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Dec 1, 2023 · The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2024 ranks St Benedict's Catholic School, in Bury St Edmunds, as fourth in ‘top comprehensive schools in East Anglia’ (national rank 321). Meanwhile, in ‘top independent schools in East Anglia’ Ipswich School is ranked sixth (national rank 126) and Woodbridge School is ranked ninth (national rank 186).
new approaches to school board development and functioning that are chang-ing Catholic school governance. The first essay, “Sustaining Catholic Schools: Ten Essentials for Startup Boards,” is written by Gregory J. Geruson and Christine L. Healey of the Healey Education Foundation. The authors discuss the work of
History. During the Reformation, Catholic schools were created on the European continent for the training of children of Catholic families from Britain. During the 18th century, colleges for the training of priests were created in Scotland, such as in Scalan and Lismore Seminary.
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Multiply stories like Ms. Akano’s across the United States and you are looking at one of the major challenges Catholic primary education currently faces: Running a parish school has become too much for one pastor and one principal to handle. “For so long, we’ve held up independence and site-based management as the hallmarks of good Catholic schools...
For a quick study of the past several decades of parochial education, consider the following lines from the 1993 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.” Nun: “St. Francis has been a beacon of hope to people here for many years. To close the school like that would be a disaster. You’re sure there’s nothing to be done?” Arch...
Catholic schools are usually governed by a pastor, a bishop (or his diocesan staff) or a board, explained a 2015 report from Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (Fadica), but “because canon law allows ecclesial officials to delegate responsibilities at their discretion, infinite configurations of authority are possible.” This m...
Which brings us back to Abigail Akano. In 2010, the Archdiocese of New York announced a plan to reorganize 92 parish schools into nine regions. The schools in each new region switched from being individually governed by their parish pastor to being collectively governed by a centralized board. This plan was already a significant shift, but a group ...
Partnership Schools shows what can happen when parochial schools are united by a strong central office: greater accountability to academic goals, more opportunities for leadership and professional development, resource sharing and cost savings through economies of scale. For example, several years after the Archdiocese of Milwaukee approved the for...
Centralized models of Catholic school governance, which usually serve students in poor, urban communities, model the principle of solidarity: working together to create systemic change for the common good, with special attention to those who lack resources. But Catholic social teaching also emphasizes the importance of subsidiarity: allowing local ...
Until recently, if you wanted a success story of innovation in parochial education, Jubilee Catholic Schools Network in Memphis was an obvious choice. In 2000—the Catholic Church’s jubilee year—the Diocese of Memphis shocked Catholic educators by reopening nine Catholic schools, some of which had been closed for 50 years, in some of the city’s poor...
The August following Jubilee’s startling announcement, a nonprofit formed by local Catholic leaders won approval to convert six of the former Jubilee schools into a network of charter schools, or schools that are independently operated but funded by taxpayers. If the appeal of this plan is obvious—a sustainable model for tuition-free, high-quality ...
The bottom line is: “The model of Catholic education we’ve relied on for a century is no longer working,” said Andy Smarick, one of the authors of “Catholic School Renaissance.” “Now there are people who think that old model is the only pure model and they don’t want to change it at all. And the question for those people is: ‘Would you rather conti...
Apr 29, 2024 · Ofsted said St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, in Woodbridge Road, had a ‘hugely broad and ambitious curriculum’ as it handed it an outstanding rating following a March visit – retaining its rating in its first inspection in 12 years.
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