St Edmund's Catholic Academy

St Edmund's Catholic Academy
Motto	"To Love and Serve the Lord"
Type	Academy
Religion	Roman Catholic
Principal	Mrs M Hughes
Location	Compton Park, Compton Road West Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 9DU England Coordinates: 52°35′25″N 2°09′43″W / 52.5903°N 2.1619°W / 52.5903; -2.1619
DfE number	336/4605
DfE URN	139891 Tables
Ofsted	Pre-academy reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–19
Website	www.stedmunds.org

St Edmund's Catholic Academy is an Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Compton area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. The Building Schools for the Future program invested £300 million into improving the school which was completed in September 2013. ^[1]

The name of the school comes from the influence of St. Edmund Campion (1540 – 1581),^[2] an English Jesuit priest and martyr. Its motto is "To Love and Serve the Lord".

Consortium

St. Edmund's is in a consortium with both St Peter's Collegiate School and Wolverhampton Girls' High School. St. Edmund's has strong links with its feeder schools:^[3]

St. Anthony's (in Fordhouses)

St. Bernadette’s (in Wombourne)

St. Christopher’s (in Codsall in Staffordshire)

The Giffard

SS. Mary & John’s

St. Michael’s (in Penn)

St. Teresa’s (in Parkfields)

Aims of the school

St Edmund's Catholic academy aims are:^[4]

To carry out our work within the school and the wider community on the basis of relationships founded on Christ’s teachings
To develop the abilities of each student to their greatest extent
To maintain a moral and caring atmosphere within the school that reflects the teachings of the Gospels
To build a strong and productive partnership with our parents, primary schools and parishes
To make sure that each member of the school community feels valued and experiences equality of treatment and opportunity
To prepare students for the wider world and to encourage in them respect for other traditions and faiths

References

External links

St Edmund's Catholic Academy official website

Schools in Wolverhampton

Secondary schools	Aldersley High School Colton Hills Community School Coppice Performing Arts School Heath Park School Highfields School Moreton Community School Moseley Park School North East Wolverhampton Academy Our Lady and St Chad RC Academy St Edmund's RC Academy St Matthias School St Peter's Collegiate School Smestow School South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy Wednesfield High Specialist Engineering Academy West Midlands Construction UTC

Grammar schools	Wolverhampton Girls' High School

Independent schools	Royal Wolverhampton School Tettenhall College Wolverhampton Grammar School

Further education	City of Wolverhampton College

Defunct schools	Northicote School Parkfield High School

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