Published: Thursday, 16th October, 2008 2:23pm

Plans for Slough's first Catholic college

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TWO Slough schools may soon join forces to create the town's first Catholic college under new plans.

Slough Borough Council confirmed yesterday (Thursday) that St Joseph's Catholic High School and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School will be submitting an ‘expression of interest' to explore the merger between the two Catholic Schools.

The ‘expression of interest' is the first stage in establishing whether the Department for Children, Schools and Families will fund building of a new state-of-the-art Catholic College for students from 11-18 in Slough. If agreed it would replace the current buildings at St Bernard's in Langley Road and St Joseph's in Shaggy Calf Lane which are no longer fit for purpose.

This is a part of the Government's Academy programme.

The Council and the governing bodies of both schools say they are supporting the expression of interest as an opportunity to improve facilities for students at both schools.

And John McAteer, headteacher at St Bernard's, added: "We are keen to explore the issue to improve Catholic education but the plans are still at such an early stage."