History
St Nicholas Catholic High School opened as a secondary modern on 6 September 1965, with Michael O'Connor as its first head teacher and Father R. Velarde, Parish Priest of St. Wilfrid's, Northwich as the first Chairman of Governors. It was the first Catholic secondary school in mid-Cheshire.
In 1972, the school became a comprehensive, and changed its name to St Nicholas High School. At the same time, a new science and languages block was built to the side of the original building. In 1979, a new sixth form block was opened by Mark Carlisle, the Secretary of State for Education. Remodelled science laboratories followed in 1989, and a music suite and additional science laboratories in 1992.
In 1995, O'Connor retired after 30 years as headmaster, and was succeeded by Gerard Boyle. In 2003, the school was awarded Business and Enterprise status. The school also holds the Eco-Schools Green Flag, Healthy Schools status and the Inclusion Quality Mark.
St Nicholas has extended and refurbished the originally standing Sports Hall with Science and Language rooms at the rear at a total cost of £11.5m, as well as a refurbished Sixth Form Centre and new Geography rooms.
Following the retirement of Gerard Boyle at the end of the 2009 term, his successor was Kieran "The Hammer" Kelly.[2]
When Kieran Kelly retired at Christmas 2016, the Deputy Headteacher Angela Norman took over as Acting Headteacher until Richard Woods took up post as Headteacher at Easter 2017.
Woods remained Headteacher until Christmas 2022 when he left to become deputy director of Schools for the Shrewsbury Diocese. John Heffernan, the Deputy Headteacher served one term as Acting Headteacher before Craig Burns took up post at Easter 2023.
