St Cuthbert's High School

St. Cuthbert's Catholic High School is a boys-only Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status located in the Benwell Hill area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.AdmissionsSt Cuthbert's is a seven form entry school. The School has a series of pre-entry tests, called CATS, the results of which help to decide which class a boy will be placed into. The school admits students of all faiths although it is a Roman Catholic school.HistoryGrammar schoolSt. Cuthbert's Grammar School was opened in Westmorland Road, Elswick on 16 August 1881 largely due to the efforts of Bishop James Chadwick and his successor Bishop Bewick building upon the foundations of the Catholic Collegiate School established in 1870 in Eldon Square. Shortly afterward the School moved to larger premises in Bath Lane in the centre of the city. In 1922 the School transferred to the present site on Benwell Hill. Part of the school (1922 Block – now demolished) is built directly over the Vallum of Hadrian's Wall. During the war, boys were evacuated to Cockermouth in what is now Cumbria. In 2011 the School again became single site on the completion of the BSF building Phase, the former Lower School buildings on Fox & Hounds Lane have now been demolished.It was a direct grant grammar school until September 1977, then began to take a comprehensive intake.ComprehensiveIn recent years, St. Cuthbert's High School gained Science College status and was recognized in 2007 as a Modern Foreign Languages Specialist School (2nd Specialism).