St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School is one of the two

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s in

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, England, the other being

Hexham Middle School Hexham Middle School is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational middle school located in Hexham, Northumberland, England. It is in a multi-academy trust (Hadrian Learning Trust) with Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, Queen Elizabeth High School ...

. The school is closely associated with St Mary's First School, a

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which is also a Roman Catholic school, and with the local Catholic church, St Mary's The school, like the

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which its children progress to at the age of 13, and is attended by approximately 330 pupils. Previously a

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and specialist

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administered by

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, in December 2020 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust.

References

External links

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Middle School official website
Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Middle schools in Northumberland Academies in Northumberland {{Northumberland-school-stub