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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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Latest Section 48 Report on St Mary's Primary School in Market Weighton

Click here to read the latest Section 48 Report on St Mary's Primary School in Market Weighton.

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Section 48 Report on St Peter and St Paul's School in Leyburn

Click here to read the latest Section 48 Report from St Peter and St Paul's Primary School in Leyburn.

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Barbarians Rugby

St Martin's Ampleforth will be sending supporters to Birmingham this weekend to cheer on three pupils who have succeeded in being selected for the Prep Schools Barbarians Northern Rugby team. Robert Brunskill (13) will be playing for the U13 team, Toby Pratt (12) is in the squad for the U13 ...

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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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Ampleforth Musicians on the Road

Ampleforth Musicians on the Road

Ampleforth College musicians have been busy touring during the last few weeks. The two choirs of the Abbey Church, the Schola Cantorum and the Schola Puellarum, and members of the Ampleforth Highlanders' Pipe Band travelled to London to perform with students and staff from the other English Benedictine Schools in ...

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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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St Francis Xavier School: ‘Outstanding Providers’

St Francis Xavier School at OFSTED’s ‘Outstanding Providers’ Event in London

OFSTED hosts an annual ‘outstanding providers’ event in London for all primary and secondary schools that achieved an ‘outstanding’ report in OFSTED inspections in the past year. St Francis Xavier Secondary School in Richmond and Carmel College, Darlington, were among those invited to this year’s event.

photo of OFSTED boss Christine Gilbert (centre) with Miss Maura Regan, Carmel College Principal and Dr Joe McAuley, St Francis Xavier Headteacher

Our congratulations and best wishes go to both schools.

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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, and the apartheid. Read More »

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100% success rate in Music Scholarships at St Martin’s

All three pupils, from St Martin’s Ampleforth Prep School, entered for the Ampleforth College Music Scholarship passed with flying colours. Read More »

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Trinity Catholic College is given go-ahead

A new state-of-the-art secondary school for Middlesbrough has been given the planning green light.

The new Trinity Catholic College building, in Saltersgill Avenue, has been designed to accommodate 1,200 pupils aged 11-16. The plans were approved unanimously by Middlesbrough Council’s Planning and Development Committee. Work is set to start in March and an opening is planned for September 2011. The school opened last September across the two existing sites of the former St David’s RC School and The Newlands FCJ School. Read More »

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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. Read More »

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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. Read More »

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Latest Section 48 Report on St Mary’s Primary School in Market Weighton

Click here to read the latest Section 48 Report on St Mary’s Primary School in Market Weighton.

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Section 48 Report on St Peter and St Paul’s School in Leyburn

Click here to read the latest Section 48 Report from St Peter and St Paul’s Primary School in Leyburn.

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Barbarians Rugby

St Martin’s Ampleforth will be sending supporters to Birmingham this weekend to cheer on three pupils who have succeeded in being selected for the Prep Schools Barbarians Northern Rugby team. Robert Brunskill (13) will be playing for the U13 team, Toby Pratt (12) is in the squad for the U13 team and Charlie Innes (11) is in the U11 team. Read More »

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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. Read More »

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