St Benedict's Roman Catholic Upper School

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name = St Benedict's Catholic School


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established = 1967
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type = Comprehensive
religion = Roman Catholic
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Paul Rossi
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specialist = Maths and Computing College
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street = Beetons Way
city = Bury St Edmunds
county = Suffolk
country = England
postcode = IP32 6RH
LEA = Suffolk
ofsted = 124861
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enrollment = 621
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 13
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.st-benedicts.suffolk.sch.uk
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St Benedict's Roman Catholic Upper School is a co-educational Roman Catholic state school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Opened in 1967, it is part funded by the Catholic diocese of East Anglia and Suffolk Local Education Authority. Its headteacher is Paul Rossi. [ [http://www.st-benedicts.suffolk.sch.uk/about_us.htm About St. Benedict's] ]

St Benedict's is a Mathematics and Computing Specialist School. Whilst the school is based in Bury St. Edmunds, many of its students travel from a wide area, including Haverhill, Brandon, Sudbury, Stowmarket and other surrounding villages, because it is the only Catholic upper school in the vicinity.

Mission Statement:

GCSE Subjects Offered

The following GCSE's are mandatory:
*Maths
*English language
*English literature
*ICT
*Science Double Award
*RE

Since the school is Catholic, RE is taught from a catholic standpoint. The school has a history of high quality teaching of RE and in 2002 roughly 50% of the year received an A* or A in GCSE RE. [ [http://www.st-benedicts.suffolk.sch.uk/Office/RESULTS%20SUMMARY%202002%20web%20page.htm St. Benedict's Exam Summary 2002] ] In addiction the above GCSE's, students still take PE but are not examined in it unless they chose to do the GCSE.

The Pupils also have a choice of three other subjects:
*History (short course) and geography (short course)
*Spanish
*French
*Design and Technology (Either: graphic design, food technology or resistant materials)
*Art
*Music
*PE

Other courses

The School offered 15 students to take part in the sport leadership course and if the course is successful it will become a full time course at the school.

ixth form

The school offers a sixth form for students over the age of 16. Overlapping timetables with neighbouring County Upper School has given students the opportunity of taking A-Level courses from both schools.

Due to the religious nature of the school, Sixth form students are obliged to enrol in a course leading to a certificate in Religious Education. Sixth form students are expected to have a broad education and as such compulsory courses such as Finance Management, and the aforementioned Religious Education course are considered mandatory.

References

External links

* [http://www.st-benedicts.suffolk.sch.uk/ School website]