St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy
History
Construction
Work on the £100,000 school was meant to start September 1956. The foundation stone laid by the Bishop of Nottingham, Edward Ellis, in June 1960. £70,000 was paid for the school, by parishioners, with the rest by Lindsey Education Committee - for the canteen, dining room, medical inspection room, and playing fields.
It received a grant of £400,000 from Department of Education, for new buildings in December 1991. Building began on 18 January 1993.
Opening
It would open in September 1961 for 360 children. Children came from Brigg and St Norbert in Crowle.
Academy
Previously a voluntary aided school administered by North Lincolnshire Council, St Bede's Catholic School was converted to academy status on 1 April 2012 and was renamed St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy. The school forms part of the Northern Lincolnshire Catholic Academy Trust which is supported by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham.
Headteachers
- 1961 Mr Bob Doherty, he died in early August 1998, aged 79, originating from Northern Ireland
- 1980s Michael Nolan
Curriculum
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.
When league tables were introduced in 1992, the school, and the two Isle of Axholme comprehensives, were the top in the local area. It received an excellent Ofsted report in 1998.
Notable former pupils
- Stephen Fretwell
- Michelle Lalor, former editor of the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, attended the John Leggott College
- Carmel McCourt singer
- Dame Rachel de Souza
- Natalka Znak, read PPE at Somerville College, Oxford from 1984 and gained a 1st, a cross-country runner at school, attended the John Leggott College,, television producer, who created I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, becoming executive producer of Love Island (of Ukrainian descent)
References
- ^ "St. Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy - Home". Stbedesscunthorpe.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 21 January 1957, page 5
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 20 December 1991, page 4
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 19 January 1993, page 3
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 14 June 1960, page 4
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 20 September 1960, page 5
- ^ "The Northern Lincolnshire Catholic Academy Trust". Northernlincscatholicacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 6 August 1998, page 9
- ^ "St. Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy - Examinations Offered and Examination Boards Used". Stbedesscunthorpe.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 19 November 1992, page 1
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 31 July 1998, page 5
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 30 March 1992, page 3
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 7 November 1997, page 19
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 2 February 1984, page 21
- ^ Guardian September 2002
- ^ Guardian November 2006
- ^ Natalia Znak
- ^ RTS
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 20 June 1988, page 7
- ^ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 27 February 1992, page 3
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