St. Joseph's R.C. Comprehensive School

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St Joseph's RC Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School
Motto	Caritas Christi Urget Nos
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	Dr J Campbell
Specialism	Technology College
Location	Mill Lane Hebburn Tyne and Wear NE31 2ET England
LEA	South Tyneside
Ofsted number	108735
Staff	157
Students	1564
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
School colours	Royal Blue and Gold
Website	http://www.stjosephs.s-tyneside.sch.uk
Coordinates: 54°57′36″N 1°31′21″W / 54.95985, -1.52255

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Performance

The school preforms 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^[1]. 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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