St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
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| Motto | "In Verbo Tuo" |
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| Established | 1936 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Headmaster | Mr David Todd |
| Founder | De La Salle Brothers |
| Location |
St Catherine's Road Bournemouth Dorset BH6 4AH England Coordinates: 50°43′23″N 1°47′35″W / 50.723°N 1.793°W |
| DfE number | 837/5408 |
| DfE URN | 137349 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,600 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 5–18 |
| Colours | Blue |
| Assistant Headteachers | R Dixon, P Hubbort and M Spackman. Kathy North is Head of the Primary Phase. |
| Website | www |
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School is a Roman Catholic academy in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is run under the joint trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth and a religious order of teachers, the De La Salle Brothers. The headteacher, David Todd, joined the school in 2013 and converted the school into an academy.
St Peter's has achieved both drama and sports specialist school status. The nearest Catholic church is Our Lady Queen of Peace and Blesséd Margaret Pole.
The Lower Primary School (Years reception–6) is located on Holdenhurst Avenue, Iford; the Upper School (Years 7–13) is located on St. Catherine's Road, Southbourne. The Upper School site includes the De La Salle Theatre, which seats 470 people.
St Peter's was opened as a boys' boarding school on 29 September 1936 with 34 boys. Father Bellanti was the first headmaster and the school was run by Jesuit priests. Subsequently, the bedrooms have now been removed and the swimming pool was demolished due to building problems, now serving as the school's Sixth Form Centre, after a refurbishment.
In the summer of 1947, the school was handed over to the De La Salle brothers. The last Jesuit community consisted of nine fathers and two brothers. One of the Jesuit priests who was a housemaster at St Peter's was Father Gerard Hughes S.J., the author of God of Surprise in which he observed St Peter's boys were "affable and undemanding".
From the time of the first De La Salle headmaster, Brother Bernard Brady in 1947, until the last, Brother Bernard Hayward in 1993, the De La Salle brothers improved, enlarged and ran the school. In 1973 it sent nearly 14% of its graduating Sixth Form students to Oxford and Cambridge. Under the headmaster-ship of Brother Alan Maurice, the school became a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) association of public schools. Boaters were allowed to be worn by Sixth Form students.
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