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For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.

St Francis RC Grammar School
Location
Hartlepool
,
County Durham

England
Information
MottoCervus ad Fontes
(Latin for The Hart to the Font)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1956
FounderFather Francis Dunne
Closed1973
GenderBoys
Houses4 houses
Final HeadmasterCanon Bell
DioceseHexham and Newcastle

St Francis RC Grammar School, also known as St Francis Xavier Grammar School,[1] was a Catholic grammar school for boys, in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It opened on 17 September 1956[2] and was subsumed into The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College along with St Joseph's Convent School and four more local Catholic schools in 1973.[3] It was run by the Xaverian Brothers.[3]

Head Teachers

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Headteacher Start year End year
Brother Anselm BA[4][2] 1956 undated
Canon John "Dickie" Bell.[3] undated 1973

Teachers and Brothers

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Teacher Subject(s) Additional notes
Father John Bell[3] Latin Became a Canon and Headmaster of both St Francis and later The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College.
Brother Aiden[4] RK
Brother Ambrose[4] Latin history
Brother Brendan[2] unknown
Brother Chrysostum[3] unknown
Brother Cuthbert[4] Maths and Football
Brother Robert [4] French
Brother Osmund[3] Geography
Brother Oswald[4] unknown
Brother Plunkett[4] history music '
Mrs Shirley Corcoran[3] Biology First full-time female teacher at the school.
Mr Wm. Lawford BSc[2] physics
Mr Chris Lawton[4] Chemistry and Geography
Mr Gilles Legal[3] French & Russian
Mr Patrick (Paddy) Alley. Maths and Rugby
Mr Ian Bewick Art
Mr David Hudson Chemistry
Father Fred Martin English
Mr Jack McCabe[4] P.E.
Father Frank McCabe Latin
Mr Derek Mylroi[3] Geography
Mr Patrick Naughton English
Mr Vin Shanley[5] History Later became Headmaster at St Michael's Roman Catholic School in Billingham as well as publishing several books containing "hilarious stories".
Mr David Turley Maths
Mrs Bell[4] Dinner Lady

Houses

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There were four houses within the school: Percy, Swalwell, Errington, and Thirkeld. In the same way as the later English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College would name its houses after the English Martyrs, the houses of St Francis Grammar School were named after the following:[citation needed]

Percy

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Swalwell

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Errington

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Thirkeld

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Sites

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Woodlands

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  • Wooler Road, the main site.[6]

Normanhurst

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  • Grange Road. Now a pub known as 'The White House'.[7]

Notable alumni

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Reunion Groups

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References

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  1. ^ a b (2008).Canoe woman Anne Darwin 'one of the greatest actresses in the world'.The Telegraph.
  2. ^ a b c d The Catholic Church in Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 1834-1964, A Souvenir of Progress. Glasgow: John S. Burns & Sons. 1965.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hall,G.(2005).Saints and sinners.The Hartlepool Mail.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j (2007).Will you be mentioned?.The Hartlepool Mail.
  5. ^ (2000).BIG LAUGHS DUE TO SMALL TALK .The Hartlepool Mail.
  6. ^ ST FRANCIS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.Museum of Hartlepool.
  7. ^ (2011).The White House, Hartlepool.The Telegraph.
  8. ^ (2010).Wherever I go in the world, people tell me how impressed they are when they visit Durham, and I feel the same way..The Free Library.
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