The John Henry Newman School






























The John Henry Newman School
Address

Hitchin Road
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE
England
Coordinates
51°55′11″N 0°12′49″W / 51.91965°N 0.21353°W / 51.91965; -0.21353Coordinates: 51°55′11″N 0°12′49″W / 51.91965°N 0.21353°W / 51.91965; -0.21353
Information
School typeAcademy
MottoCor ad cor loquitur (in English this means "Heart speaks unto heart")
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1987
FounderArchdiocese of Westminster

Department for Education URN
137895 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMr C. Mathew [1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Number of students1,481[2]
Colour(s)Blue, red and gold
Websitewww.johnhenrynewman.herts.sch.uk

The John Henry Newman School is a Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status at Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. In its 2015 Ofsted inspection it was classed as a good school and the diocesan report found it to be an outstanding Catholic school. It converted to academy status on 1 March 2012.[3]




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Hitchin


    • 1.2 Stevenage



  • 2 Notable people

    • 2.1 Former pupils


    • 2.2 Former staff


    • 2.3 Former visitors



  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




History



Hitchin


St. Michael's College was established in Grove Road, Hitchin—next to the site of a new Catholic church—in 1903 by Fr. A. Prével of the Society of Saint Edmund. In 1925, the priests from the Order of Augustinians of the Assumption assumed control of both the church and the college.
St. Michael's College was a Catholic boys' school which housed a number of boarding pupils. In 1953, following a General Inspection, the College was granted temporary recognition as an independent grammar school and this status was made permanent in 1958.



Stevenage


The expansion of Stevenage New Town, during the 1960s, led to the relocation of the school to Sandown Road, Stevenage, in 1968. It changed its name to St. Michael's School and became a comprehensive.


In 1985, the process of merging St. Michael's School with St. Angela's School for Girls began. The merging process was completed in 1987[4] and the site of St. Michael's was sold, while the new "John Henry Newman School" moved to the former site of St. Angela's on Hitchin Road. The name of the school commemorates Cardinal John Henry Newman.



Notable people



Former pupils



  • Lewis Hamilton, Formula One (motor racing) driver & 2008 / 2014 / 2015 / 2017 World Champion [5]


  • Ashley Young, Manchester United footballer [6]


Former staff



  • David Drew, politician; also a former pupil of the school

  • Rt. Reverend David Konstant, 8th Bishop of Leeds. Acting Head 1967 (at St Michael's, Stevenage)[7]


Former visitors


  • 2012 - Archbishop Vincent Nichols

  • 2016 - Prince William


References




  1. ^ "Home | John Henry Newman". Johnhenrynewman.herts.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-16..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ England. "EduBase - The John Henry Newman Catholic School". Education.gov.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-16.


  3. ^ "Stevenage school first to become an academy - News". The Comet. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2013-06-16.


  4. ^ The John Henry Newman School official website (in biographical sketch of the late Jill Biggs). Retrieved 2011-01-29.


  5. ^ "Southern Counties - Sport - Lewis Hamilton fact file". BBC. 1985-01-07. Retrieved 2013-06-16.


  6. ^ Viner, Brian (6 October 2008). "Ashley Young ... sporting prodigy". The Independent. London.


  7. ^ "Rt. Reverend David Konstant". Archived from the original on 2009-03-05.




External links



  • The John Henry Newman School official website

  • St. Michael's College, Hitchin

  • Hitchin Parish History

  • Stevenage Parish History








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