Harrytown Catholic High School

Harrytown Catholic High School is a voluntary aided Catholic secondary school, situated in Romiley near Stockport, England.Designated as a Specialist Science College. Originally a convent school based at Harrytown Hall, it became a co-educational Catholic secondary school in 1978 and moved to new accommodation. The buildings have been modernised since and today Harrytown serves a wide catchment area, for seven feeder Catholic primary schools in the east of Stockport. The school has a house system, where houses complete with each other. Originally, the school had four houses named after the English Martyrs - Fisher, Campion, Moore and Beckett. This has now extended to six houses named after Saints linked to the school. The school is one of three Roman Catholic high schools in Stockport, and one of two within the Diocese of Shrewsbury in StockportHistoryHarrytown originated in 1913 as a Catholic convent school at Harrytown Hall, a former manor house that was built in 1671. It was maintained by the Convent of the Nativity of the Sisters of Charity of Notre Dame d'Evron until 1978. The hall was converted into flats in the 1980s,. The school was originally housed in a stable block belonging to Harrytown Hall. In the intervening years since the schools inception, the school has been much improved and enlarged, although the original stable block still forms a small part of the current campus. The school became a co-educational comprehensive Catholic school in 1978, and has been maintained by the Diocese of Shrewsbury ever since. In 2013 Harrytown celebrated its centenary. Mass was celebrated by Mark Davies, Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury, 100 years to the day of the opening of the convent school. Events took place marking the centenary throughout the year culminating with the opening of the Centenary Chapel on 17 December. Davies blessed and celebrated Mass in the Chapel which was attended by local Clergy, Governors, local Headteachers, including Harrytown's then future Headteacher, Keith Turmeau. All staff and students joined the Mass through a live television link in the school hall and library.