St Francis Roman Catholic Grammar School

For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.

St Francis RC Grammar School
Location
Hartlepool
,
County Durham

England
Information
MottoCervus ad Fontes
(Latin for The Hart to the Font)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1956
FounderFather Francis Dunne
Closed1973
GenderBoys
Houses4 houses
Final HeadmasterCanon Bell
DioceseHexham and Newcastle

St Francis RC Grammar School, also known as St Francis Xavier Grammar School,[1] was a Catholic grammar school for boys, in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It opened on 17 September 1956[2] and was subsumed into The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College along with St Joseph's Convent School and four more local Catholic schools in 1973.[3] It was run by the Xaverian Brothers.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference telegraph2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Catholic Church in Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 1834-1964, A Souvenir of Progress. Glasgow: John S. Burns & Sons. 1965.
  3. ^ a b Hall,G.(2005).Saints and sinners.The Hartlepool Mail.