Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy

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Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
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Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Bluestone Lane
Stapenhill

Burton upon Trent

Staffordshire
,
DE15 9SD

England
Coordinates 52°47′11″N1°36′55″W / 52.7864°N 1.6153°W / 52.7864; -1.6153 Coordinates: 52°47′11″N1°36′55″W / 52.7864°N 1.6153°W / 52.7864; -1.6153
Information
Type Academy
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1964 (1964)
Local authority Staffordshire County Council
TrustSt Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 146235 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherLaura O'Leary
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Enrolment615 as of August 2020
Website http://www.robertsutton.staffs.sch.uk/

Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in the Stapenhill area of Burton upon Trent in the English county of Staffordshire. [1] The school is named after Robert Sutton, a 16th Century Catholic priest and martyr who was born in Burton upon Trent.

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History

Established in 1964 as Robert Sutton Catholic High School, it was a voluntary aided Catholic school administered by Staffordshire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham. [2] The school gained specialist status as a Sports College in 2005 and was renamed Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College. In September 2018 it converted to an academy and become part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust. [3]

Description

Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. The school previously shared a sixth form provision with the neighbouring Paulet High School, [4] however from 2015 through 2020, Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College offered its own separate sixth form provision. [5] [6]

Sixth form

The school offered a sixth form program up until 2019. At that time, citing financial issues, the school's head teacher announced the closure of the Sixth Form program, ceasing to accept new students after September 2019, and closing the program completely after August 2020. [6]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College —".
  2. ↑ "Headteacher's Welcome". Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Conversion to Academy Status – Consultation Statement • Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College". Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Schools join forces". Burton Mail.
  5. ↑ "Sixth form centre at Stapenhill school built as partnership splits". Burton Mail.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. 1 2 "6th Form Closure Letter" (PDF). Blessed Robert Sutton College. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "World-renowned DJ and Former Pupil Returns to Blessed Robert Sutton". Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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