St Cuthbert's High School

St Cuthbert's High School

Motto	Quies In Caelo (The motto of Bishop Bewick adopted by the School. c.f. Rev C. Hart - The Story of St. Cuthbert's Grammar School, 1940)
Established	1881
Type	Voluntary aided academy
Religion	Roman Catholic
Principal	Mrs C Davison
Chairman of Governors	Dr. Michael-J Mc-Dade^[1]
Founder	Bishop James Chadwick
Location	Gretna Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 7PX England Coordinates: 54°58′44″N 1°40′31″W / 54.97892°N 1.67536°W / 54.97892; -1.67536
Local authority	Newcastle upon Tyne
DfE number	391/4715
DfE URN	108535 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	c.75
Students	1098 (12 May 2013)^[1]
Gender	Boys
Ages	11–18
Colours	Maroon, Gold and Pale Blue
Diocese	Hexham and Newcastle
Website	St Cuthbert's HS

St. Cuthbert's Catholic High School is a boys-only Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status located in the Benwell Hill area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Admissions

St Cuthbert's is a seven form entry school. The School has a series of pre-entry tests, called CATS, the results of which help to decide which class a boy will be placed into. The school admits students of all faiths although it is a Roman Catholic school.

History

Grammar school

St. Cuthbert's Grammar School was opened in Westmorland Road, Elswick on 16 August 1881 largely due to the efforts of Bishop James Chadwick and his successor Bishop Bewick building upon the foundations of the Catholic Collegiate School established in 1870 in Eldon Square. Shortly afterward the School moved to larger premises in Bath Lane in the centre of the city. In 1922 the School transferred to the present site on Benwell Hill. Part of the school (1922 Block – now demolished) is built directly over the Vallum of Hadrian's Wall. During the war, boys were evacuated to Cockermouth in what is now Cumbria. In 2011 the School again became single site on the completion of the BSF building Phase, the former Lower School buildings on Fox & Hounds Lane have now been demolished.

It was a direct grant grammar school until September 1977, then began to take a comprehensive intake.

Comprehensive

In recent years, St. Cuthbert's High School gained Science College status and was recognized in 2007 as a Modern Foreign Languages Specialist School (2nd Specialism).^[2]

Academy

The school converted to academy status in March 2012.

Principals

Since 1881 there have been 7 clergymen as Head:

Canon Wickwar
Fr. MaGill
Monsignor H. (Dr.) Mann
Monsignor Jeffrey
Monsignor Canon Cunningham, V.G.
Canon M. Cassidy, MA, STL.
Fr. M. Walsh, MA (Cantab)

and two lay Headteachers:

Mr E. Lovell, BA, M.Litt
Mr J. G Murphy, BA.

The present incumbent –

Mrs. Carol Davison, BA, M.Ed.

Academic statistics

St. Cuthbert's is 662nd in the Financial Times Top 1000 Schools 2008 – 17th of 34 schools in the North East to make the list.

Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of St. Cuthbert's:

Kenneth Allott – poet
Brigadier David Anderson CBE OBE – Chief Executive from 1985–88 of Cumbernauld Development Corporation, and Commandant from 1976–79 of the Army's School of Infantry, and Chief Executive from 1982–85 of North-East Fife DC
Ken Brown – Mayor of Morpeth 2009 & 2010
Flt Lt Dominic Bruce OBE MC AFM MA KSG RAF – WWII Escaper, the 'medium sized man' of Colditz Castle
John M Cairns – Chairman 2009 – 2010 Worcestershire County Council
John Carver – football player and coach
David Cowans – Chief Executive since 1999 of Places for People
John d’Ancona CB – President from 1997–99 of the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT)
Ryan Donaldson – footballer
Declan Donnelly – Dec of Ant & Dec
Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh – First Sea Lord from 2001–02 of the Royal Navy
Sir Terry Farrell CBE OBE – architect,
Sir Anthony Grabham – President from 2002–03 of the British Medical Association, and Chairman from 1993–2005 of the BMJ Group
Alan Hull – Musician
Ian Kell Folk Musician
Terence Kelly – B.Ed(Cantab), MA, Mayor of Lowestoft 2003 & 2004, Director of East of England Tourist Board 1994 – 2003
Paul Kennedy – historian and writer
Rt Rev Hugh Lindsay – Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle from 1974–92
Rt Rev Joseph McCormack – Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle from 1937–58
Cecil McGivern CBE – BBC executive, and Controller of BBC One from 1950–57
Wing Commander Gerry McMahon
Lawrie McMenemy – football coach
John Middleton – Vicar Ashley Thomas in Emmerdale
Lee Novak – footballer
Gordon Sumner – Sting – singer in the band The Police
Liam Sweeney – victim of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 incident.
Paul Taylor – Jazz musician
Neil Tennant – Singer in the band Pet Shop Boys
Colin William Lewis – International Behavioral Economist, Robot Analyst
Rt Rev Joseph Thorman – Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle from 1925–36
Tom Tuohy CBE – put out the Windscale fire in October 1957
Rt Rev Frank White – Assistant Bishop of Newcastle (Anglican)
Terence Wynn – Head of News from 1960–66 at Tyne Tees Television, and Editor from 1972–77 of The Universe (catholic newspaper)
Kavin Shanley – Senior Electrical Engineer (BWB Consulting)
Ryan Donaldson – Professional footballer
Liam Noble – Professional footballer

References

1 2 "St. Cuthbert's Catholic High School". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
↑ "'Our School' at school website". Retrieved 16 March 2011.

External links

News items

Chemistry explosion in 2003

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