessdate=29 February 2016|publisher=BBC|date=22 September 2010}}</ref>


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In 2013, [[Ofsted]] inspected the school and rated it in overall effectiveness as 'Good' and behaviour and safety of pupils as 'Outstanding'. The overall effectiveness was an improvement from its previous inspection, which was rated as 'Satisfactory'.<ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150410020441/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q%3Dfiledownloading/%26id%3D2283705%26type%3D1%26refer%3D0 Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School - Ofsted report], [[Ofsted]], October 2013, retrieved 29 July 2017</ref>
==See also==

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* {{commons category inline|Cardinal Griffin Catholic College}}
Previously a [[voluntary aided school]] administered by [[Staffordshire County Council]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/124468 | title=Cardinal Griffin Catholic College - GOV.UK }}</ref> in September 2023 Cardinal Griffin Catholic College converted to [[Academy (English school)|academy status]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149989 | title=Cardinal Griffin Catholic College - GOV.UK }}</ref> The school is now sponsored by The Painsley Catholic Academy Trust,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.painsleymac.co.uk/our-schools/ | title=Our Painsley Family }}</ref> but continues to be under the jurisdiction of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham]].
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk}}
* {{Official website|http://cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk}}
* [http://www.cannockcivicobservatories.jlpressagency.co.uk/ Cannock Civic Observatories]
* [http://www.cannockcivicobservatories.jlpressagency.co.uk/ Cannock Civic Observatories]


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Latest revision as of 19:21, 31 August 2024

"Cardinal Griffin" redirects here. For the cardinal the school is named after, see Bernard Griffin.

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
College crest
College building
Address
Map
Cardinal Way

Cannock
,
Staffordshire
,
WS11 4AW

England
Coordinates52°41′49″N 2°02′10″W / 52.697°N 2.036°W / 52.697; -2.036
Information
TypAcademy
MottoLatin: Da Mihi Animas
(Give Me Souls)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Local authorityStaffordshire
TrustThe Painsley Catholic Academy Trust
Department for Education URN149989 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherHermione Gibson[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment870 as of August 2023
HousesSix
Colour(s)   Black and Red
PublicationThe Griffin
Websitewww.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is a coeducational Catholic Secondary school and sixth form located in Cannock, Staffordshire, England.[2]

History

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Foundation stone

On 22 October 1960, the foundation stone of the college was laid by Dom Basil Griffin OSB (died 1963). He was a monk at Douai Abbey in Woolhampton, Berkshire,[3] and twin brother of Cardinal Griffin, who the college was named after. The college was built to educate the children of the four Catholic parishes in Cannock Chase.[4] Those parishes were St Mary and St Thomas More in Cannock, Our Lady of Lourdes in Hednesford, St Joseph and Etheldreda in Rugeley and St Joseph in Burntwood.[5]

The school has a house system that names each of the six school houses after past cardinals of the Catholic church in England. The houses are Allen, Newman, Manning, Vaughan, Wiseman and Hinsley.

The college has played the sport of Handball since 1980s. In 1982, they won the national under-15s final and in the early 1980s came fourth in the under-14 championship of a Europe-wide Handball tournament in Teramo.[6]

In 2010 an observatory with two domes and what has been called the "largest collection of telescopes in the Midlands" was built on the school grounds. It was opened by Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, the official Vatican Astronomer.[7]

In 2013, Ofsted inspected the school and rated it in overall effectiveness as 'Good' and behaviour and safety of pupils as 'Outstanding'. The overall effectiveness was an improvement from its previous inspection, which was rated as 'Satisfactory'.[8]

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Staffordshire County Council,[9] in September 2023 Cardinal Griffin Catholic College converted to academy status.[10] The school is now sponsored by The Painsley Catholic Academy Trust,[11] but continues to be under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham.

References

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  1. ^ Governing Body from Cardinal Griffin School, retrieved 5 March 2023
  2. ^ https://www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ Plantata.org.uk, retrieved 29 July 2017
  4. ^ School history from CardinalGriffin.Staffs.sch.uk, retrieved 29 July 2017
  5. ^ Parish map Archived 2017-07-29 at the Wayback Machine from Archdiocese of Birmingham, retrieved 29 July 2017
  6. ^ Cardinal Griffin School from British Handball Memories, retrieved 29 July 2017
  7. ^ Lopuszynski, Jozef (22 September 2010). "Vatican Astronomer opens Cannock Civic Observatory". BBC. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  8. ^ Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School - Ofsted report, Ofsted, October 2013, retrieved 29 July 2017
  9. ^ "Cardinal Griffin Catholic College - GOV.UK".
  10. ^ "Cardinal Griffin Catholic College - GOV.UK".
  11. ^ "Our Painsley Family".
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