Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College

Blessed Trinity RC College is a mixed 11-16 voluntary-aided Roman Catholic faith school in Burnley, Lancashire, England.HistoryThe school opened in September 2006 as part of ambitious plan to replace all of the district’s 11-16 schools, funded by a government public–private partnership programme called Building Schools for the Future. It was formed from the merger of St Theodore's Boys High School and St Hilda's Girls' High School and initially occupied split sites of the former St Hilda's and Habergham Sixth Form Centre. Bernadette Bleasdale, who had been the head of St Hilda’s since 1992, became the new school's first head teacher.Former schoolsSt Theodore's RC High School was a boys 11-16 school with a mixed sixth form.St Hilda's RC High School was a girls high school originally opened in 1954.Early HistoryFollowing an OFSTED inspection in 2008 Blessed Trinity was awarded the status of a "good school, with outstanding elements".New BuildingDemolition started on the former St Theodore's site in June 2008, and the School moved into a new £24m building, in September 2010. The new college will initially hold approximately 1000 students and will eventually hold a 1250 capacity. Shortly after Ofsted placed the school in special measures in 2011, Bleasdale announced she would retire at Easter 2012. Richard Varey took over as head teacher and the school exited special measures in March 2013.