:: St. Anthony's Girls' School :: Catholic Partnership ::



	Catholic Partnership St. Anthony’s has joined 10 other schools in the Hexham and Newcastle diocese to form a partnership of Catholic schools that work together on areas of common interest. It allows them to share expertise, to provide support to each other, to identify areas of common concern and work together to resolve them, to identify areas of professional development needs for the staff and to provide training and development activities. The partnership also provides an excellent opportunity for all the schools to affirm and celebrate their denominational status and work together in their efforts to provide the best possible education for their students. The following schools are represented in the partnership: Carmel RC Technology College, Darlington English Martyrs School and 6th Form College, Hartlepool Our Lady and St. Bede’s, Stockton on Tees St. Aidan’s Secondary School, Sunderland St. Anthony’s Girls’ School, Sunderland St. Bede’s Comprehensive School, Lanchester St. Bede’s Comprehensive School, Peterlee St. John’s Comprehensive School, Bishop Auckland St. Leonard’s Comprehensive School, Durham St. Michael’s School, Billingham St. Robert of Newminster, Washington Key Features of Work of the Partnership 1. The provision of CPD activities Regular meetings of subject departments and pastoral teams Annual Staff Training Day 2003 – 2006, every two years thereafter The provision of training on a range of identified areas of common need 2. The building of a network of schools that work together and share practice Common CPD activities (see above) Discussing setting up a common Virtual Learning Platform Individual contacts and support 3. The affirmation and celebration of a shared identify and set of values to support bonding and build up a sense of community Joint Athletics Meeting Partnership Music Evening Support for diocesan initiatives Various (calendar, Great North Run) The Contribution of St. Anthony’s Girls’ School In the last few years St. Anthony’s has contributed to the work of the partnership in a number of ways: Teams took part in the annual athletics meeting in 2004 Students have taken part in the two music evenings held by the partnership in St. Michael’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 2004 and at the Sage in Gateshead in 2005. St. Anthony’s has hosted training events for the partnership’s annual common staff development day in both 2004. (Mathematics, P.E. and Sport, Design Technology) and in 2006 when we hosted all the Design Technology events with the participation of external providers and representation from companies specialising in equipment for school workshops. Staff have attended a variety of planning meetings at various levels. Members of staff have worked with individual schools to support training needs and initiatives as requested. The school regularly hosts meetings of working groups involving staff from all the partnership schools.