St Edmund's Catholic Academy
| Motto | "To Love and Serve the Lord" |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | Ms. D Finucane |
| Location |
Compton Park, Compton Road West Wolverhampton West Midlands WV3 9DU England Coordinates: 52°35′25″N 2°09′43″W / 52.5903°N 2.1619°W |
| DfE number | 336/4605 |
| DfE URN | 139891 Tables |
| Ofsted | Pre-academy reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Website |
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St Edmund's Catholic Academy is an Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Compton area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. The Building Schools for the Future program invested £300 million into improving the school which was completed in September 2013. [1]
The name of the school comes from the influence of St. Edmund Campion (1540 – 1581),[2] an English Jesuit priest and martyr. Its motto is "To Love and Serve the Lord".
Consortium
St. Edmund's is in a consortium with both St Peter's Collegiate School and Wolverhampton Girls' High School. St. Edmund's has strong links with its feeder schools:[3]
- St. Anthony's (in Fordhouses)
- St. Bernadette’s (in Wombourne)
- St. Christopher’s (in Codsall in Staffordshire)
- The Giffard
- SS. Mary & John’s
- St. Michael’s (in Penn)
- St. Teresa’s (in Parkfields)
Aims of the school
St Edmund's Catholic academy aims are:[4]
- To carry out our work within the school and the wider community on the basis of relationships founded on Christ’s teachings
- To develop the abilities of each student to their greatest extent
- To maintain a moral and caring atmosphere within the school that reflects the teachings of the Gospels
- To build a strong and productive partnership with our parents, primary schools and parishes
- To make sure that each member of the school community feels valued and experiences equality of treatment and opportunity
- To prepare students for the wider world and to encourage in them respect for other traditions and faiths
References
- ↑ St Edmund's Catholic School - A Specialist Mathematics and Computing College - BSF Information
- ↑ St Edmund's Catholic School - About The School
- ↑ http://www.stedmunds.org/documents/admissions/2009_admission_arrangements_for_st_edmunds.pdf
- ↑ St Edmund's Catholic academy - A Specialist Mathematics and Computing College - Aims Of The School
External links
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