St Gregory the Great VA Catholic Secondary School
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St Gregory the Great School is a voluntary-aided Catholic
comprehensive secondary school
in Cowley
, Oxford
, within Oxfordshire
LEA. Its headmaster is John Hussey, who joined the school as acting headteacher in 2008. He was then later appointed to the role of permanent headteacher in the Spring Term of 2009.
Until the new buildings of the school were finalised in 2006, the school existed on two sites; the Cardinal Newman Middle School site on Cricket Road, and the St Augustine's school site at Iffley Turn, Oxford
. However, after receiving a £20,000,000 grant from the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
, the current buildings were built.
The school currently has over 1,000 pupil
s ranging from year 7 (aged 11) up to 6th form (aged 16 – 18). The 6th form itself contains around 180 pupils, and offers a wide range of subjects.
At their last inspection in January 2009, OFSTED
rated the school as "Grade 3 Satisfactory".
Catholic school
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comprehensive secondary school
Secondary education
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in Cowley
Cowley
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, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, within Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
LEA. Its headmaster is John Hussey, who joined the school as acting headteacher in 2008. He was then later appointed to the role of permanent headteacher in the Spring Term of 2009.
Until the new buildings of the school were finalised in 2006, the school existed on two sites; the Cardinal Newman Middle School site on Cricket Road, and the St Augustine's school site at Iffley Turn, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
. However, after receiving a £20,000,000 grant from the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Archdiocese of Birmingham
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham is one of the principal Latin-rite Catholic administrative divisions of England and Wales in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church....
, the current buildings were built.
The school currently has over 1,000 pupil
Pupil
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s ranging from year 7 (aged 11) up to 6th form (aged 16 – 18). The 6th form itself contains around 180 pupils, and offers a wide range of subjects.
At their last inspection in January 2009, OFSTED
Ofsted
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rated the school as "Grade 3 Satisfactory".