Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Sacred Heart High School is a secondary school with academy status for girls. It is located on Fenham Hall Drive in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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| Sacred Heart High School | |
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Fenham Hall Drive , , NE4 9YH England | |
| Coordinates | 54.983°N 1.657°W |
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| Type | Academy |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1905 |
| Founder | Society of the Sacred Heart |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Specialists | Technology and Arts |
| Department for Education URN | 137708 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Suzanne Howell[1] |
| Staff | 350 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,000 + |
| Diocese | Hexham and Newcastle |
| Website | http://www.sacredheart-high.org/ |
The school educates around 1,400 girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen on the site which has had a near £10 million makeover. The school consists of the main building, a technology and art building, a P.E. block, a maths and modern foreign languages building, a geography building, the sixth form centre, a small pottery and a dance studio. The uniform is currently (2015) a navy blue blazer and jumper, and a Douglas Tartan kilt or trousers(dark blue, light blue, green and white).[2]
A private college was founded in Fenham Hall in 1903 becoming a Government-recognised boarding and day school in 1905, taking ex-pupil-teachers, scholarship and fee-paying pupils. The college initially opened with 60 pupils and was under the sponsorship of the Society of the Sacred Heart nuns. It went through a number of changes until 1926 when it obtained Direct Grant status and became a grammar school.[3]
The grammar school lasted until 1977 when it became the Sacred Heart Comprehensive School, taking girls from 11 – 18 years old. In 1998 it was renamed the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic High School.[3]
In 2007 the school signed up to the Building Schools for the Future initiative.[2][3]
- Donna Air, actress and television presenter
- Emma Foody, Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as MP for Cramlington and Killingworth since 2024.
- Aimee Kelly, actress
- Catherine McKinnell (née Grady), Labour MP since 2010 for Newcastle upon Tyne North[4]
Sacred Heart Grammar School
- Mary Glindon (née Mulgrove), Labour MP since 2010 for North Tyneside[5]
- Frances Lannon, academic, principal from 2002 to 2015 of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford[citation needed]
- Val McLane, actress, scriptwriter, director and teacher[citation needed]
- Mo O'Toole, politician, Labour MEP for North East England from 1999 to 2004[6]
Former teachers
- Sister Bernadette Porter CBE (taught 1975–78), Vice-Chancellor from 1999 to 2004 of Roehampton University
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