SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL in Tyne and Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne

Education Centre Information: Sacred Heart High School:

Establishment Type:Voluntary Aided School
Phase of Education: Secondary
Status: Closed
Local Authority: Newcastle upon Tyne
Reason Establishment Closed: Academy Converter
Establishment Close Date: 30/11/2011
Boarders: No Boarders
Sixth Form: Has a sixth form
Urban/Rural Description: Urban > 10k - less sparse
Special Classes: No Special Classes
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Diocese: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Admissions: Comprehensive
Age Range: 11-18
Gender: Girls
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Background:

By 1905, a small community of sisters had already settled in Carlisle and then moved to Gosforth to start teacher training and open a small boarding and day school. It was on 11th November 1905 that a small private secondary school was established in Fenham Hall catering for those able to pay for the privilege. By 1920 the school was granting scholarships to able girls and after 1945 virtually all the girls were scholarship students. Prior to the school becoming comprehensive in 1977, the Society had established upon the Fenham Campus both a Grammar School and a Secondary School, which enabled a wider number of girls to benefit from the philosophy of Sacred Heart education.Under the 1980 Education Act, provision for Catholic girls of all abilities from outside the city was made available. Between 1977 to 2005 the buildings of the school were on two sites. Students from year nine upwards were housed in the buildings on Fenham Hall Drive while the Lower School, situated on Lewis Drive, catered for students in years seven and eight. The school is delighted that in the summer of 2005 state of the art new buildings was completed to allow pupils to house on the Fenham Hall Drive site. Drawing on Christian values, the school fosters the spiritual, personal and academic achievement of each child to be the very best.