St. Bonaventure's RC School (London)

United Kingdom / England / Westham / London / Boleyn Road
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St Bonaventure's, known informally as St Bon's, is a voluntary-aided Catholic secondary school for boys aged 11–16 in Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, England, with a mixed gender 6th Form for 16-18-year-old students It is under the trustee-ship of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood. St Bonaventure's is the oldest boys' school in Newham, having been established in the West Ham area of Essex by the Franciscan order in 1875, following the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829. The school was established in its current location in 1877.

St Bonaventure's has been judged as Outstanding by Ofsted since November 2000. In March 2016, St Bonaventure's was designated as a Teaching School and the Headteacher Mr Paul Halliwell was designated as a National Leader of Education by the Department for Education and the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

The school motto is In Sanctitate Et Doctrina, which means "In Holiness And Learning". The school also has a mission statement of "Live, Love & Learn In The Presence Of The Lord".

Boleyn Road
Upton, Forest Gate
Greater London
E7 9QD
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bonaventure's
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Coordinates:   51°32'19"N   0°1'28"E

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