English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
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For the school of the same name in Leicester, see English Martyrs Catholic School
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English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school and sixth form college located in Hartlepool. English Martyrs (referred to locally as "EMS" and "Martyrs") is the only Catholic
secondary school in Hartlepool
. The school and college are both located on the same site on Catcote Road, however, a newly built specialist Sixth Form block provides the majority of A-Level classes, as well as some 11-16 school lessons. Since the closing of Brierton School, English Martyrs has received at least 30 - 40 extra students per year group.
The majority of secondary school students come from 6 feeder primary schools, which are:
following the Education Act of 1944.
St Francis RC Grammar School
was opened in 1956, and two new secondary schools, St Bede's for boys and St Anne's for girls, were opened in 1963.
In 1973, the national policy of Comprehensive education led to all the Catholic secondary schools in the town being merged as the English Martyrs' Comprehensive School in the buildings of St Bede's and St Anne's.
English Martyrs Catholic School
English Martyrs Catholic School is a co-educational comprehensive school with attached sixth form in Leicester, England. In 2009, Ofsted rated the school and Sixth Form as Good with Outstanding features. The school was also judged by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to be one of...
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English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school and sixth form college located in Hartlepool. English Martyrs (referred to locally as "EMS" and "Martyrs") is the only Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
secondary school in Hartlepool
Hartlepool
Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...
. The school and college are both located on the same site on Catcote Road, however, a newly built specialist Sixth Form block provides the majority of A-Level classes, as well as some 11-16 school lessons. Since the closing of Brierton School, English Martyrs has received at least 30 - 40 extra students per year group.
The majority of secondary school students come from 6 feeder primary schools, which are:
- St. Cuthbert's school
- St. John Vianney's School
- Sacred Heart School
- St. Bega's School
- St. Teresa's School
History
St Joseph's Convent School was founded in 1885, and became a direct grant grammar schoolDirect grant grammar school
A direct grant grammar school was a selective secondary school in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976 funded partly by the state and partly through private fees....
following the Education Act of 1944.
St Francis RC Grammar School
St Francis RC Grammar School
For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.St Francis RC Grammar School was a Catholic grammar school for boys, in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It opened in 1956 and was subsumed into The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College in...
was opened in 1956, and two new secondary schools, St Bede's for boys and St Anne's for girls, were opened in 1963.
In 1973, the national policy of Comprehensive education led to all the Catholic secondary schools in the town being merged as the English Martyrs' Comprehensive School in the buildings of St Bede's and St Anne's.
Notable alumni
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