St Bonaventure's Catholic School
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| Motto |
In Sanctitate et Doctrina (In Holiness and Learning) |
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| Established | 1877 (in Forest Gate) |
| Type |
VA, Teaching School |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Mr Paul Halliwell |
| Chair | Mr Timothy Campbell MBE |
| Founder | Franciscans |
| Location |
Boleyn Road Upton, Forest Gate Greater London E7 9QD England Coordinates: 51°32′19″N 0°01′26″E / 51.5387°N 0.024°E |
| Local authority | Newham |
| DfE number | 316/4601 |
| DfE URN | 102787 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 148 (approx.) |
| Students | 1,258 as of April 2016[update] |
| Gender | Boys (Girls in the 6th Form) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Atkinson, Bell, Colman, Forest, Gregory, Heath, Kolbe, Wall |
| Colours |
Brown, Gold, Red and Black |
| Diocese | Brentwood |
| Former pupils | Bon's Boys |
| Website | www |
St Bonaventure's, known informally as St Bon's, is a voluntary-aided Catholic secondary school for boys aged 11–16 in Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, England, with a mixed gender 6th Form for 16 - 18-year-old students.
It is under the trustee-ship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood.
St Bonaventure's is the oldest boys' school in Newham, having been established in the West Ham area of Essex by the Franciscan order in 1875, following the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829.
The school was established in its current location in 1877.
St Bonaventure's has been judged as Outstanding by Ofsted since November 2000. The school motto is In Sanctitate Et Doctrina, which means "In Holiness And Learning".
The school also has a mission statement of "Live, Love & Learn In The Presence Of The Lord".
In March 2016, St Bonaventure's was designated as a Teaching School and the Headteacher Mr Paul Halliwell was designated as a National Leader of Education by the Department for Education and the National College for Teaching and Leadership.
St Bonaventure's was originally founded as a private Roman Catholic school in 1875 by members of the Franciscan order based in the Stratford area of London. They moved to the St Antony's parish of Forest Gate in 1877, when they needed more space to build a larger school. Before the outbreak of the Second World War and for some years thereafter pupils were drawn from a large part of the County of Essex as well as the whole of the County Borough of West Ham Following the Education Act 1918 control of the school was taken over by the newly formed West Ham Education Authority and the school changed its name to West Ham (St Bonaventure's) Grammar School.
Following the Education Act 1944, the school reverted to full control by the Franciscan Order as a Grammar school and soon after that became a Comprehensive school with a Tripartite nature (on the site there were Grammar, Secondary Modern and Technical streams). At this time the title of the school changed to St Bonaventure's. The current school jumper reflects this past, as the three stripes of colour were initially used to identify the three types of student in the school.
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