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| motto = "To Love and Serve the Lord"
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| head = Mrs M Hughes
| head = M Hazeldine
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| street = Compton Park, Compton Road West
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| city = [[Wolverhampton]]
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| county = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
| county = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
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'''St Edmund's Catholic Academy''' is an [[Roman Catholic]] [[secondary school]] and [[sixth form]] with [[Academy (English school)|academy status]], located in the [[Compton, Wolverhampton|Compton]] area of [[Wolverhampton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]]. The Building Schools for the Future program invested £300 million into improving the school which was completed in September 2013. However air conditioning throughout the school was not considered a necessity, despite being filmed with, sweaty, hormonal teenagers.
'''St Edmund's Catholic Academy''' is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[secondary school]] and [[sixth form]] with [[Academy (English school)|academy status]] located in the [[Compton, Wolverhampton|Compton]] area of [[Wolverhampton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] [[England]]. The Building Schools for the Future program invested £7.9 million of its £300 million budget into improving the school. A further £5 million was contributed by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and Redrow Homes, which used parts of the site to create a training ground and new homes, respectively. The new school building was completed in September 2013.<ref>[http://www.stedmunds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=174 St Edmund's Catholic School – A Specialist Mathematics and Computing College – BSF Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/editors-picks/2013/08/30/sneak-peek-as-13m-wolverhampton-school-ready-to-open/|title=Sneak peek as £13m Wolverhampton school ready to open}}</ref>
<ref>[http://www.stedmunds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=174 St Edmund's Catholic School - A Specialist Mathematics and Computing College - BSF Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


The name of the school comes from the influence of [[Edmund Campion|St. Edmund Campion]] (1540 – 1581),<ref>[http://www.stedmunds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=7 St Edmund's Catholic School - About The School]</ref> an English Jesuit priest and martyr. Its motto is "To Love and Serve the Lord".
The name of the school comes from the influence of [[Edmund Campion|St. Edmund Campion]] (1540 – 1581),<ref>[http://www.stedmunds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=7 St Edmund's Catholic School - About The School]</ref> an English Jesuit priest and martyr. Its motto is "To Love and Serve the Lord".


==Consortium==
==Consortium==
St. Edmund's is in a consortium with both St Peter's Collegiate School and [[Wolverhampton Girls' High School]].
St. Edmund's is in a consortium with both [[St Peter's Collegiate Academy]] and [[Wolverhampton Girls' High School]]. St. Edmund's has links with its feeder schools:<ref>http://www.stedmunds.org/documents/admissions/2009_admission_arrangements_for_st_edmunds.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
St. Edmund's has strong links with its feeder schools:<ref>http://www.stedmunds.org/documents/admissions/2009_admission_arrangements_for_st_edmunds.pdf</ref>
:St. Anthony's (in Fordhouses)
:St. Anthony's (in Fordhouses)
:St. Bernadette’s (in Wombourne)
:St. Bernadette’s (in Wombourne)
:St. Christopher’s (in Codsall in Staffordshire)
:St. Christopher’s (in Codsall in Staffordshire)
:SS Peter and Paul
:The Giffard
:SS. Mary & John’s
:SS. Mary & John’s
:St. Michael’s (in Penn)
:St. Michael’s (in Penn)
:St. Teresa’s (in Parkfields)
:St. Teresa’s (in Parkfields)

==Aims of the school==
St Edmund's Catholic academy aims are:<ref>[http://www.stedmunds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=168 St Edmund's Catholic academy - A Specialist Mathematics and Computing College - Aims Of The School<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*To carry out our work within the school and the wider community on the basis of relationships founded on Christ’s teachings
*To develop the abilities of each student to their greatest extent
*To maintain a moral and caring atmosphere within the school that reflects the teachings of the Gospels
*To build a strong and productive partnership with our parents, primary schools and parishes
*To make sure that each member of the school community feels valued and experiences equality of treatment and opportunity
*To prepare students for the wider world and to encourage in them respect for other traditions and faiths


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham]]

Latest revision as of 17:55, 6 June 2024

St Edmund's Catholic Academy
Address
Map
Compton Park, Compton Road West

Wolverhampton
,
West Midlands
,
WV3 9DU

England
Coordinates52°35′25″N 2°09′43″W / 52.5903°N 2.1619°W / 52.5903; -2.1619
Information
TypAcademy
Motto"To Love and Serve the Lord"
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1971
Department for Education URN139891 Tables
DirektorinM Hazeldine
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Websitehttp://www.stedmunds.org/

St Edmund's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in the Compton area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands England. The Building Schools for the Future program invested £7.9 million of its £300 million budget into improving the school. A further £5 million was contributed by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and Redrow Homes, which used parts of the site to create a training ground and new homes, respectively. The new school building was completed in September 2013.[1][2]

The name of the school comes from the influence of St. Edmund Campion (1540 – 1581),[3] an English Jesuit priest and martyr. Its motto is "To Love and Serve the Lord".

Consortium

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St. Edmund's is in a consortium with both St Peter's Collegiate Academy and Wolverhampton Girls' High School. St. Edmund's has links with its feeder schools:[4]

St. Anthony's (in Fordhouses)
St. Bernadette’s (in Wombourne)
St. Christopher’s (in Codsall in Staffordshire)
SS Peter and Paul
SS. Mary & John’s
St. Michael’s (in Penn)
St. Teresa’s (in Parkfields)

References

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  1. ^ St Edmund's Catholic School – A Specialist Mathematics and Computing College – BSF Information
  2. ^ "Sneak peek as £13m Wolverhampton school ready to open".
  3. ^ St Edmund's Catholic School - About The School
  4. ^ http://www.stedmunds.org/documents/admissions/2009_admission_arrangements_for_st_edmunds.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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