St Mary's (Newbold)
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| Motto |
Gaudium Et Spes (Latin: "Joy and Hope") |
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| Established | 30 January 1865 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Maria Dengate |
| Location |
Gatefield Close Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 8AG England 53°15′12″N 1°27′11″W / 53.25324°N 1.45311°WCoordinates: 53°15′12″N 1°27′11″W / 53.25324°N 1.45311°W |
| DfE URN | 138470 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1260 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Houses | Alpha, Pax, Chi-Rho, Pneuma, Omega, Ichthus |
| Colours | Navy Blue |
| Broke Ground | 30 May 1978 |
| Website | Official website |
St Mary's Roman Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, secondary school with academy status in Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, that specialises in the teaching of languages.
It received a School Achievements Award for the third time in 2003 and has approximately 1,260 pupils attending, including 254 sixth form students
The Headteacher of this school is Mrs M Dengate, following the resignation of Mr McClafferty in April 2017, who replaced Mr T. Moore OBE who has won awards for his involvements in the school's charity work, particularly the funding and building of a school in Titao, Burkina Faso, Africa. He received an OBE in December 2006; this was mentioned on BBC Look North.
The school is voluntary aided and holds many fundraising events in order to aid itself financially. It also regularly donates money to different charities. The current charity is Sheffield Children's Hospital and bake sales, badges and even a book about true ghost stories on the school site have all raised lots of money for the charity.
St Mary's performance is considerably higher than the local and national average, and was recognised as 'particularly successful' by Ofsted in 1993-4 and 1997-8.
However, the School has no specific geographical catchment area (like other schools in the area) and so can choose students from church Parishes in Chesterfield, though all Catholic applicants are generally accepted; regardless of academic ability.
The school adopted the song "Let us build a school" as their official school hymn in 2006. Former Australian international cricketer Jason Gillespie has visited the school, and there is a picture of him in the sports hall to commemorate this. In January 2018, former students Harry and Laurence Maguire visited the school and a signed football shirt was presented to Mr McKee and Mrs Cain.
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