St Thomas à Becket Catholic College

'*St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, a Voluntary Academy*
Motto	Esse Quam Videri meaning 'To be, rather than to seem to be.'
Established	1962
Type	Academy
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	John J. Rooney
Location	Barnsley Road Sandal Wakefield West Yorkshire WF2 6EQ England Coordinates: 53°39′40″N 1°28′58″W / 53.66099°N 1.48288°W / 53.66099; -1.48288
Ages	Year 7–Year 11
Houses	Bretton, Clitherow, Fisher, Lambton and Middleton
Website	www.stthomasabecket.co.uk

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school with academy status in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

The incumbent headteacher is John J. Rooney, who succeeded Brian S.L. Donnellan at Christmas 2009. The school consistently achieves high GCSE results and is amongst the best in the Wakefield Local Authority area http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2009/jan/15/wakefield-gcse-alevel-league-tables . A very high percentage of its students go on to further education .

Motto

The school's motto is "Esse Quam Videri", meaning "To be, rather than seem to be". This is also the title of the school hymn.

Specialist status

The school has a specialist status in humanities and used the money provided to improve technology in lessons.

Schools in the City of Wakefield

Secondary schools	Airedale Academy Castleford Academy Carleton Community High School Cathedral Academy Crofton Academy De Lacy Academy The Featherstone Academy Freeston Academy Hemsworth Arts and Community Academy Horbury Academy Kettlethorpe High School The King's School Minsthorpe Community College Ossett Academy Outwood Grange Academy St Thomas à Becket RC College St Wilfrid's RC High School Wakefield City Academy

Special schools	Oakfield Park Special School

Independent schools	Ackworth School Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Silcoates School Wakefield Girls' High School

FE & sixth form colleges	NEW College, Pontefract Wakefield College

Defunct schools	Pontefract and District Girls High School

Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds

Bishops of Leeds I: Robert Cornthwaite II: William Gordon III: Joseph Robert Cowgill IV: Henry John Poskitt V: John Carmel Heenan VI: George Patrick Dwyer VII: William Gordon Wheeler VIII: David Konstant (Bishop Emeritus) IX: Arthur Roche (Bishop Emeritus) X: Marcus Stock

Parishes Leeds Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St Anne Blessed John Henry Newman, Leeds Holy Redeemer, Huddersfield St Edward's, Clifford St Ignatius, Ossett St Jeanne Jugan, Leeds St Joseph's, Bradford St Martin de Porres, Wakefield St Mary's, Halifax St Patrick's, Leeds St Robert's, Harrogate St Stephen's, Skipton Leeds Trinity University

Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (27 June) St Wilfrid (12 October)

Schools All Saints, Huddersfield Cardinal Heenan, Meanwood Corpus Christi, Leeds Leeds Trinity University Mount St Mary's, Leeds Notre Dame, Leeds St Bede's & St Joseph's, Bradford St Catherine's, Halifax St John Fisher, Dewsbury St John Fisher, Harrogate St John's School for the Deaf, Boston Spa St Mary's Menston St Wilfrids, Featherstone St Thomas Becket, Wakefield

See also: Bradford Girls' Choir The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust Mount St Mary's Church, Leeds

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