Historic churches · North East England
St Aidan's Catholic Academy
St Aidan's Catholic Academy in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
- Limited wheelchair access
About
St Aidan's Catholic Academy is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Aidan's Catholic Academy (formerly St Aidan's Catholic School) is a Roman Catholic boys' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated in the Ashbrooke area of Sunderland. It caters for boys from ages 11 to 18, providing GCSE and A Level and BTEC qualifications as part of its teaching programme. The school was founded by the Christian Brothers, and is coupled with St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, its sister school which is located nearby. It is also twinned with St Joseph's Agricultural School In Blama, Sierra Leone.
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Background
History
Canon Smith, then parish priest of St Mary’s in Sunderland, founded St Mary's Grammar School at Bede Towers in 1928/29. The building on Burdon Road is a villa in Italianate style originally the home of Mayor John Moore. Records show the first schoolmaster, Mr J Goundry, was a layman. The Jesuits took over the running of the school in 1935 – two years after taking on Ashbrooke Hall as a retreat for local Catholic men and renaming it Corby Hall. Ashbrooke Hall, in Ashbrooke Road, had originally been built for glassmaker James Hartley in 1864 by architect Thomas Moore, whose masterpiece was Monkwearmouth Station. It later became the home of the Short shipbuilding family, before being taken…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8930, -1.3884
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR2 7HJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Established
- 2013
- Official site
- www.staidanscatholicacademy.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7592231 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Aidan's Catholic Academy (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Aidan's Catholic Academy?
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SR2 7HJ), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.
- When was St Aidan's Catholic Academy built?
- Built or established in 2013.
- Is St Aidan's Catholic Academy free to visit?
- Yes, St Aidan's Catholic Academy is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Aidan's Catholic Academy?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SR2 7HJ. It sits within the Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.