St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy (formerly St Anthony's Girls' Catholic School) is a
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
and
sixth form located in
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
,
Tyne and Wear, England.
It was established as a
grammar school by the
Sisters of Mercy in 1902 and relocated to the current site on Thornhill Terrace in 1939. The school became
comprehensive in 1972 and became a
voluntary aided school in 1976. The school achieved specialisms in technology in 1999 and languages in 2009, and converted to
academy status in 2012.
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy offers
GCSEs and
BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while girls in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A-level
The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...
s and further BTECs.
The current head of school is Mrs Catherine Hammill, and the current executive head teacher is Mrs Francesca Craik.
References
External links
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy official website
Secondary schools in the City of Sunderland
Sisters of Mercy schools
Educational institutions established in 1902
1902 establishments in England
Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Girls' schools in Tyne and Wear
Academies in the City of Sunderland
Sunderland
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