# Bishop Milner Catholic College

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Secondary school in West Midlands, England

Bishop Milner Catholic College Location Burton Road Dudley , West Midlands , DY1 3BY England 52°31′11″N 2°06′08″W / 52.5196°N 2.1021°W / 52.5196; -2.1021 Information Type Academy Motto Latin: Pro Petri Fide (For the Love of Peter) Religious affiliation Roman Catholic Established 1960 Department for Education URN 140126 Tables Ofsted Reports Principal Siobhan Foster Gender Coeducational Age 11 to 18 Enrolment 850 Colour Milner Maroon Alumni Old Milnerians Website http://bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/

**Bishop Milner Catholic College** (previously **Bishop Milner Catholic School**) is a [Roman Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) secondary school and [sixth form](/source/Sixth_form) with [academy status](/source/Academy_(English_school)), located in the [Eve Hill](/source/Eve_Hill) area of [Dudley](/source/Dudley), West Midlands, England.[1] Enrolment includes students who live beyond Dudley's borders, mostly in [Sandwell](/source/Sandwell). The college also has enrolled a number of non-Catholic pupils.[2] The school is named after Roman Catholic Bishop [John Milner](/source/John_Milner_(bishop)).[3]

## History

The College first opened as Bishop Milner Catholic School in 1960 and was one of the first Catholic secondary schools in the [Midlands](/source/Midlands). Bishop Milner Catholic College is named after [John Milner](/source/John_Milner_(bishop)), a [Roman Catholic Bishop](/source/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church) and writer who served as the [Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District](/source/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_the_Midland_District) from 1803 to 1826.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Bishop Milner has links with local universities such as [University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham), [Newman University](/source/Birmingham_Newman_University) and [University of Wolverhampton](/source/University_of_Wolverhampton) along with those that are further afield e.g. [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford). The college also secured places on the [Prime Minister's Global Fellowship](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime_Minister%27s_Global_Fellowship&action=edit&redlink=1) programme. The college achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had 2 more successful applicants.[8] The school also offers programmes such as [The Duke of Edinburgh's Award](/source/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh's_Award).[9] Bishop Milner has also undertaken major charitable initiatives, including [Project Gambia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_Gambia&action=edit&redlink=1), 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](/source/Kyle_Edwards_(footballer%2C_born_1998)) - Professional [footballer](/source/Association_football)[10]

- [Reanne Evans](/source/Reanne_Evans) (b. 1985) - 12 time [World Women's Snooker Champion](/source/World_Women's_Snooker_Championship) (2005-2014, 2016, 2019)[11]

- [Richard Forsyth](/source/Richard_Forsyth) (b. 1970) - Professional [footballer](/source/Association_football)

- [Andy Holden](/source/Andy_Holden_(athlete)) - [Olympian](/source/Olympic_Games) and track and field athlete, representing Great Britain at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics)[12]

- [Warren Nettleford](/source/Warren_Nettleford) - Television presenter/reporter and Royal Television Society Award recipient

- [Lembit Öpik](/source/Lembit_%C3%96pik) - [Politician](/source/Politician) and leader of the [Welsh Liberal Democrats](/source/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Home :: Bishop Milner Catholic School"](http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/). *Bmilner.dudley.sch.uk*. Bishop Milner Catholic College. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bishop Milner Catholic College - GOV.UK"](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140126).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm](https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm](https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10315a.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/aboutus](https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/aboutus)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["About the School :: Bishop Milner Catholic School"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130906065404/http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/pages/about-school/history.asp). *Bmilner.dudley.sch.uk*. Bishop Milner Catholic College. 11 January 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/pages/about-school/history.asp) on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["About Us | Bishop Milner Catholic College"](https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/aboutus).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** British Council website ["Fellows"](http://www.global-fellowship.org/default.aspx?page=2) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110912082919/http://www.global-fellowship.org/default.aspx?page=2) 12 September 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). Retrieved 19 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/copy-of-january](https://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/copy-of-january)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2931788700247479&set=a.1668492276577134](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2931788700247479&set=a.1668492276577134)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Reanne is right on cue"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201012093557/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-126107440/reanne-is-right-on-cue-top-title-in-the-pot). *Birmingham Evening Mail*. England. 13 December 2004. Archived from [the original](https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-126107440) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** *Birmingham Daily Post* Monday 16 September 1968, page 11

