St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

St Leonard's Catholic school
St Leonard's Catholic school
Address
	DH1 4NG; County Durham, DH1 4NG; England
Coordinates	54°47′06″N 1°35′06″W / 54.785°N 1.585°WCoordinates: 54°47′06″N 1°35′06″W / 54.785°N 1.585°W
Information
Type	Academy
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1936
Local authority	Durham County Council
Trust
Department for Education URN	143583 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Chris Hammill
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1376~
Website	http://www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk/

St Leonard's Catholic School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form. It is located in Durham, County Durham, England.^[1]

History[]

The school was founded in 1936 as the St Leonard's Catholic Central School in the former Springwell Hall, a coalmine owner's house acquired in 1935 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.^[2]

During the era of the tripartite system, the school became a secondary modern and turned comprehensive in 1970 when the system was abolished by the LEA. The sixth form was opened that same year. During the last full Ofsted Inspection in 2007 the school was given an overall rating of good.^[3]

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Durham County Council, in November 2016 St Leonard's Catholic School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust.

The Prime Minister's Global Fellowship[]

The school has a good record of students attaining places on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had 3 successful applicants.^[4]

Sport[]

The school has a rowing club, the St Leonard's School Boat Club.^[5]

Notable former pupils[]

Stephen Cantwell (born 1996), cricketer
Elliot Embleton^[6]
Paddy and Martin McAloon founders of the pop group Prefab Sprout

Sources[]

^ http://www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk/^{[bare URL]}
^ History of the school
^ "Ofsted Inspection Report" (PDF).
^ British Council website "Fellows" Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine accessed 10 November 2009.
^ "Club details". British Rowing.
^ Metcalfe, Will (10 August 2015). "GCSE results 2015: Durham schoolboy seals Sunderland football scholarship". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

External links[]

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[1] ttp://www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk/^{[bare URL]}

[2] History of the school

[3] "Ofsted Inspection Report" (PDF).

[4] British Council website "Fellows" Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine accessed 10 November 2009.

[5] "Club details". British Rowing.

[CL-6] Metcalfe, Will (10 August 2015). "GCSE results 2015: Durham schoolboy seals Sunderland football scholarship". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

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St Leonard's Catholic school
Address

DH1 4NG County Durham , DH1 4NG England
Coordinates	54°47′06″N 1°35′06″W / 54.785°N 1.585°W / 54.785; -1.585Coordinates: 54°47′06″N 1°35′06″W / 54.785°N 1.585°W / 54.785; -1.585
Information
Type	Academy
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1936
Local authority	Durham County Council
Trust
Department for Education URN	143583 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Chris Hammill
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1376~
Website	http://www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk/