Catholic Schools Inspection
Under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005, governors must make arrangements for their school to be inspected every five years. (This is extended to eight years, for now, due to the pandemic.)
In addition, the Bishop may exercise his right to inspect any Catholic school or college within his diocese in order to evaluate the quality of Religious Education and the Catholic nature of the school. He does this under the code of canon law 806(1).
From 2022 in the Diocese of Salford, canonical schools’ inspections are carried out by trained and licensed inspectors, the majority of whom are serving Catholic headteachers.
Please log in to our Resource Centre to download guidance documents on The National Framework for the Inspection of Catholic Schools, Academies and Colleges.
To access Section 48 Reports choose from the Local Authorities below:
Blackburn with Darwen
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour RC Primary
St Mary and St Joseph’s RC Primary
Our Lady and St John’s RC College
Bolton
Holy Infant and St Antony’s RC Primary
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary
St John the Evangelist RC Primary
Ss Osmund and Andrew’s RC Primary
Ss Peter and Paul’s RC Primary
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary
Lancashire
St Mary’s RC Primary, Chipping
St Wilfrid’s RC Primary, Longridge
St Cecilia’s RC High, Longridge
Our Lady and St Gerard’s RC Primary, Preston
St Mary and St Benedict’s RC Primary, Bamber Bridge
Brownedge St Mary’s RC High, Bamber Bridge
Our Lady and St Hubert’s RC Primary, Great Harwood
Sacred Heart RC Primary, Church
St Anne’s and St Joseph’s RC Primary, Accrington
St Charles’ RC Primary, Rishton
St Joseph’s RC Primary, Hurst Green
St Mary’s RC Primary, Clayton-le-Moors
St Mary’s RC Primary, Osbaldeston
St Mary’s RC Primary, Oswaldtwistle
St Michael and St John’s RC Primary, Clitheroe
St Oswald’s RC Primary, Accrington
St Wulstan’s RC Primary, Great Harwood
Thoneyholme RC Primary, Dunsop Bridge
Mount Carmel RC High, Accrington
St Augustine’s RC High, Billington
Christ the King RC Primary, Burnley
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary, Burnley
St John the Baptist RC Primary, Burnley
St John the Baptist RC Primary, Padiham
St Mary Magdalene’s RC Primary, Burnley
Blessed Trinity RC High. Burnley
Holy Saviour RC Primary, Nelson
Holy Trinity RC Primary, Brierfield
Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Colne
St John Southworth RC Primary, Nelson
St John Fisher and Thomas More RC College, Colne
Our Lady and St Anselm’s RC Primary, Whitworth
St James-the-Less RC Primary, Rawtenstall
St Mary’s RC Primary, Haslingden
St Peter’s RC Primary, Newchurch
St Veronica’s RC Primary, Helmshore
All Saints’ RC College, Rawtenstall
Rochdale
Our Lady and St Paul’s RC Primary
St John the Baptist RC Primary
St Mary’s RC Primary, Littleborough
Salford
Cathedral School of St Peter and St John
Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary
St Gilbert’s RC Primary Eccles
St Joseph the Worker RC Primary
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary