St. Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames
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| Motto |
Disce prodesse "Achieving excellence, learning to serve" Lit: Learn to 'profit' or 'improve widely' |
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| Established | 1988 |
| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | James McNulty |
| Location |
The Ridings Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey TW16 6JE England  Coordinates: 51°24′56″N 0°24′53″W / 51.4156°N 0.4146°W |
| Local authority | Surrey County Council |
| DfE number | 938/4610 |
| DfE URN | 125311 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | c. 90 |
| Students | c. 1080 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Diocese | Westminster |
| Website | www |
St Paul's Catholic College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school and sixth form college in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England. St Paul's is a 1987 amalgamation of Cardinal Godfrey Boys' School and St Theresa's Girls' School both established in the early 20th century. The College is a specialist Technology College and an International School.
In performance, the secondary school has exceeded national average GSCE results since 2011.
The Department for Education under successive governments have endorsed the school's designation as a Technology College. Technology College status reflects the enhanced opportunities in various sectors of these studies.
These opportunities arise in various types of applied Design and Technology, or enabled within the theoretical and skill-based studies of the sciences (including mathematics) and the arts. These opportunities, together with the annual adoption of educational innovations, form the of the of the school.
In furtherance of its specialisation this school has offered the option of studying an Engineering Diploma course to its pupils since September 2008.
The school in 2007-08 achieved an improvement in the proportion of five good A*-C passes of over 20%. Ceri Bacon was appointed to be the Headteacher in 2011 and at the close of that academic year presided over a 94.6% pass rate of five A*-Cs at GSCE level.
Students’ attainment in 2010 represented a significant increase compared to previous years. This upward trend, although by a smaller proportion, continued in 2011, so that attainment in English by the end of Year 11 is now above the national average and around the national average in mathematics
Emblazoned onto the school uniform items is the school motto, DISCE PRODESSE which can rendered into English as: Learn (or study) to profit (improve).
The school's badge is a quartered shield divided into a capital S and P in authentic italic script, open book with quill symbolising the significance contribution St Paul made to the New Testament: thirteen epistles forming the New Testament book of Paul are attributed to St Paul and the sword representing both St Paul's brave eloquence in preaching the Word of God and the manner of his martyrdom: he was beheaded in Rome.
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