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Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

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South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...

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Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

, free_label_2 = , free_2 = , free_label_3 = , free_3 = , website = http://www.st-wilfrids.org/ St Wilfrid's RC College is a mixed

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

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located in

, South Tyneside, England. St Wilfrid's RC College was previously a

voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school (VA school) is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust (usually a religious organisation), contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school. In mo ...

and

Mathematics and Computing College Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 and Northern Ireland in 2006 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus on ...

administered by

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council South Tyneside Council is the local authority of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is a metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in ...

. In January 2016 the school was converted to academy status, however St Wilfrid's continues to coordinate with South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions. The school continues to be under the guidance of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

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* Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside Education in South Shields {{TyneAndWear-school-stub