Sacred Heart School is a Roman Catholic Secondary School

Secondary school

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 that is located in Redcar

Redcar

Redcar is a seaside resort in the north east of England, and a major town in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It lies east-northeast of Middlesbrough by the North Sea coast...

 in England

England

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. The LEA

Local Education Authority

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 that is in charge of the school is Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland

The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident population of 139,132 in 2001, and is part of the Tees...

.

The school

The school was first built in the 1960s but moved to new premises in 2007. The current headteacher is Mrs Pat Hibbert.

Uniform

Uniform

Uniform

A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates...

 at Sacred Heart is compulsory. Students must wear their blazer

Blazer

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 at all times but can ask during a lesson to remove it. Girls wear navy blazer

Blazer

A blazer is a type of jacket. The term blazer occasionally is synonymous with boating jacket and sports jacket, two different garments. A blazer resembles a suit coat cut more casually — sometimes with flap-less patch pockets and metal buttons. A blazer's cloth is usually durable , because it is an...

s, blue checked blouse

Blouse

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s and navy skirt

Skirt

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s or navy trousers

Trousers

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. If they wear a skirt they can wear black or navy tights

Tights

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 or socks. Boys wear white shirt

Shirt

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s, black trousers and a black and white striped tie

Necktie

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. Prefects wear a different tie so that they are easily identified.

During Physical Education

Physical education

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, girls wear a yellow polo shirt

Tennis shirt

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 and black shorts

Shorts

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or tracksuit bottoms. Boys wear a reversible navy top, navy socks and white shorts or tracksuit bottoms.

Reputation

The school is successful in comparison to the other schools in the area. KS4 results have been in the top 5% of schools nationally in both 2008 and 2009. 87% of its pupils achieved five or more GCSE (or equivalent) grades at A*-C in 2009. The progress made by its pupils as measured by its CVA scores has been huge: in 2008 this was 1034 and in 2009 it was 1037. In September 2008 OFSTED reported that this was a good school with many outstanding features.

External links

• School website
• Ofsted Report