St Francis Roman Catholic Grammar School

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For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.

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St Francis RC Grammar School
Location
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Information
MottoCervus ad Fontes
(Latin for The Hart to the Font)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1956
FounderFather Francis Dunne
Closed1973
Gender Boys
Houses 4 houses
Final HeadmasterCanon Bell
Diocese Hexham and Newcastle

St Francis RC Grammar School, also known as St Francis Xavier Grammar School, [1] was a Catholic grammar school for boys, in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It opened on 17 September 1956 [2] and was subsumed into The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College along with St Joseph's Convent School and four more local Catholic schools in 1973. [3] It was run by the Xaverian Brothers. [3]

Head Teachers

Headteacher Start yearEnd year
Brother Anselm BA [4] [2] 1956undated
Canon John "Dickie" Bell. [3] undated1973

Teachers and Brothers

Teacher Subject(s)Additional notes
Father John Bell [3] LatinBecame a Canon and Headmaster of both St Francis and later The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College.
Brother Aiden [4] RK
Brother Ambrose [4] Latinhistory
Brother Brendan [2] unknown
Brother Chrysostum [3] unknown
Brother Cuthbert [4] Maths and Football
Brother Robert [4] French
Brother Osmund [3] Geography
Brother Oswald [4] unknown
Brother Plunkett [4] history music '
Mrs Shirley Corcoran [3] BiologyFirst full-time female teacher at the school.
Mr Wm. Lawford BSc [2] physics
Mr Chris Lawton [4] Chemistry and Geography
Mr Gilles Legal [3] French & Russian
Mr Patrick (Paddy) Alley.Maths and Rugby
Mr Ian BewickArt
Mr David HudsonChemistry
Father Fred MartinEnglish
Mr Jack McCabe [4] P.E.
Father Frank McCabeLatin
Mr Derek Mylroi [3] Geography
Mr Patrick NaughtonEnglish
Mr Vin Shanley [5] HistoryLater became Headmaster at St Michael's Roman Catholic School in Billingham as well as publishing several books containing "hilarious stories".
Mr David TurleyMaths
Mrs Bell [4] Dinner Lady

Houses

There were four houses within the school: Percy, Swalwell, Errington, and Thirkeld. In the same way as the later English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College would name its houses after the English Martyrs, the houses of St Francis Grammar School were named after the following:[ citation needed ]

Percy

Swalwell

Errington

Thirkeld

Sites

Woodlands

Normanhurst

Notable alumni

Reunion Groups

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