v t e Schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Primary Cotwall End Primary School Jesson's CE Primary School Secondary Beacon Hill Academy Bishop Milner Catholic College The Crestwood School Dormston School The Earls High School Ellowes Hall Sports College Kingswinford Academy Leasowes High School The Link Academy Old Swinford Hospital Pedmore High School Pegasus Academy Redhill School Ridgewood High School St James Academy Summerhill School Thorns Collegiate Academy Windsor High School The Wordsley School Special Sutton School Independent Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School FE and sixth form colleges Birmingham Metropolitan College Dudley College of Technology King Edward VI College Halesowen College Defunct The Blue Coat School The Coseley School Cradley High School Dudley Girls High School Park Secondary School Pensnett High School Richmond Boys School Rosland Secondary School St James' School Wolverhampton Street School Other defunct schools

v t e Archdiocese of Birmingham Archbishops and bishops of Birmingham I: William Bernard Ullathorne II: Edward Ilsley III: John McIntyre IV: Thomas Leighton Williams V: Joseph Masterson VI: Francis Grimshaw VII: George Dwyer VIII: Maurice Couve de Murville IX: Vincent Nichols X: Bernard Longley Churches St Chad's Cathedral – Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of St Chad St John the Evangelist, Banbury St Francis of Assisi, Bedworth Birmingham Oratory Erdington Abbey, Birmingham Our Lady Help of Christians, Tile Cross, Birmingham Our Lady and St Brigid, Northfield, Birmingham Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle, Birmingham St Anne, Birmingham St Catherine of Siena, Birmingham St Edward, Selly Park, Birmingham St Francis of Assisi, Handsworth, Birmingham St Mary, Harborne, Birmingham St Michael, Birmingham St Joseph, Burslem St Mary and St Modwen, Burton-on-Trent St Filumena, Caverswall St Giles, Cheadle Holy Trinity, Chipping Norton St Osburg, Coventry St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth, Coughton St Mary, Cresswell Sacred Heart and St Catherine, Droitwich Spa Sacred Heart, Hanley Our Lady and St Alphonsus, Hanley Swan Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford St Peter, Leamington Spa St Wulstan, Little Malvern St Gregory, Longton Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme Our Lady of the Angels, Nuneaton St Anne, Nuneaton Oxford Oratory St Edmund and St Frideswide, Oxford‎ St Anthony of Padua, Oxford Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch St Marie, Rugby St Joseph and St Etheldreda, Rugeley St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley St Augustine of England, Solihull St Austin, Stafford Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains, Stoke-on-Trent Sacred Heart, Tunstall St Mary, Uttoxeter St Mary, Walsall Our Lady and St Hubert, Warley St Mary Immaculate, Warwick St Mary and St John, Wolverhampton St Peter and St Paul, Wolverhampton St George, Worcester Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Saint Chad (2 March) Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (8 December) Schools Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Bishop Challoner Catholic College Bishop Milner Catholic College Bishop Ullathorne Roman Catholic School Bishop Walsh Catholic School Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Blessed William Howard Catholic School Cardinal Griffin Catholic College Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Community College Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham Greyfriars Catholic School Hagley Roman Catholic High School Holy Trinity Catholic Academy of Stafford and Stone Holy Trinity Catholic School, Birmingham John Henry Newman Catholic College The Oratory Preparatory School The Oratory School Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Painsley Catholic College Princethorpe College Rye St Antony School St Augustine's High School, Redditch St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester St Dominic's Grammar School St Dominic's Priory School, Stone St Edmund Campion Catholic School St Edmund's Catholic Academy St Francis of Assisi Catholic College St John Fisher Catholic College St John Wall Catholic School St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Paul's School for Girls, Birmingham St Peter's Catholic School, Solihull St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham St Thomas More Catholic Academy St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Trinity Catholic School See also Birmingham Newman University St Mary's College, Oscott Maryvale Institute Cotton College Harvington Hall Philip Pargeter St Mary's Abbey, Colwich St Mary's Convent, Handsworth Carmelite Monastery, Wolverhampton Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy The Friary, Oxford Apostolic Vicariate of the Midland District

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