St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle upon Tyne

St Mary's Catholic School (formerly St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School) is an English secondary school in Longbenton, Newcastle, England. In September 2013, following conversion to Academy, the 'Comprehensive' was officially removed from the school's name.

St Mary's Catholic School
Address
Benton Park Road

Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne
,
Tyne and Wear
,
NE7 7PE

England
Coordinates55°00′26″N 1°35′38″W
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoesAuxilium Christianorum (Help of the Christians)
Where Everyone Can Succeed
The North East's Most Cultural School
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1954
Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne
Department for Education URN108534 Tables
Head teacherEmma Patterson
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment942[1]
Colour(s)Navy, Grey, Red, Light Blue
Websitehttp://stmarysnewcastle.co.uk/

History

St Mary's started life as a technical school for boys in 1954, and was located on the west side of Frederic Street, a short street between Bath Lane and Westgate Road in Newcastle until September 1966. It then moved to its current site in Benton Park Road in Longbenton where it continued to be a boys-only school until 1977. As a result of the re-organisation of Catholic Schools in 1977 St Mary's became a co-educational Catholic Comprehensive. The school was based on three sites, one in Longbenton, one in Walker and one in Killingworth. These three sites were brought together some years later to its current site in Longbenton and is now the only Catholic co-educational secondary school in Newcastle. The school is part of the family of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

New School Building

New buildings for the school were completed in September 2011, including an atrium, the chapel, the main hall and sports facilities and so on. The original building was demolished and the site landscaped to provide a range of sports areas, a memorial garden, a wildlife area, and seating areas for students.

Achievements

In July 2007 the school was awarded Humanities College status by the government, and given an additional £500,000 to develop further expertise in English, religious education and the performing arts.[2] The school has also been awarded the Arts Mark, and has the Healthy Schools Award. Its website has also won the purpleyouth.com Bronze award for best school website.[3]

Emblem, logos and identities
stmonline Logo

The Fleur-de-lis contained within the arms of St Mary's is the symbol most commonly used by the school, and is used on letterheads and newsletters as the logo. The lily represents the Mother of God and the three castles represent the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The present arms of the school were designed by the long serving ex Art teacher John Croney and replaced an earlier version. The motto of St Mary's is "Auxilium Christianorum" a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Litany of Loretto.

Notable alumni

St Mary's RC Boys' Technical School

References
  1. "School Overview 2006/2007". Directgov. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  2. "Newcastle Council Press Release". newcastle.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
  3. "School School Information - Awards Page". stmonline.net. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
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