{{short description|Secondary school in West Midlands, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Bishop Milner Catholic College | image = | image_size = | coordinates = {{coord|52.5196|-2.1021|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | established = 1960 | closed = | type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]] | motto = [[Latin]]: Pro Petri Fide (For the Love of Peter) | religious_affiliation = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] | president = | head_label = Principal | head = Siobhan Foster | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | address = Burton Road | city = [[Dudley]] | county = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] | country = England | postal_code = DY1 3BY | ofsted = yes | urn = 140126 | staff = | enrolment = 850 | gender = [[Coeducational]] | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | capacity = | ratio = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = | houses = | colours = Milner Maroon {{Color box|#7C2726|border=darkgray}} | song = | accreditation = | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | fees = | affiliations = | alumni = Old Milnerians | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = http://bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/ }}
'''Bishop Milner Catholic College''' (previously '''Bishop Milner Catholic School''') is a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] secondary school and [[sixth form]] with [[Academy (English school)|academy status]], located in the [[Eve Hill]] area of [[Dudley]], West Midlands, England.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Bishop Milner Catholic College |url=http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/ |title=Home :: Bishop Milner Catholic School |website=Bmilner.dudley.sch.uk |accessdate=19 August 2013}}</ref> Enrolment includes students who live beyond Dudley's borders, mostly in [[Sandwell]]. The college also has enrolled a number of non-Catholic pupils.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bishop Milner Catholic College - GOV.UK | url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140126 }}</ref> The school is named after Roman Catholic Bishop [[John Milner (bishop)|John Milner]].<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm</ref>
==History==
The College first opened as Bishop Milner Catholic School in 1960 and was one of the first Catholic secondary schools in the [[Midlands]]. Bishop Milner Catholic College is named after [[John Milner (bishop)|John Milner]], a [[Bishops in the Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Bishop]] and writer who served as the [[Apostolic Vicariate of the Midland District|Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District]] from 1803 to 1826.<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm</ref> In 1963, an extension was added to the main college building as well as with a new dining hall. In 1981 a "Secretary's" block was also opened. A new classroom block for the teaching of dramatic arts, dance, music, ICT, and other general classrooms as well as sixth form studies was opened in 1994. Most of the school buildings were replaced between 2002 and 2005 at a cost over £6 million.<ref>https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/aboutus</ref>
Bishop Milner is one of the few Dudley borough schools with a sixth form, as most were closed in the early 1990s when the UK was introducing tertiary education. In the Autumn term of 2011 the reception area was extended and additional office space created above the reception on the first floor. In 2012, the sixth form area was updated to include a café area named "The Hub" along with the formation of enhanced study facilities.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bishop Milner Catholic College |url=http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/pages/about-school/history.asp |title=About the School :: Bishop Milner Catholic School |website=Bmilner.dudley.sch.uk |date=11 January 2013 |accessdate=19 August 2013 |archive-date=6 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906065404/http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/pages/about-school/history.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bishop Milner converted voluntarily to academy status in September 2013 and took the name of Bishop Milner Catholic College. The Academy was formed in partnership with St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Sedgley and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Dudley. Together, the three schools are a Multi Academy Company (MAC) and have taken the name of St John Bosco Catholic Academy.<ref>{{cite web | title=About Us | Bishop Milner Catholic College | url=https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/aboutus }}</ref>
Bishop Milner has links with local universities such as [[University of Birmingham]], [[Birmingham Newman University|Newman University]] and [[University of Wolverhampton]] along with those that are further afield e.g. [[University of Oxford]]. The college also secured places on the [[Prime Minister's Global Fellowship]] programme. The college achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had 2 more successful applicants.<ref>British Council website [http://www.global-fellowship.org/default.aspx?page=2 "Fellows"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912082919/http://www.global-fellowship.org/default.aspx?page=2 |date=12 September 2011 }}. Retrieved 19 August 2013.</ref> The school also offers programmes such as [[The Duke of Edinburgh's Award]].<ref>https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/copy-of-january</ref> Bishop Milner has also undertaken major charitable initiatives, including [[Project Gambia]], which took Year 11 students and staff to Gambia to help build housing and hospital facilities. In 2025, Bishop Milner became part of the St Gabriel Archangel Trust.
==Notable former pupils==
Former pupils of Bishop Milner have been historically known as Old Milnerians.
List of Old Milnerians: * [[Kyle Edwards (footballer, born 1998)|Kyle Edwards]] - Professional [[Association football|footballer]]<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2931788700247479&set=a.1668492276577134</ref> * [[Reanne Evans]] (b. 1985) - 12 time [[World Women's Snooker Championship|World Women's Snooker Champion]] (2005-2014, 2016, 2019)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-126107440|title=Reanne is right on cue|date=13 December 2004|work=Birmingham Evening Mail|accessdate=19 August 2013|location=England|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012093557/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-126107440/reanne-is-right-on-cue-top-title-in-the-pot|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Richard Forsyth]] (b. 1970) - Professional [[Association football|footballer]] * [[Andy Holden (athlete)|Andy Holden]] - [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] and track and field athlete, representing Great Britain at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]<ref>''Birmingham Daily Post'' Monday 16 September 1968, page 11</ref> * [[Warren Nettleford]] - Television presenter/reporter and Royal Television Society Award recipient * [[Lembit Öpik]] - [[Politician]] and leader of the [[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]
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