 It changed its name to St. Michael's School and became a comprehensive.In 1985, the process of merging St. Michael's School with St. Angela's School for Girls began.The merging process was completed in 1987 under the leadership of Chair of Governors, John Alan Scouller and the site of St. Michael's was sold, while the new "John Henry Newman School" moved to the former site of St. Angela's on Hitchin Road.