St Philip Howard Catholic School is a small Roman Catholic comprehensive school in Glossop in northern Derbyshire. It traditionally provides secondary education for Catholic school children in the Glossopdale and Longdendale valleys. However, the school attracts applications from a wide variety of backgrounds and primary schools in Glossop. The school, in 2012, will be 50 years old and is celebrating with various Golden Jubilee events. The current Headteacher is Wendy Steciuk, who has been in the post since September 2003. The Deputy-Headtecher is Steve Tickle who started in September 2011. The school has a reputation locally of being a caring school that looks after its students. The small nature of the school allows for all students to be known by name.
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