Motto | Testimonium Perhibere Veritati (Bear witness to the truth) |
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Established | 1961 |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Headteacher | Patrick Doyle |
Chair | Anne Long |
Location |
Weybourne Road Farnham Surrey GU9 9HF England Coordinates: 51°14′05″N 0°46′30″W / 51.23470°N 0.77506°W |
Local authority | Surrey County Council |
DfE URN | 125315 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Students | 1220 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 11–18 |
Houses | Alban, Clare, Edmund, John, More, Pole, Swithun, Hilda |
Colours | grey, navy, gold, blue, maroon |
Publication | News.com |
Website | www |
All Hallows Catholic School is a mixed, voluntary-aided comprehensive secondary school and Sixth Form in Weybourne, Farnham, Surrey, England. The school offers many courses including A-level and BTEC business. The most recent Ofsted overall rating placed the school in the top category, outstanding.
The school opened in 1961 through the initiative and funding by the people of St Joseph's Church, Aldershot. 2011-2012 celebrations included a Mass to which former staff and students were invited. Additional buildings and structural alterations and extension were added in the successive decades.
Between 2010 and 2011, the school completed a major extension providing two new classrooms and a new science laboratory, and refurbished three other classrooms. There are also enhanced staff facilities and a completely redesigned reception area.
In 2011 a Jubilee Memorial Garden was completed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the school. Construction of a new Sixth Form Centre is being carried out.
The school has had a minority of students from each of the BRICS countries since the turn of the new millennium, as well as a recognition in the Ofsted report of popularity among families of the Gurkhas and British Nepali descendants.
Extra curricular activities include a number of sports such as football, rugby, fitness, cricket, netball, rounders (in summer) and swimming. There are also numerous musical activities such as Cantamus (Girl's choir), Boy's choir, Chamber Choir, Folk Band, String Orchestra, Senior Strings, Modern Jazz Quartet, Big Band and Rock Experience. It also is the location of "Violins Together", "Cellos Together" and "Voices Together", which are groups open to all nearby schools.