St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College

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St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College
Address
Ignis: Cunliffe Road Manningham City of Bradford West Yorkshire BD8 7AP Ardor: Highgate Heaton City of Bradford West Yorkshire BD9 4BQ England
Coordinates	53°48′44″N 1°45′57″W / 53.8122°N 1.7657°W / 53.8122; -1.7657Coordinates: 53°48′44″N 1°45′57″W / 53.8122°N 1.7657°W / 53.8122; -1.7657
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Motto	Christus Lumen Gentium (Latin: Christ the Light of Nations)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	September 2014
Local authority	Bradford City Council
Department for Education URN	140569 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Mr Lawrence Bentley
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Colour(s)	Gold, blue, green and grey
Sixth form	St Benedict's Sixth Form
Website	http://sbsj.co.uk/

St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form. It is located over two sites in the City of Bradford in the English county of West Yorkshire.^[1] The school was formed in September 2014 as a result of a merger between St Bede's Grammar School and St Joseph's Catholic College. It is currently the largest catholic school in the UK.^[2]

Description[]

The school is based over both of the former school sites with the new mixed gender Year 7 being based at the former St Joseph's site. Students who were attending either of the old schools prior to the merger remained in single sex education at the site they previously attended. The school is coeducational as of September 2018.

As of September 2018, the lower school (Years 7-9) is based at the old St Joseph's site and the upper school (Years 10-13) is based at the old St Bede's site.

The school has a coeducational sixth form, St Benedict's Sixth Form. All sixth form students are currently based at the old St Bede's site.

The old St Joseph's site has been renamed Ignis (Latin: spark) and the old St Bede's site has been renamed Ardor (Latin: flame).

At the start of September 2018, a house system was introduced, with 5 houses. The houses (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul) are each named after the 4 apostles who wrote the gospels, along with St Paul. With the house system are house days held at the end of each term. The house with the most house points wins the house cup. As of April 2019, Matthew and Paul and John have won the house cup (Matthew at House Day 1 ^[3] and Paul at House Day 2 and St John won on transition day).

St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College is a voluntary aided school administered by Bradford City Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds. The school is named after Saint Bede and Saint Joseph.

References[]

External links[]

• St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College official website