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Celebration of Success!

Celebration of Success!

Mrs Peggy Swinhoe of St Patrick's RC Primary School in Thornaby is congratulated by Christine Gilbert HMCI (Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills) in a special ceremony at Birmingham's Botanical Gardens. St Patrick's is one of a very small number of schools nationally to have achieved three ...

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Catholic 'Superschool' for Middlesbrough

Catholic 'Superschool' for Middlesbrough

Bishop Terence Patrick Drainey's commitment 'to seek imaginative solutions to develop positively Catholic education across all parts of my Diocese' has led to an exciting new vision for Catholic education in Middlesbrough. The Diocese wishes to formalise the very close relationship between Trinity Catholic College and St Mary's College with the ...

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Cape Town Report

Cape Town Report

The purpose of my trip to South Africa in 2009 was not a holiday in the sun but an educational visit to perhaps open our minds to a completely different way of life in a place such as Cape Town that has such deep historical connections with slavery, for example, ...

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Knighthood of St Sylvester conferred on Colin Hardy

Knighthood of St Sylvester conferred on Colin Hardy

Colin Hardy, who served the Diocese as acting Director of Schools and Schools' Commissioner, was recently awarded the Knighthood of St Sylvester, Pope and martyr by Bishop Terry at a study day for priests and headteachers. Bishop McMahon of Nottingham, chairman of the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, ...

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Catholic Primary Schools Cup Football Tournament 2010

Catholic Primary Schools Cup Football Tournament 2010

The 14th annual football tournament for primary schools in the Diocese is to be held at St Mary's Sports College, Cranbrook Avenue, Hull on Saturday 22nd May. The format remains as in previous years, with separate competitions for both boys and girls who will play six-a-side matches, initially in groups, with ...

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Children at the centre, Jesus at the heart

The most recent section 48 report shows that St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Bridlington is a good Catholic School with outstanding features. The report (which can be read in full as a pdf at 'middlesbrough-diocese.org.uk/educationservices/educationservicepdfs/st_marys_bridington_s48_report.pdf') states, 'The Catholic life of the school is outstanding in many aspects and ...

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Ampleforth Excellence

Ampleforth Excellence

Ampleforth College has been awarded a certificate of excellence for coming 34th in the national table of co-educational boarding schools for its A level results 2009. The school is naturally delighted with this award which is an excellent reflection of the dedicated work of both staff and students involved. www.best.schools.co.uk aims ...

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Memories of St Pius X School

After reading the article in the Catholic Voice about St Pius X School, I thought the following information might be of interest to your readers. Ann Johnston (deceased), Michelle Bartliff and Marie Clapperton and their brother, John McDermott, were pupils of St Pius X. As you will realise, the girls ...

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Excellence in Hull School

Excellence in Hull School

St Mary Queen of Martyrs RC Primary School is celebrating their excellent Key Stage 2 SATs results. It was announced today that the school is at the top of the league table in Hull. Finola Barron, who is in her fifth year as headteacher at the school, said 'The reason ...

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Samaritan's Purse Shoebox Appeal 2009

Samaritan's Purse Shoebox Appeal 2009

A photograph of the children from All Saints RC Primary School in Thirsk following this year's shoebox appeal by Samaritan's Purse. We collected 22 boxes this year which will go to children in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia who really need some love, joy and smiles at Christmas.

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Water, Chickens and School

Well done and many thanks to the children and staff at St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School, Leyburn who raised £800.00 for CAFOD this year through a whole series of events. Read More »

By admin on July 30, 2010 | Leave a comment

Bishop Terry’s visit to Yarm and Ingleby Barwick

Bishop Terence visited the parishes of St Thérèse of Lisieux, Ingleby Barwick and St Mary and St Romuald, Yarm over the weekend of 19/20 June 2010. Read More »

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Mike Remembered

The Mike McCullagh Memorial Cup, which is awarded for ‘excellence’ in respect of entry to, and participation in, the diocesan football tournament the ‘Catholic Primary Schools Cup’ has been won this year by St Clare’s, Middlesbrough. Read More »

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Ampleforth Students visit Teesport

A group of Year 12 students (17 years of age) recently visited Teesport as guests of the Apostleship of the Sea and its ecumenical partner, the Mission to Seafarers. Read More »

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Excellent results at St Martin’s School

St Martin’s Ampleforth Prep School are very proud of their Year 8 pupils who have achieved the best scholarship and Common Entrance results in living memory. Fr Gabriel, the Headmaster at Ampleforth College, described the results as ‘excellent‘ and is looking forward to welcoming so many talented and able pupils to the College this September.

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French Day at St Martin’s

The Year 6 pupils from St Martin’s Ampleforth School enjoyed a whole school day conducted entirely in French. Read More »

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Celebrating 40 years of St Clare’s School

Parents, children, governors, teachers past and present, and parishioners turned out at St Clare’s School in Middlesbrough to welcome Bishop Terry, who celebrated Mass with Fr John Loughlin (parish priest) and Fr Gerard Robinson (former pupil) on the occasion of the school’s 40th anniversary. Read More »

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Opening of the Savill Centre

Thanks to the generosity of former pupil and current parent, Peter Savill, St Martin’s Ampleforth were able to open the impressive newly constructed ‘Savill Centre’, a specially designed five classroom teaching suite. This impressive new high tech facility will be used primarily for teaching English, French and Latin to Years 6, 7 and 8. Read More »

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Love in Truth in Action in Ingleby Barwick

Accepting a very kind invitation from the headteacher Mrs Alexander-Sowa to a post-Pentecost celebration in her school, I found myself along with many parents in St Therese of Lisieux School, Ingleby Barwick looking forward to the opportunity to ‘really experience the Holy Spirit in the children’s performance’. We were certainly not disappointed. Read More »

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Bishop Terry breaks new ground!

The beautiful morning of Thursday 17th June saw Bishop Terry breaking the ground for the new Trinity College, which is to be built on Saltersgill Avenue in Middlesbrough. Read More »

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