St Michael's Roman Catholic School
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St. Michael's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided School is a secondary school in Billingham
, Stockton-On-Tees.
The school has been awarded Specialist Science School
status by DfES in 2003 as recognition of its proficiency in this field.
Funded by the Government‘s Building Schools for the Future
investment scheme, St. Michael’s is to be relocated to a site adjacent to Billingham Campus School, in the second wave of funding from the programme.
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs M. Hunt
Deputy Headteacher: Mr D. Simmonds
Assistant Headteacher: Mrs T. Burgess
Assistant Headteacher: Mrs C. Colclough
Arts Council,
Healthy Schools,
Investors in people,
Specialist Science,
Applied Learning,
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
; Hinsley House is assigned to the Year 7 student body, Vaughan House belongs to the Year 8 pupils, Griffin to Year 9, Heenan to Year 10, and Wiseman to the Year 11 students.
Each house block is used for eating dinner/lunch, for students to go at break times and also used as classrooms for teacher without a classroom of their own, they also serve as the location of year group assemblies and similar gatherings. They also include the office of each Head of Year, a member of staff who has pastoral responsibility for the year group.
Currently those staff are as follows:
Head of Year 7 - Mr A Burgess,
Head of Year 8 - Mr Scott, Mrs A Armstrong,
Head of Year 9 - Mrs A Armstrong,
Head of Year 10 - Mr Thompson
Head of Year 11 - Miss C McCarthy,
Currently the schools lay chaplain is Mrs L. Holland
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Billingham
Billingham is a town in the unitary authority of Stockton on Tees, in north east England, with a population of 35,765 . It was founded circa 650 by a group of Saxons known as Billa's people, which is where the name Billingham is thought to have originated...
, Stockton-On-Tees.
The school has been awarded Specialist Science School
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
status by DfES in 2003 as recognition of its proficiency in this field.
Funded by the Government‘s Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
investment scheme, St. Michael’s is to be relocated to a site adjacent to Billingham Campus School, in the second wave of funding from the programme.
Leadership Team
Headteacher: Mr J. WhiteDeputy Headteacher: Mrs M. Hunt
Deputy Headteacher: Mr D. Simmonds
Assistant Headteacher: Mrs T. Burgess
Assistant Headteacher: Mrs C. Colclough
Specialist Science School
St Michael's was appointed a "Specialist Science School" in early 2004, Since then, the school has become part of the following:Arts Council,
Healthy Schools,
Investors in people,
Specialist Science,
Applied Learning,
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
House Block System
The school has five house blocks, each named after five English CardinalsCardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
; Hinsley House is assigned to the Year 7 student body, Vaughan House belongs to the Year 8 pupils, Griffin to Year 9, Heenan to Year 10, and Wiseman to the Year 11 students.
Each house block is used for eating dinner/lunch, for students to go at break times and also used as classrooms for teacher without a classroom of their own, they also serve as the location of year group assemblies and similar gatherings. They also include the office of each Head of Year, a member of staff who has pastoral responsibility for the year group.
Currently those staff are as follows:
Head of Year 7 - Mr A Burgess,
Head of Year 8 - Mr Scott, Mrs A Armstrong,
Head of Year 9 - Mrs A Armstrong,
Head of Year 10 - Mr Thompson
Head of Year 11 - Miss C McCarthy,
Faith Background
The School has a strong faith based ethos and has a full-time lay chaplain, who has responsibility for all kinds of activities ranging from the planning of Mass, liturgies, assemblies and retreats, to charity meetings and events.Currently the schools lay chaplain is Mrs L. Holland
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