Academy in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy (formerly St Bede's Catholic School) is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school located in Scunthorpe , North Lincolnshire , England.[ 1]
History
Construction
Work on the £100,000 school was meant to start September 1956.[ 2] Bishop of Nottingham , Edward Ellis , in June 1960. £70,000 was paid for the school, by parishioners, with the rest by Lindsey Education Committee - for the canteen, dining room, medical inspection room, and playing fields.
It received a grant of £400,000 from Department of Education, for new buildings in December 1991.[ 3] [ 4]
Opening
It would open in September 1961 for 360 children. Children came from Brigg and St Norbert in Crowle .[ 5] [ 6]
Academy
Previously a voluntary aided school administered by North Lincolnshire Council , St Bede's Catholic School was converted to academy status on 1 April 2012 and was renamed St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy. The school forms part of the Northern Lincolnshire Catholic Academy Trust[ 7] Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham .
Headteachers
1961 Mr Bob Doherty, he died in early August 1998, aged 79, originating from Northern Ireland[ 8]
1980s Michael Nolan
Curriculum
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[ 9]
When league tables were introduced in 1992, the school, and the two Isle of Axholme comprehensives, were the top in the local area.[ 10] [ 11]
Stephen Fretwell Michelle Lalor, former editor of the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph [ 12]
Carmel McCourt singer[ 13] Dame Rachel de Souza
Natalka Znak , read PPE at Somerville College, Oxford from 1984 and gained a 1st, a cross-country runner at school, attended the John Leggott College,[ 14] I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! [ 15] [ 16] Love Island [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
References
^ "St. Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy - Home" . Stbedesscunthorpe.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014 .^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 21 January 1957, page 5^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 20 December 1991, page 4^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 19 January 1993, page 3^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 14 June 1960, page 4^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 20 September 1960, page 5^ "The Northern Lincolnshire Catholic Academy Trust" . Northernlincscatholicacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014 .^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 6 August 1998, page 9^ "St. Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy - Examinations Offered and Examination Boards Used" . Stbedesscunthorpe.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014 .^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 19 November 1992, page 1^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 31 July 1998, page 5^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 30 March 1992, page 3^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 7 November 1997, page 19^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 2 February 1984, page 21^ Guardian September 2002 ^ Guardian November 2006 ^ Natalia Znak ^ RTS ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 20 June 1988, page 7^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 27 February 1992, page 3
External links
Secondary schools FE & sixth form colleges See also
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham
Churches Nottingham Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St BarnabasSt Mary's Church, Derby St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Gainsborough St Mary's Church, Grantham St Mary's Church, Grimsby Church of All Saints, Hassop Holy Cross Priory, Leicester St Patrick's Church, Leicester St Thomas More's Church, Leicester St Hugh's Church, Lincoln St Mary's Church, Loughborough St Philip Neri Church, Mansfield Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen Church of the Good Shepherd, Nottingham St John the Evangelist's Church, Nottingham Church of St Mary and St Augustine, Stamford
