St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It has 749 pupils enrolled.
The current Headteacher is Dr Patrick Caldwell who succeeded from Catherine Baxendale beginning September 2022, who succeeded John J. Rooney, who succeeded Brian S. L. Donnellan at Christmas 2009.
Motto
The school's motto is "Esse Quam Videri", meaning "To be, rather than seem to be". This is also the title of the school hymn.
Specialist status
The school has a specialist status in humanities and used the money provided to improve technology in lessons.
References
- ^ Magma. "St Thomas à Becket". www.st-thomasabecket.bkcat.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy – GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ creative44. "Staff". St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rooney, John. "St Thomas a Becket Principal Leaving letter" (PDF). st-thomasabecket.bkcat.co.uk.