''For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.'' St Francis RC Grammar School, also known as ''St Francis Xavier Grammar School'', was a

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for boys, in

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, County Durham,

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. It opened on 17 September 1956 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.Hall,G.(2005
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Head Teachers

Teachers and Brothers

Houses

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:

Percy

* Thomas Percy, the 7th Earl of Northumberland who was executed in

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in 1572.

Swalwell

*John Swalwell, who can be found on the

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as Master of Wearmouth in 1526 and Master of Jarrow in 1531.

Errington

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, executed at

in 1596.

Thirkeld

priest,

Richard Thirkeld Richard Thirkeld (died 29 May 1583) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886. Life Thirkeld was born at Coniscliffe, Durham, England. From Queen's College, Oxford, where he was in 1564-5, h ...

, also executed at

in 1583.

Sites

Woodlands

* Wooler Road, the main site.ST FRANCIS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
''Museum of Hartlepool''.

Normanhurst

* Grange Road. Now a pub known as 'The White House'.(2011

''The Telegraph''.

Notable alumni

* John Darwin.(2008
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.(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''.

Reunion Groups

* Over 150 members plus photos: http://www.schoolfriends.com.au/School.page/St_Francis_Xavier/10822/Details * Over 100 members: http://www.friendsreunited.com/School.page/St_Francis_Grammar_School/411118/Details

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Francis Roman Catholic Grammar School Defunct schools in the Borough of Hartlepool Defunct grammar schools in England Defunct Catholic schools in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Educational institutions established in 1956 1956 establishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 1973 1973 disestablishments in England