St Thomas More RC School (London Borough of Haringey)

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name = St Thomas More Catholic School


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established = 1952
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type = Comprehensive school
Voluntary aided school
religion = Roman Catholic
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head = Dr. Colm Hickey
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chair = I. Phillips
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specialist = Sports
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street = Glendale Avenue
city = Wood Green
county = London
country = England
postcode = N22 5HN
LEA = London Borough of Haringey
ofsted = 102161
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enrollment = c. 1120
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Bakhita (blue)
Drexel (yellow)
Kolbe (green)
Moscati (red)
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website = http://www.stthomasmoreschool.org.uk/
website_name = St Thomas More RC School

St Thomas More RC School is mixed comprehensive school in Wood Green, London N22. The School was founded in 1952 at Holcombe Road Tottenham, N17 fourteen years after work had begun on the buildings [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26998 British history online] Retrieved July 13 2008] , and has recently been given specialist sports college status. The School has 1125 students, including 158 in its sixth form (April 2007 figures). It is the only Roman Catholic secondary school in the London Borough of Haringey.

It is located 250 yards north of White Hart Lane.

A £3 million building programme has just been completed including a Duke of Edinburgh Award Training Centre and Floodlit Astroturf pitch.

Houses

The four houses are named after saints. Bakhita is named after Josephine Bakhita, Drexel after Katherine Drexel, Kolbe after Maximillian Kolbe, and Moscati after Giuseppe Moscati.

Notable pupils

*Samantha Fox - Singer and glamour model. [ [http://www.matarese.com/matarese-files/13123/samantha-life-story/index.html Samantha Fox biography] Retrieved July 13 2008]
*Tony Jarrett - Hurdler
*Lloyd Opara - Professional football player who has spent time at Colchester United and Cambridge United.
*Paolo Vernazza - Professional football player who has spent time at Arsenal and Watford FC.

External links

* [http://www.stthomasmoreschool.org.uk/ Offical Site]
* [http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/children_and_families/education/secondaryschools/sec_list_of_schools/stthomasmore.htm Haringey Councils information page]

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