Cardinal Hume Prospectus 2024-25

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Head Teacher’s WelcomeCardinal Hume Catholic SchoolContentsPage02 Head Teacher’s Welcome03 Cardinal Hume CatholicSchool – Staff04 The Bishop WilkinsonCatholic Education Trust05 Cardinal Basil Hume06 Mission Statement07 Outstanding Judgments08 Our Building and Facilities09-10 Our School Day and Beyond11-13 In the Classroom:An Ambitious Curriculum14-17 Personal, Spiritual andCharacter Development18-21 Exemplary Standards,Exemplary Students22-23 Investing in Young People24-25 Parent Partnership26-27 Proudly Leading the Way28-29 Examination Results30-33 Admissions34 Concerns and Complaints35 Our MottoIt is my pleasure to welcome you to Cardinal HumeCatholic School. We are high-achieving, successfuland oversubscribed academy and, since 2019,have been part of the Bishop Wilkinson CatholicEducation Trust, a family of schools from acrossGateshead, Durham and Sunderland.Our distinct Catholic ethos, high standards of discipline andcommitment to every member of our school communitymakes this a truly special place to learn. We are a forwardthinkingschool and aim to ensure that all of our students areafforded the highest standard of education.We were awarded World Class School status in 2021 andare a leading-edge Hub school in Science, Computing andModern Foreign Languages. We are a highly successfulTeaching School and support many other establishments,as well as developing trainee teachers as they embark ontheir careers in education. Extensive building developmentsin recent years have resulted in additional teaching space, abespoke Sixth Form area and state of the art gym facilities.Our focus on high quality teaching throughout the schoolprovides a stimulating and challenging classroom experience;this has resulted in excellent academic outcomes for manyyears. We offer a curriculum that is rich, varied and ambitiousfor every student and deliver a wide range of academicand technical qualifications, while ensuring that 60-70% ofstudents are entered for the English Baccalaureate at the endof Year 11. Furthermore, we actively encourage progressionfrom Sixth Form to top Russell Group universities andhigh-quality apprenticeships.Catholic education is, however, about much more thanclassroom teaching and curriculum delivery. We are alsoresponsible for the spiritual, moral and character formationof the young people in our care. This is a responsibility thatwe take very seriously in our mission to form well-roundedcitizens who are ready for the wider, 21st century, world.The array of careers-related opportunities, extra-curricularactivities and successful sporting teams demonstrate clearlyour commitment to the wider development of our students.We have a very strong pastoral system, based on highstandards of behaviour, mutual-respect and compassion, andthis is the foundation of everything we do in school.Choosing a secondary school is a very important decision forall families. To help you make an informed choice, I encourageyou to visit the school, meet the staff and the students, viewour facilities and learn more about the provision that we offer.I am sure that you will see that we aim to live out our schoolmotto – Fide, Labore, Caritate – in all that we do. It simplymeans: in faith, hard work and kindness.Mr B. RobsonHead TeacherHead Teacher: Mr B. RobsonDeputy Head Teacher: Mr D. AddisonSenior Assistant Head Teacher: Mr M. ErringtonAssociate Deputy Head Teacher: Mr J. CroweAssociate Deputy Head Teacher: Mr C. JonesAssociate Deputy Head Teacher: Mr B. StevensonAssistant Head Teacher: Mrs D. CraigAssistant Head Teacher: Mrs L. GrayAssistant Head Teacher: Mr D. GribbinAssistant Head Teacher: Mrs C. YoungSchool Operations Manager: Mrs B. DaviesChair of Local Governing Board: Mr J. SinclairVice Chair: Miss M. ElliottNumber on school roll at end of year (2022/23)Number of students in years 12 and 13 (2022/23)Number of incoming pupils for year 7 (2023/24)1503238250Cardinal Hume is a Voluntary Aided Catholic Academy providing for theeducational needs of 11-19 year old students from East Gateshead.Old Durham Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE9 6RZ0191 487 7638 | info@chs.bwcet.com | cardinalhume.com0203
