St_Damian's_Roman_Catholic_Science_College
St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College
Voluntary aided school in Greater Manchester, England
St Damian's R.C Science College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Ashton-under-Lyne in the English county of Greater Manchester.[1]
Established in 1963 as St Damian's Catholic Secondary Modern School, it became a comprehensive school in later years and was also awarded Science College status. As part of the Building Schools for the Future Project a new school building constructed by Carillion was occupied May 2011. Today St Damian's is a voluntary aided school administered by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford.[2]
St Damian's RC Science College offers GCSEs, BTECs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.[3] The school also has a specialism in science.