Sacred Heart Catholic School is a mixed

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and

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located in the

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area of the

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, England.

History

The school was converted to academy status in November 2012, and was previously a

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administered by

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. Today the school is administered by the

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, but it continues to coordinate with Southwark London Borough Council for admissions. In July 2012 temporarily Sacred Heart Catholic School relocated to a site on Trafalgar Street in

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while the original school was entirely rebuilt. The temporary site in Walworth is a new school campus developed from the buildings of a

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board school. Sacred Heart Catholic School relocated back to its original site in September 2014, and the campus in Walworth opened as University Academy of Engineering South Bank, a new secondary school for the area.

Notable former pupils

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, disgraced barrister convicted of perverting the course of justice *

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, professional footballer *

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, film director * Giggs, rapper *

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, rapper * Akai Coleman, actor, starred in Supacell

References

External links

Sacred Heart Catholic School official website
{{authority control Secondary schools in the London Borough of Southwark Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Southwark Academies in the London Borough of Southwark Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in England