For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.
St Francis RC Grammar School | |
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Motto | Cervus ad Fontes (Latin for The Hart to the Font) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1956 |
Founder | Father Francis Dunne |
Closed | 1973 |
Gender | Boys |
Houses | 4 houses |
Final Headmaster | Canon 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]
Headteacher | Start year | End year |
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Brother Anselm BA [4] [2] | 1956 | undated |
Canon John "Dickie" Bell. [3] | undated | 1973 |
Teacher | Subject(s) | Additional notes |
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Father John Bell [3] | Latin | Became 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] | Latin | history |
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] | Biology | First 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 Bewick | Art | |
Mr David Hudson | Chemistry | |
Father Fred Martin | English | |
Mr Jack McCabe [4] | P.E. | |
Father Frank McCabe | Latin | |
Mr Derek Mylroi [3] | Geography | |
Mr Patrick Naughton | English | |
Mr Vin Shanley [5] | History | Later became Headmaster at St Michael's Roman Catholic School in Billingham as well as publishing several books containing "hilarious stories". |
Mr David Turley | Maths | |
Mrs Bell [4] | Dinner Lady |
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