Established 1959 Religion Roman Catholic Chair Mr T Carney Phone +44 191 428 2700 Founded 1959 | Type Academy Headteacher Frank O'Neill Address Hebburn NE10, UK Number of students 1,536 | |
Location Mill Lane
Hebburn
Tyne and Wear
NE31 2ET
England Motto Caritas Christi Urget Nos; 2 Corinthians 5:14; The Love of Christ Spurs Us On | ||
St Joseph's Catholic Academy (formerly St Joseph's RC Comprehensive School) is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status, located in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England.
Contents
- History
- School prayer
- Academic performance
- Notable former pupils
- St Josephs RC Grammar Technical School
- References
The school currently caters for students aged 11 to 18 and also a number of Vocational courses for 14- to 19-year-olds. It is the only secondary school in the local authority area that has a sixth form. The only other sixth form is found at South Tyneside College.
The school is on the B1306, near the A185 junction, in the south of Hebburn, one mile north of the terminus of the A194(M). It is on the district boundary with Gateshead. Further down Mill Lane until 1992 was the Monkton Coke Works.
History
The school opened as St. Joseph's Grammar Technical School in 1959, being officially opened on 9 June 1960 by James Cunningham, the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle. It was a grammar school with a technical focus (similar to a technical school) for catholic children in the north of County Durham, and the County Borough of South Shields. Further grammar technical schools were to be opened in Gateshead, Lanchester, Stockton and Whitley Bay.
St Joseph's became a comprehensive in 1974 when it merged with the neighbouring St James' RC Secondary Modern School, which was on the same site. The school gained specialist Technology College status in 1996.
The school converted to academy status in July 2013 and was renamed St Joseph's Catholic Academy.
School prayer
Lord, help us to become the people you want us to be.
In our School, may there be prayer,learning and humour,hard work, faith and friendship. May we respect everyone we meet, use our gifts and encourage each other. Send your angels to guide us and let your peace be with us and our families always.
Academic performance
The school performs well above the local authority average and currently holds the best GCSE and AS/A level scores in South Tyneside, with 84% of its students reaching grades A*-C at GCSE and an average AS/A level point score of 645.9. The academic achievement, vocational and pastoral targets of the school was recognised by the DfES in the award of "Leading Edge" status in September 2003. An Ofsted report credited the students for "exemplary behaviour in lessons and throughout the school".
At GCSE in 2010, the school came second in the local authority area, above the England average and second to another faith school, Whitburn Church of England Academy in Whitburn.