Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
Address
Old Fallings Lane Wolverhampton , West Midlands , WV10 8BL[1] England
Coordinates	52°36′40″N 2°06′30″W / 52.6110°N 2.1083°W / 52.6110; -2.1083
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	“Be The Best You Can Be"
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Department for Education URN	141802 Tables
Principal	Louisa Craig[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18[1]
Houses	Bernadette, St. Peter, St. Catherine, Kolbe, Romero, Teresa
Colour(s)	Blue and Gold
Website	School website

Our Lady and St. Chad Catholic Academy (A Specialist Sports College) is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Fallings Park area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

The Building Schools for the Future program invested £7 million into improving the school, which was completed in September 2013.^{[citation needed]} The school was funded another £4.7 million in 2018 to build 14 new classrooms and science laboratories.^{[citation needed]}

Originally, the school was titled "Our Lady and St. Chad Catholic Sports College"; however, it gained academy status in 2015, partnering with three schools in Wolverhampton.^[2][3]

OLSC was led by Ms. Keelan for 30 years. In 2014 she was succeeded by Miss Ellis.^{[citation needed]}

The name of the school comes from the influence of St. Chad. The secondary building, the Marist Centre, was named after the Marist Brothers. The school was established in 1978 following the merger of St Chad's College, the Roman Catholic grammar school for boys established by the Marist Brothers, which was based at the Old Fallings Lane site, and Our Lady of Mercy girls' grammar school, situated near Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, and started by the Sisters of Mercy.

Consortium and houses

OLSC consists of 6 house groups; Bernadette, Kolbe, Romero, Teresa, St. Catherine, and St. Peter.

As of Monday 2 March 2015, Our Lady and St. Chad officially became an academy along with St. Mary's, Holy Rosary and Corpus Christi Primary Schools to unite as one in the "Pope John XXIII Multi Academy".

Curriculum

All students study English, Maths, Science, RE, PE, Geography, History, Modern Foreign Language, Computing, Music, Creative Media.

Year 9 and 10

All Students study English Literature, English Language, Maths, Combined Science, RE and PE, and can choose from additional subjects.

Year 11

All Students study English Literature, English Language, Maths, Science, Additional Science, RE and PE, and can choose from additional subjects.

Year 12 and 13

Students have the choice of studying a range of subjects.

Alumni

• Robert Tombs (b. 1949) - historian of France