St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy (formerly St Bede's Catholic School) is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England.
History Construction Work on the £100,000 school was meant to start September 1956.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 21 January 1957, page 5 The foundation stone laid by the Bishop of Nottingham, Edward Ellis, in June 1960. £70,000 was paid for the school, by parishioners, with the rest by Lindsey Education Committee - for the canteen, dining room, medical inspection room, and playing fields.
It received a grant of £400,000 from Department of Education, for new buildings in December 1991.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 20 December 1991, page 4 Building began on 18 January 1993.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 19 January 1993, page 3
Opening It would open in September 1961 for 360 children. Children came from Brigg and St Norbert in Crowle.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 14 June 1960, page 4Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 20 September 1960, page 5
Academy Previously a voluntary aided school administered by North Lincolnshire Council, St Bede's Catholic School was converted to academy status on 1 April 2012 and was renamed St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy. The school forms part of the Northern Lincolnshire Catholic Academy Trust which is supported by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham.
Headteachers 1961 Mr Bob Doherty, he died in early August 1998, aged 79, originating from Northern IrelandScunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 6 August 1998, page 9 1980s Michael Nolan
Curriculum St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.
When league tables were introduced in 1992, the school, and the two Isle of Axholme comprehensives, were the top in the local area.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 19 November 1992, page 1 It received an excellent Ofsted report in 1998.Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 31 July 1998, page 5
Notable former pupils Stephen Fretwell Michelle Lalor, former editor of the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, attended the John Leggott CollegeScunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 30 March 1992, page 3 Carmel McCourt singerScunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 7 November 1997, page 19 Dame Rachel de Souza Natalka Znak, read PPE at Somerville College, Oxford from 1984 and gained a 1st, a cross-country runner at school, attended the John Leggott College,Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 2 February 1984, page 21 television producer, who created I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!,Guardian September 2002Guardian November 2006 becoming executive producer of Love Island (of Ukrainian descent)Natalia ZnakRTSScunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 20 June 1988, page 7Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 27 February 1992, page 3
References
External links St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy official website