Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College

Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College


Location

Timberdine Avenue Worcester , Worcestershire , WR5 2XD England 52°10′57″N 2°12′40″W / 52.1825°N 2.21117°W / 52.1825; -2.21117
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Mottoes	Ad Moriem De Gloriam (For the greater glory of God); A commitment to Gospel Values and Personal Achievement
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Established	1963^[1]
Local authority	Worcestershire
Department for Education URN	116999 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher^[update]	Greg McClarey^[2]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	1048
Website	http://www.blessededward.co.uk

Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Worcester, England. In 2022 it received an Ofsted rating of Good.^[3]^[4] The school has around 1050 students.^[5]

History

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The school was founded by D-Day veteran Frank Doran (born 1924) in 1963,^[1]^[6] and named after Edward Oldcorne, a Jesuit priest executed in 1606 for his alleged part in the Gunpowder Plot.

Subjects

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The school teaches typical subjects such as mathematics, science, and languages.

References

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1 2 Edwards, Tom (5 June 2024). "Worcester school pupils' admiration for D-Day veteran". BBC News. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
↑ "Compare school and college performance data in England". Compare school and college performance in England. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
↑ "Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College". Ofsted. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
↑ Fradgley, Emma (22 June 2022). "High school found to be "a clean and bright place to learn" by Ofsted inspectors". Worcester News. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
↑ "Blessed Edward Oldcorne College, Worcester". The Good Schools Guide. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
↑ "Catholic pupils praise ex-headteacher and Catenian who was D-Day veteran". The Catholic Network. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2026.

v t e Schools in Worcestershire
Middle	Alvechurch CE Middle School St John's CE Middle Academy
Secondary	Baxter College The Bewdley School Bishop Perowne CE College Blessed Edward Oldcorne RC College The Chantry School The Chase School Christopher Whitehead Language College The De Montfort School Droitwich Spa High School Dyson Perrins CE Academy Hagley RC High School Hanley Castle High School Haybridge High School Holy Trinity School King Charles I School North Bromsgrove High School Nunnery Wood High School Pershore High School Prince Henry's High School Ridgeway Secondary School RSA Academy Arrow Vale St Augustine's High School South Bromsgrove High School The Stourport High School Tenbury High Ormiston Academy Trinity High School Tudor Grange Redditch Tudor Grange Worcester Waseley Hills High School Wolverley CE Secondary School Woodrush High School
Independent	Abbey College Bowbrook House School Bredon School Bromsgrove School Heathfield Knoll School The King's School Malvern College Malvern St James RGS Dodderhill RGS The Grange RGS Springfield River School Royal Grammar School Worcester St Michael Abbey School
Special	New College Worcester Sunfield Children's Home Vale of Evesham School Wyre Forest School
Further education	Heart of Worcestershire College Malvern Hills College South Worcestershire College Worcester Sixth Form College
Former	Abberley Hall School Elgar Technology College Greyfriars, Worcester Hillside School St Mary's School St Michael's College

v t e Archdiocese of Birmingham
Archbishops and bishops of Birmingham I: William Bernard Ullathorne II: Edward Ilsley III: John McIntyre IV: Thomas Leighton Williams V: Joseph Masterson VI: Francis Grimshaw VII: George Dwyer VIII: Maurice Couve de Murville IX: Vincent Nichols X: Bernard Longley
Churches St Chad's Cathedral – Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of St Chad St John the Evangelist, Banbury Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Gregory the Great, Bearwood St Francis of Assisi, Bedworth Birmingham Oratory Erdington Abbey, Birmingham Our Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, Birmingham Our Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, Birmingham Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, Birmingham St Anne, Birmingham St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham St Edward, Selly Park, Birmingham St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth, Birmingham St Mary, Harborne, Birmingham St Michael, Birmingham St Joseph, Burslem St Mary and St Modwen, Burton-on-Trent St Filumena, Caverswall St Giles, Cheadle Holy Trinity, Chipping Norton St Osburg, Coventry St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth, Coughton St Mary, Cresswell Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa Sacred Heart, Hanley Our Lady and St Alphonsus, Hanley Swan Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford St Peter, Leamington Spa Church of Our Lady, Lillington St Wulstan, Little Malvern St Gregory, Longton Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton St Anne, Nuneaton Oxford Oratory St Edmund and St Frideswide, Oxford‎ St Anthony of Padua, Oxford Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch St Marie, Rugby St Joseph and St Etheldreda, Rugeley St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley St Augustine of England, Solihull St Austin, Stafford Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent Sacred Heart, Tunstall St Mary, Uttoxeter St Mary, Walsall Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley St Mary Immaculate, Warwick St Mary and St John, Wolverhampton St Peter and St Paul, Wolverhampton St George, Worcester
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Saint Chad (2 March) Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
Schools Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Bishop Challoner Catholic College Bishop Milner Catholic College Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School Bishop Walsh Catholic School Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Blessed William Howard Catholic School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham Greyfriars Catholic School Hagley Roman Catholic High School Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham John Henry Newman Catholic College The Oratory Preparatory School The Oratory School Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Painsley Catholic College Princethorpe College Rye St Antony School St Augustine's High School, Redditch St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School, Stone St Edmund Campion Catholic School St Edmund's Catholic Academy St Francis of Assisi Catholic College St John Fisher Catholic College St John Wall Catholic School St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham St Thomas More Catholic Academy St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Trinity Catholic School
See also Birmingham Newman University St Mary's College, Oscott Maryvale Institute Cotton College Harvington Hall Philip Pargeter St Mary's Abbey, Colwich St Mary's Convent, Handsworth Carmelite Monastery, Wolverhampton Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy The Friary, Oxford Apostolic Vicariate of the Midland District

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