St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy

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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] The foundation stone laid by the 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] Building began on 18 January 1993.[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] which is supported by the 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] It received an excellent Ofsted report in 1998.[11]

Notable former pupils

  • Stephen Fretwell
  • Michelle Lalor, former editor of the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, attended the John Leggott College[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] television producer, who created I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!,[15][16] becoming executive producer of Love Island (of Ukrainian descent)[17][18][19][20]

References

  1. 1."St. Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy - Home". Stbedesscunthorpe.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. 2.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 21 January 1957, page 5
  3. 3.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 20 December 1991, page 4
  4. 4.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 19 January 1993, page 3
  5. 5.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 14 June 1960, page 4
  6. 6.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 20 September 1960, page 5
  7. 7."The Northern Lincolnshire Catholic Academy Trust". Northernlincscatholicacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  8. 8.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 6 August 1998, page 9
  9. 9."St. Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy - Examinations Offered and Examination Boards Used". Stbedesscunthorpe.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  10. 10.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 19 November 1992, page 1
  11. 11.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 31 July 1998, page 5
  12. 12.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 30 March 1992, page 3
  13. 13.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 7 November 1997, page 19
  14. 14.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 2 February 1984, page 21
  15. 15.Guardian September 2002
  16. 16.Guardian November 2006
  17. 17.Natalia Znak
  18. 18.RTS
  19. 19.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 20 June 1988, page 7
  20. 20.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 27 February 1992, page 3