St John's Catholic School

St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College is a Coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located on Woodhouse Lane in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England.^[1]

St John's School & Sixth Form College, A Catholic Academy
Location
Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland , County Durham , DL14 6JT England
Coordinates	54.65°N 1.6915°W / 54.65; -1.6915
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	"A Learning Community Guided by Gospel Values"
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1964
Department for Education URN	137702 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	L Byron
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1372
Houses	Aidan, Bede, Cuthbert and Wilfrid
Website	http://www.stjohnsrc.org.uk/

St John's Catholic School opened in 1964 and currently has 1372 pupils enrolled between the ages of 11 and 18 (of which 305 are aged 16–18).

School facilities include a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium and an Astroturf football pitch, all of which are used by the school and outside community groups.

St John's has a variety of after school clubs including a swimming club and chess club.

Notable people

• Sara Davies, entrepreneur, Dragon's Den
• Jamie Campbell, star of the BBC Three documentary Jamie:Drag Queen at 16 who attended his end of school prom in Drag.^[2] The story was later adapted as the West End musical, Everybody's Talking About Jamie.^[3]