Cardinal Hume Catholic School

Cardinal Hume Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Beacon Lough area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.^[1] It is named after Basil Cardinal Hume, a former President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

Cardinal Hume Catholic School
Location
Old Durham Road Beacon Lough Tyne and Wear , NE9 6RZ England
Coordinates	54.9308°N 1.5767°W / 54.9308; -1.5767
Information
Type	Academy
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Local authority	Gateshead
Trust	Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Department for Education URN	137852 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head Teacher	B. Robson
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Oswald, Aidan, Bede, Cuthbert, Hild
Website	http://www.cardinalhume.com/

History

Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Cardinal Hume Catholic School converted to academy status on 1 February 2012. The school is supported by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle but coordinates with Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2019, it was named as a computing hub for the National Centre for Computing Education.

Curriculum

Cardinal Hume Catholic School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels, Cambridge Technicals and further BTECs.^[2]