St Francis RC Grammar School
| Motto |
Cervus ad Fontes (Latin for The Hart to the Font) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1956 |
| Closed | 1973 |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Founder | Father Francis Dunne |
| Location |
Hartlepool County Durham England |
| Gender | Boys |
| Houses | 4 houses |
| Final Headmaster | Canon Bell |
| Diocese | Hexham and Newcastle |
For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.
St Francis RC Grammar School, also known as St Francis Xavier Grammar School, was a Catholic grammar school for boys, in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It opened on 17 September 1956 and was subsumed into The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College along with St Joseph's Convent School and four more local Catholic schools in 1973. It was run by the Xaverian Brothers.
There were four houses within the school: Percy, Swalwell, Errington, and Thirkeld. In the same way as the later English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College would name its houses after the English Martyrs, the houses of St Francis Grammar School were named after the following:
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