St Cuthbert's High School


St Cuthbert's Catholic High School is a boys-only Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status located on Gretna Road in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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Admissions

St Cuthbert's is a seven-form entry school. The school admits students of all faiths, but Roman Catholic children take priority.

History

St Cuthbert's Grammar School was opened at 62-64 Westmorland Road, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 16 August 1881, largely due to the efforts of Bishop James Chadwick and his successor Bishop John Bewick building upon the foundations of the Catholic Collegiate School established in 1870 in Eldon Square. Shortly afterward the School moved to larger premises in Bath Lane in the centre of the city. The aim for the school was to act as a feeder for Ushaw College and to equip Catholic boys of the city with a standard of education previously only available to their non-Catholic counterparts.
In 1922 the School transferred to the present site on Gretna Road. Part of the school was built directly over the Vallum of Hadrian's Wall. During WWII, boys were evacuated to Cockermouth in what is now Cumbria. In 2011 the School again became single site on the completion of the Building Schools for the Future work, the former Lower School buildings on Fox & Hounds Lane having been demolished.
It was a direct grant grammar school until September 1977, then began to take a comprehensive intake.
The school converted to academy status in March 2012.

Principals

Since 1881 there have been seven clergymen as head:
  • Canon Wickwar
  • Fr. Magill
  • Monsignor Horace Kinder Mann
  • Monsignor Jeffrey
  • Monsignor Canon Cunningham
  • Canon M. Cassidy,
  • Fr. M. Walsh
and three lay headteachers:
  • Mr E. Lovell
  • Mr J. G Murphy
  • Mrs C. Davison
The incumbent is Daniel P. Murray.

Academic statistics

St Cuthbert's was 662nd in the Financial Times Top 1000 Schools 2008 – 17th of 34 schools in the North East to make the list.

Notable alumni

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