St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy

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St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Address
St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Western Avenue

Lincoln
,
Lincolnshire
,
LN6 7SX

England
Coordinates 53°12′42″N0°33′49″W / 53.2117°N 0.5635°W / 53.2117; -0.5635
Information
Type Academy
MottoPro Petro Paulo Patria
For the homeland of Peter and Paul
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1959
Department for Education URN 139623 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherCaroline Hewerdine
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment540 students
Capacity628 students
HousesBernadette, Francis, Hugh and Terasa
Colour(s)Maroon and Gold
Website http://www.sspp.lincs.sch.uk/

St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy (formerly St Peter and St Paul's Catholic High School) is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated in Lincoln, England. It is one of only two Catholic high schools in Lincolnshire and the smallest secondary school in Lincoln.

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History

In 1949, Lincoln's two thousand Roman Catholics were told that they needed to raise around £75,000 for alterations to St Hugh's RC school, and for a new secondary modern school in Boultham. [1] The school was built in the late 1950s. When the school opened in 1959, it was very small and could only hold a limited number of pupils; over time the school added additional buildings, and several different subjects were included in the curriculum, such as woodwork and metalwork, but these were dropped through curriculum change.

A new church, costing £50,000, was planned to be built; the school hall took the place of a catholic church on Sundays, in the 1960s. [2] The £80,000 church opened at Christmas 1967, with the first priest, 41-year-old Peter Tierney, arriving from Swadlincote in September 1968; he came from Leicester, having attended Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys. The new RC church was consecrated on 12 September 1968 by Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale, of the Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain.

Academy status

On 1 May 2013, the school announced its conversion to academy status, becoming part of the St Gilbert of Sempringham Catholic Academy Trust and being renamed as St Peter and St Paul's Catholic Voluntary Academy. [3]

Multi-Academy Trusts

Since acquiring academy status in 2013, the academy has been part of several Multi-Academy Trusts:

Buildings

The school opened within one building. Buildings were added, the first being a set of typing huts, but these were replaced with an ICT and Maths building called The Annex Block. Other buildings included a Science building, Sports Hall and, most recently, an English and Performing Arts centre. There were temporary units such as The Magdalene Centre, chiefly used for special needs and general education; it was demolished in 2008. The T Blocks, used for extra classrooms, remained after other units were demolished, but these were removed in 2011. Three years after The Magdalene Centre was demolished and a new learning support centre, 'The Newman Centre', was built, however, this later was used as a staff building, and the learning support centre moved to the Gavin Hinds centre.

School houses

Originally there were four houses. Each was named after a saint: Bernadette, Teresa, Hugh and Francis. Teresa House was discontinued in 2010 due to a lack of pupils and was later re-introduced in 2021. In addition to being named after various saints, each house has been assigned a colour, with Bernadette assigned the colour yellow  , Hugh red  , Francis blue   and Teresa green  .

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ Spalding Guardian Friday 17 June 1949, page 4
  2. ↑ Nottingham Guardian Thursday 7 March 1963, page 5
  3. ↑ "Latest News 2014-15". www.sspp.lincs.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Letter to parents" (PDF). St Peter St Pauls Catholic Voluntary Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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