St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield
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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 | Mrs M. Dengate |
| Location |
Newbold Road 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 number | 830/5413 |
| DfE URN | 138470 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1142 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Alpha, Pax, Chi-Rho, Pneuma, Omega, Ichthus |
| Colours | Navy Blue |
| Website | www |
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 (as of 2006).
The Headteacher of this school is Mr S. McClafferty, after the retirement of 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 Burkina Faso, Africa. He received an OBE in December 2006; this was mentioned on the local BBC News programme Look North.
The school is voluntary aided and holds many fundraising events in order to aid itself financially.
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.
The school was first opened on 8 January 1856. It was part of The Church of the Annunciation, a Roman Catholic church in Chesterfield, built by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and completed in 1854. The church at the time was also known as St Mary's. The school later moved to a site on Cross Street, also in Chesterfield, around 100 metres from the church. The buildings on Cross Street are now home to St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a feeder school to St Mary's Roman Catholic High School. Both schools are closely linked with the Church of The Annunciation.
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