Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne explained

Sacred Heart High School
Coordinates:54.983°N -1.657°W
Established:1905
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Suzanne Howell[1]
Address:Fenham Hall Drive
Country:England
Postcode:NE4 9YH
Ofsted:yes
Urn:137708
Staff:350
Enrolment:1,000 +
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Free Label 1:Diocese
Website:http://www.sacredheart-high.org/

Sacred Heart High School is a secondary school with academy status for girls. It is located on Fenham Hall Drive in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

General Information

The school educates around 1,400 girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen on the site which has had a near £10 million makeover. The school consists of the main building, a technology and art building, a P.E. block, a maths and modern foreign languages building, a geography building, the sixth form centre, a small pottery and a dance studio. The uniform is currently (2015) a navy blue blazer and jumper, and a Douglas Tartan kilt or trousers(dark blue, light blue, green and white).

History

A private college was founded in Fenham Hall in 1903 becoming a Government-recognised boarding and day school in 1905, taking ex-pupil-teachers, scholarship and fee-paying pupils. The college initially opened with 60 pupils and was under the sponsorship of the Society of the Sacred Heart nuns. It went through a number of changes until 1926 when it obtained Direct Grant status and became a grammar school.

The grammar school lasted until 1977 when it became the Sacred Heart Comprehensive School, taking girls from 11 – 18 years old. In 1998 it was renamed the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic High School.[2]

In 2007 the school signed up to the Building Schools for the Future initiative.[3] [2]

Alumni

Sacred Heart Grammar School

Former teachers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leadership Team . 15 August 2022 . Sacred Heart Catholic High School website.
  2. Web site: Sacred Heart Education in Fenham, Newcastle . Society of the Sacred Heart - England and Wales . 25 October 2013 . (The private college) began in a small way in 1903, became a Government recognised boarding and day school in 1905, taking both ex pupil-teachers, and scholarship pupils, as well as fee-payers until 1913. It went through other changes until 1926 when it obtained Direct Grant status, which lasted until 1977 when it became the Sacred Heart Comprehensive School, taking girls from 11 – 18 years. In 1998 it was re-named the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic High School..
  3. Web site: Pty Ltd. SHS. Sacred Heart Catholic School es have recently been relocated to the 6th form building, being replaced by geography classrooms- Newcastle upon Tyne. Sacred Heart School, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2015. 8 August 2015.
  4. News: Catherine Mckinnell MP. 2017-06-10. en-GB.
  5. Web site: Most Influential 2019: E-G. Graeme. Whitfield. 19 September 2019. ChronicleLive.
  6. Web site: Professor Mo O'Toole: Visiting Professor . Newcastle University Business School website . 8 August 2015.