St. Joseph's R.C. Comprehensive School

Infobox UK school
name = St Joseph's RC Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School


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motto = "Caritas Christi Urget Nos"
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religion = Roman Catholic
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Dr J Campbell
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chair = Mr T Carney
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specialist = Technology College
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street = Mill Lane
city = Hebburn
county = Tyne and Wear
country = England
postcode = NE31 2ET
LEA = South Tyneside
ofsted = 108735
staff = 157
enrollment = 1564
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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colours = Royal Blue and Gold
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website = http://www.stjosephs.s-tyneside.sch.uk
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St. Joseph's RC Comprehensive School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic secondary school in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. The school is a Specialist Technology College & Leading Edge School and has been a Technology College since 1996, providing a commitment to a technology, ethos and culture. The school has shown a continuous improvement at all levels of public examination results, in particular maths, science and technology and has an increased proportion of Year 11 students staying on at Sixth Form. The school currently caters for students aged 11 to 18 and also a number of Vocational courses for 14 to 19 year olds.

The School Prayer

Lord, help us to become the people you want us to be.In our School, may there be prayer,learning and humour,hard work, faith and friendship.May we respect everyone we meet,use our gifts and encourage each other.Send your angels to guide us and let your peace be with us and our families aways.We ask all these things through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Performance

The school performs well above the LEA average and currently holds the best GCSE and AS/A level scores in South Tyneside, with 84% of its students reaching grades A*-C at GCSE and an average AS/A level point score of 645.9 [ [http://education.guardian.co.uk/secondaries/tables/0,,1985524,00.html 2006 GCSE and A-level results: South Tyneside | Schools special reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk ] ] . The academic achievement, vocational and pastoral targets of the school was recognised by the DfES in the award of "Leading Edge" status in September 2003.

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