St Mary's Sports College

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St. Mary's Sports College

Motto	Per Mariam Ad Jesum
Established	1960
Type	Secondary School
Headteacher	Mr. G. Fitzpatrick
Location	Cranbrook Avenue Kingston upon Hull East Riding of Yorkshire England
Ages	11 to 19
Website	http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/

St. Mary's Sports College is a Catholic secondary school and sixth form college in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 2002, 'The Academy' was built, a state of the art sports centre for members of the school to use and members of the public to use outside of school hours.

St. Mary's Sports College has earned a high reputation for itself, it is highly ranked as one of the best colleges in the area, with good results in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Having the school and sixth form college combined on the same premises, the students' ages range from 11-19.

[edit] Subjects and courses

St. Mary's Sports College has many courses at different levels to choose from. They have for the school, years 7 to 11 the core subjects, Maths, English and Science. Religious Education (RE) and Physical Education (PE) are also compulsory for years 7 - 11 at the school.

The Sixth Form College, ages 16-19 offers many courses to choose from to meet students' needs whether it be a A-Level Course or a BTEc First or BTEc National course. A-Level courses offered are: English Language, English Literature, Law, Chemistry, Applied Science, German, French, Spanish, Psychology, Maths, Sociology, Government and Politics and Philosophy and Ethics, Applied ICT, Applied Business Studies. As well as St. Marys Sports College being a Sports College (Hence the name), it is also a Roman Catholic College, so in Sixth form, one hour a week of gerneral RE is compulsory unless A-Level RE (Philosophy & Ethics)is chosen as an option.