St Thomas à Becket Catholic College

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school with academy status in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.The incumbent headteacher is John J. Rooney, who succeeded Brian S.L. Donnellan at Christmas 2009. The school consistently achieves high GCSE results and is amongst the best in the Wakefield Local Authority area. A very high percentage of its students go on to further education.MottoThe school's motto is "Esse Quam Videri", meaning "To be, rather than seem to be". This is also the title of the school hymn.Specialist statusThe school has a specialist status in humanities and used the money provided to improve technology in lessons.