The Bishop WilkinsonCatholic Education TrustCardinal Basil HumeBorn 1923, died 1999Welcome from our Chief ExecutiveBishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust supports and partnerswith five secondary schools, one middle school, forty-one Primaryand one first school in the west of our Diocese.Our designated schools are located in four different Local Authorities:Northumberland, Gateshead, Sunderland and Durham. Within our Trust we havea Centre For Teaching, a National Computing Hub, a National MFL Hub and anational accredited NPQ (National Professional Qualification for Headship andLeadership) provider.As Chief Executive Officer of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust I nevercease to be amazed by the hard work, commitment and dedication of our staffwithin the Trust with regard to health, care, well-being and academic progress ofour wonderful students.Our Trust is brimming with talent and expertise which is provided by our excellentHead Teachers, staff and Trust central team. Through these dedicated people,we are able to focus on and help advise and support schools so they can createenvironments and opportunities that will allow transformational leadership andteaching to develop, grow and make a difference.Nick Hurn, CEOBishop Wilkinson Catholic Education TrustBishop Thomas William WilkinsonThomas William Wilkinson was born in 1825. He was a priest for60 years and a bishop for nearly 21 years.His father was a well-known barrister who was appointed as the county courtjudge of Northumberland in 1847. Wilkinson was educated at Harrow beforeentering the recently established University of Durham. He was ordained therein 1845 and was appointed to a clerical position at the Anglo-Catholic andsemi-monastic community of St Saviour’s, Leeds. Within eighteen monthsboth he and his other companions had converted to the Catholic Church.Wilkinson spent the next two years at Oscott College training for the priesthood although he was actuallyordained at Ushaw in 1848. His first appointment following ordination was as a missionary at Wolsinghamwhere, for the next four years, he not only ministered to the population of the town but also to the rapidlyexpanding mining community of Crook, as well as engaging in directing building at Ushaw.In 1865, and in recognition of his work, he was appointed as a canon of the chapter of the diocese ofHexham. Following a breakdown in health five years later, Wilkinson was forced to retire from active workand, for the next 20 years, he spent most of his time directing his estate at Thistleflatt. In 1889, Wilkinsonwas appointed bishop of Hexham and Newcastle but he also spent a great deal of time exercisingjurisdiction over Ushaw, with the result that he was appointed president there in the following year.During his presidency, Wilkinson was able to place the college finances on a proper footing and, throughan excellent relationship with the procurator, raise enough money for repairs, alterations and improvements,including the building of a new dormitory, the reconstruction of the sanitary block and the modernising ofthe system of gas lighting. He remained president and bishop until his death on April 17th 1909 at the ageof 84. He is buried at Ushaw College.Born George Hume in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1923 to a Scottish father and French Catholicmother. He is remembered for his work with the homeless, his love of football and for bringinghis church to a state of harmony not previously seen for 400 years.Hume decided to become a monk at the age of ten. He joined Ampleforth Monastery in 1941, taking the name Basil,and his solemn vows in 1945. He studied in Oxford and Fribourg then was ordained in 1950.Returning to Ampleforth, he became Assistant Priest in the village and a teacher in the school, eventually becomingHead of Modern Languages and school rugby coach. He also taught dogmatic theology to the monks in training.Hume progressed fast: he was elected to represent Ampleforth in the General Chapter of the English BenedictineCongregation in 1957, then elected Magister Scholarum. In 1963, he was elected Abbot of Ampleforth and it wasin this role that his talent for keeping the peace and promoting harmony started to show. He became Archbishopin 1975 and was promoted to Cardinal in 1976 and became president of the Council of European Bishops’Conferences between 1978-87 and president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales 1979-99.He encouraged work with young homeless people through the Society of St Vincent de Paul and in 1986 foundedthe Cardinal Hume Centre for young people at risk. He even opened the Cathedral Hall to those sleeping rough.Throughout his life he remained a humble and approachable man, preferring to wear a monk’s habit instead of hisCardinal’s robes.So adept was Cardinal Hume at promoting harmony, the position of Roman Catholics in Britain moved from one ofslight suspicion to one of unthinking acceptance. The Queen rewarded his remarkable achievements shortly beforehis death on 17th June 1999 with the Order of Merit.0405
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