St John's Catholic School
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College is a Coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located on Woodhouse Lane in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England.
St John's Catholic School opened in 1964 and currently has 1372 pupils enrolled between the ages of 11 and 18 (of which 305 are aged 16–18).
School facilities include a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium and an Astroturf football pitch, all of which are used by the school and outside community groups.
St John's has a variety of after school clubs including a swimming club and chess club.
Notable people
- Sara Davies, entrepreneur, Dragon's Den
- Jamie Campbell, star of the BBC Three documentary Jamie:Drag Queen at 16 who attended his end of school prom in Drag. The story was later adapted as the West End musical, Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
References
- ^ The Education Authorities Directory and Annual. The School government handbooks. School Government Publishing Company. 2007. p. 219. ISBN 9780900640841. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "BBC Three - Jamie: Drag Queen at 16". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Veronica Lee (4 November 2017). "'A lad in a frock': the gay teen who inspired a West End show | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
External links
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