Saint Gregory's Catholic College Explained

Saint Gregory's Catholic College
Coordinates:51.3538°N -2.3813°W
Motto:"In Christ we flourish"
Former Name:Saint Gregory's Comprehensive School
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Melissa George
Address:Combe Hay Lane
Country:England
Postcode:BA2 8PA
Ofsted:yes
Urn:109329
Chaplain:Matthew Robinson
Enrolment:1,015
Capacity:1050
Sixth Form Students:136
Secondary Years Taught:Years 7 - 13
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Average Class Size:30
Classrooms:45
Houses:Francis, Romero, Bakhita, Stein.
Colours: Green
Gold
White
Website:http://www.st-gregorys.bathnes.sch.uk/

Saint Gregory's Catholic College in Odd Down, Bath, England is a Roman Catholic, co-educational secondary school with a sixth form. It was renamed from Saint Gregory's Comprehensive School, which opened in 1979. It teaches around 1000 pupils, its current head teacher is Melissa George.

The school has specialist status in Performing Arts[1] and Science[2] . In 2008 and 2013, it was rated as "Outstanding" by Ofsted[3], compared to the most recent inspection in 2022, being "Good".

There are four houses named after famous saints: Stein, Romero, Bakhita and Francis.

In 2011 the school formed a soft federation with St Mark's CofE School in Larkhall, with St Gregory's former headteacher, Raymond Friel, being appointed as executive headteacher in charge of both schools.[4] [5] The federation built a joint sixth form at St Gregory's, which opened in 2013 with the name The New Sixth.[6] [7]

Saint Gregory's Comprehensive School was formed in 1979 through the amalgamation of Cardinal Newman School located at the site of the new school, and La Sainte Union Convent School founded in 1858 and located on Pulteney Road in central Bath (now Bath Law Courts).[8] [9]

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  1. Web site: Saint Gregory's Catholic College . Saint Gregory's Catholic College . 2009-07-05 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090611033452/http://www.st-gregorys.bathnes.sch.uk/ . 2009-06-11 .
  2. Web site: Specialism . 2024-12-30 . St Gregory's Catholic College: Science Department . en.
  3. Web site: Inspection Report . . 25 September 2008 . 30 March 2010.
  4. News: Bath schools to have joint head from September . Bath Chronicle . 16 March 2011 . 9 November 2011.
  5. News: Head takes charge of two schools . Bath Chronicle . 8 September 2011 . 9 November 2011.
  6. News: One step closer to first Christian sixth form for Bath and North East Somerset . Bath Chronicle . 21 September 2011 . 9 November 2011.
  7. News: New sixth form centre opens at St Gregory's Catholic College . Siobhan . Prideaux . Bath Chronicle . 9 October 2013 . 20 March 2017.
  8. Web site: La Sainte Union . Saint Gregory's Bath . Saint Gregory's Catholic College . 7 November 2014 . 24 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Cardinal Newman's Roman Catholic School (now St Gregory's R.C.), Odd Down, Bath. C.1960s . Bath in Time . 24 January 2018.