St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school with academy status in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.[1] It has 749 pupils enrolled.[2]

'St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, a Voluntary Academy
Address
Barnsley Road
Sandal

Wakefield
,
West Yorkshire
,
WF2 6EQ

England
Coordinates53.66099°N 1.48288°W / 53.66099; -1.48288
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoEsse Quam Videri meaning 'To be, rather than to seem to be.'
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1962
OfstedReports
Acting PrincipalCatherine Baxendale
AgeYear 7 to Year 11
HousesBretton, Clitherow, Fisher, Lambton and Middleton
Websitehttp://www.stthomasabecket.co.uk/

The incumbent acting principal is Catherine Baxendale who follows John J. Rooney, who succeeded Brian S. L. Donnellan at Christmas 2009.[3]

The school consistently achieves high GCSE results and is amongst the best in the Wakefield Local Authority area.[4]

Motto

The school's motto is "Esse Quam Videri", meaning "To be, rather than seem to be". This is also the title of the school hymn.

Specialist status

The school has a specialist status in humanities and used the money provided to improve technology in lessons.

gollark: - that would either involve erasing i.e. killing all extant humans, or overwriting/meddling with their minds and bodies (so basically the same thing) - obviously problematic- anthropomorphic animals probably wouldn't work very well either, inasmuch as most animals are quadrupeds and we're bipeds, along with probably a ton of other things- Marxism bad
gollark: no.
gollark: I do not. That would be terrible for many reasons.
gollark: Really okay animation?
gollark: A book which turns people into anthropomorphic animals? That seems like an anomaly. It should be in containment.

References
  1. Magma. "St Thomas à Becket". www.st-thomasabecket.bkcat.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  2. "St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  3. Rooney, John. "St Thomas a Becket Principal Leaving letter" (PDF). st-thomasabecket.bkcat.co.uk.
  4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2009/jan/15/wakefield-gcse-alevel-league-tables


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