Cardinal Hume Catholic School
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| Cardinal Hume Catholic School | |
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| Address | |
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Old Durham Road Beacon Lough , NE9 6RZ | |
| Coordinates | 54°55′51″N 1°34′36″W / 54.9308°N 1.5767°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Local authority | Gateshead |
| Trust | Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 137852 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head Teacher | B. Robson |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Oswald, Aidan, Bede, Cuthbert, Hild |
| Website | http://www.cardinalhume.com/ |
Cardinal Hume Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Beacon Lough area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.[1] It is named after Basil Cardinal Hume, a former President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
History
[edit]Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Cardinal Hume Catholic School converted to academy status on 1 February 2012. The school is supported by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle but coordinates with Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions.[citation needed]
In July 2019, it was named as a computing hub for the National Centre for Computing Education.
Curriculum
[edit]Cardinal Hume Catholic School 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, Cambridge Technicals and further BTECs.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cardinal Hume Catholic School".
- ^ "Courses". Cardinal Hume Catholic School.
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