Sacred Heart High School is a

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with academy status for girls. It is located on Fenham Hall Drive in

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General Information

The school educates around 1,400 girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen on the site which has had a near £10 million makeover. The school consists of the main building, a technology and art building, a P.E. block, a maths and modern foreign languages building, a geography building, the sixth form centre, a small pottery and a dance studio. The uniform is currently (2015) a navy blue blazer and jumper, and a Douglas Tartan kilt or trousers(dark blue, light blue, green and white).

History

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was founded in Fenham Hall in 1903 becoming a Government-recognised boarding and day school in 1905, taking ex-pupil-teachers, scholarship and fee-paying pupils. The college initially opened with 60 pupils and was under the sponsorship of the

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nuns. It went through a number of changes until 1926 when it obtained Direct Grant status and became a

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. The grammar school lasted until 1977 when it became the Sacred Heart Comprehensive School, taking girls from 11 – 18 years old. In 1998 it was renamed the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic High School. In 2007 the school signed up to the

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initiative.

Alumni

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Former teachers

* Sister

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References

External links

Sacred Heart Catholic High School Website

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Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Girls' schools in Tyne and Wear Educational institutions established in 1905 Academies in Newcastle upon Tyne 1905 establishments in England Sacred Heart schools Secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne {{TyneandWear-school-stub