St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Lugwardine
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| Coordinates | 52°03′51″N 2°39′31″W / 52.06404°N 2.65869°WCoordinates: 52°03′51″N 2°39′31″W / 52.06404°N 2.65869°W |
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| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1861 |
| Founder | The sisters of Charity |
| Local authority | Herefordshire |
| Department for Education URN | 116992 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Stuart Wetson |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 745 |
| Houses | DePaul, Laboure, Marillac, Thouret, Virgo |
| Website | http://www.st-maryshigh.hereford.sch.uk/ |
St. Mary's Roman Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school in the village of Lugwardine in Herefordshire, England which takes children of ages 11 to 16, ranked by Ofsted as Herefordshire's best state school based on GCSE results from the last 10 years. It is also a centre of excellence for English and the arts, having won the national student debating championship many times in recent years. The current headteacher is Mr. Wetson.
In 2011 the school celebrated its 150th Anniversary. Celebrations started on the week commencing 27 June, culminating in a major outdoor Mass attended by its three Roman Catholic feeder schools [1] in Herefordshire (St Joseph's RC Primary School in Ross-on-Wye, Our Lady's Catholic Primary School and St Francis Xavier's RC Primary School in Hereford) on 2 July with additional public events.
In 2021 the school was at the centre of controversy surrounding the teaching of sex and relationship education.[2][3][4]
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- ^ "Lugwardine's St Mary's RC High School plan celebrations to mark 150th anniversary". Hereford Times. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/education/8998058.herefordshire-school-plans-celebrations-to-mark-150th-anniversary/
- ^ Herefordshire Catholic school's sex programme under fire. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-56241833
- ^ Professor calls on Herefordshire school to axe 'medieval' sex education lessons. Hereford Times. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19187716.professor-calls-herefordshire-school-axe-medieval-sex-education-lessons/
- ^ A top Catholic school is teaching kids that gay sex is wrong and men were created to ‘initiate sex’. In 2021. Pink Times. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/04/catholic-school-gay-sex-wrong-st-marys-rc-high-lugwardine-herefordshire-homophobic/
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