St Oscar Romero Catholic School

St Oscar Romero Catholic School (formerly Chatsmore Catholic High School; formerly Blessed Robert Southwell High School) is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in the Goring-by-Sea area of Worthing, West Sussex, England.[2]

St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Address

Goring Street Goring-by-Sea Worthing , West Sussex , BN12 5AF England
Coordinates	50.81606°N 0.43361°W / 50.81606; -0.43361
Information
Former names	St Mary's Catholic Secondary Modern School (1957—1959) Blessed Robert Southwell Catholic Secondary Modern School (1959—1973) Chatsmore Catholic High School (1973—2020)[1]
Type	Voluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1957 (as St Mary's Catholic Secondary Modern School)
Local authority	West Sussex County Council
Department for Education URN	126096 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Chris Silk
Headteacher	Peter Byrne
Staff	51
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	800
Colour(s)	Red, Blue, Black, Purple, Green
Website	https://stromeros.co.uk/

It is a voluntary aided school administered by West Sussex County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. The school is named after Archbishop Óscar Romero.

Facilities

St Oscar Romero Catholic School has a reception, a canteen, the Learning Resource Centre (LRC - the library), a food technology room, two IT suites, a wood tech room, graphics rooms, a drama department, a dance studio, sports hall, tennis courts, football pitch and a field, music suite, rock climbing wall and the recently built amphitheatre.

Controversy

In 2008, the school banned the drink Red Bull as it believed that the drink had an adverse effect on the behaviour of the pupils.[3]

Notable former pupils

Brenock O'Connor – actor, best known for his role as Olly in the Game of Thrones series
Leo Sayer - singer

References

Holden, John (17 September 2020). "Worthing high school renamed for fourth time". Worthing Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
https://stromeros.co.uk/
Clout, Laura (6 June 2008). "School bans Red Bull after bad behaviour rise". telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media group. Retrieved 30 April 2009.

External links

Schools in West Sussex
Secondary	The Academy, Selsey Angmering School Bishop Luffa School Bohunt Horsham Bohunt School Worthing Bourne Community College The Burgess Hill Academy Chichester Free School Chichester High School Davison High School Downlands Community School Durrington High School Felpham Community College Forest School The Gatwick School Hazelwick School Holy Trinity School Ifield Community College Imberhorne School The Littlehampton Academy Midhurst Rother College Millais School Oathall Community College Oriel High School Ormiston Six Villages Academy The Regis School Sackville School St Andrews High School St Oscar Romero RC School St Paul's RC College St Philip Howard RC High School St Wilfrid's RC School Shoreham Academy Sir Robert Woodard Academy Steyning Grammar School Tanbridge House School Thomas Bennett Community College Warden Park Secondary Academy The Weald School Worthing High School
Special	Oak Grove College Palatine School
Sixth-form college	Chichester College Crawley College The College of Richard Collyer Northbrook College Worthing College
Independent (preparatory)	Brambletye School Cottesmore School Dorset House School Great Ballard School Great Walstead School Handcross Park School The Prebendal School Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Westbourne House School Windlesham House School
Independent	Ardingly College Burgess Hill Girls Christ's Hospital Farlington School Hurstpierpoint College Lancing College Our Lady of Sion School Rikkyo School in England Seaford College Shoreham College Worth School
Former	Boundstone Community College Chichester High School For Boys Discovery New School Kings Manor Community College Lavant House School Midhurst Intermediate School Midhurst Grammar School Newells Preparatory School Rydon Community College St Margaret's Convent Stoke Brunswick School Tavistock and Summerhill School Towers Convent School

Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Bishops of Arundel and Brighton I: David Cashman II: Michael Bowen III: Cormac Murphy-O'Connor IV: Kieran Conry V: Richard Moth
Churches Arundel Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard St Peter's Church, Aldrington St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton St Joseph's Church, Brighton St Wilfrid's Church, Burgess Hill St Tarcisius Church, Camberley Sacred Heart Church, Caterham St Richard of Chichester Church, Chichester St Teresa of Avila Church, Chiddingfold Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley St Joseph's Church, Dorking St Anthony and St George Church, Duncton Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne St John of Rochester Church, Egham Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green St Joan of Arc's Church, Farnham St Edmund Church, Godalming English Martyrs Church, Goring-by-Sea St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Haslemere St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Hastings Corpus Christi Church, Henfield St John the Evangelist Church, Heron's Ghyll St Anselm Church, Hindhead Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead St Bernard's Church, Lingfield St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst All Saints Church, Oxted Sacred Heart Church, Petworth St George's Church, Polegate St Mary's Church, Preston Park St Anthony of Viareggio Church, Rose Green St Joseph Church, Rustington St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Church of St Thomas More, Seaford St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Richard of Chichester Church, Slindon Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea St Edward the Confessor Church, Sutton Park Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church, Uckfield St Ambrose Church, Warlingham St Dunstan's Church, Woking St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August) St Philip Howard (19 October)
Schools Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove Mayfield School, East Sussex Notre Dame School, Surrey Our Lady of Sion School St Andrew's Catholic School St Bede's School St Dominic's School St George's College, Weybridge St John's Beaumont School St John the Baptist School, Woking St Oscar Romero Catholic School St Paul's Catholic College, Burgess Hill St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford St Philip Howard Catholic High School St Richard's Catholic College St Teresa's School Effingham St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley Salesian School, Chertsey Towers Convent School Woldingham School Worth School
See also: St John's Seminary, Wonersh Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster Worth Abbey Apostolic Vicariate of the London District
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