Welcome to the Twitter feed for St Paul's Catholic School in Leicester. "There is a strong family atmosphere in this inclusive school" - Ofsted January 2023
We are all set for Monday with 220 desks ready and waiting. Wishing Year 11's and 13's in all Leicester and Leicestershire schools the very best of luck. You've got this! ✊
We're winners!! Well done to all 110 students that took part in the East Area Athletics competition at Saffron Lane. First in all year groups - boys and girls! 3 years on and our athletes have still got it!!🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Congratulations to our Year 13 students on their A Level/Btec exam success. We celebrate our 100% pass rate, 58% A*-B and 85.3% A*-C. 90% of the year group got their first or insurance choices. We are so proud of them all and wish them all the best. 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
East Leicestershire Athletics winners! Over 100 students took part. Results as follows:
Y7 Girls 1st
Y7 Boys 1st
Y8/9 Girls 1st
Y8/9 Boys 1st
Y10/11 Girls 1st
Y10/11 Boys 1st
Safe to say we came 1st.🥇👏👏👏👏👏
It's a wrap! We have completed 2,800 student Covid tests in 7 days! Thank you to all parents who gave their consent to student testing to help keep our school community safe.
#StaySafe
We are delighted to celebrate our Green Flag status as well as our Bronze and Silver Eco Schools Awards. Next stop Gold .......
#STAFEAST2022
#ecoschool
Fasting Day today ...... we hosted a sponsored fast and social get together. The donations from our sponsored fast will be split between CAFOD and Islamic Relief.
@CAFOD
@IslamicReliefUK
Induction Day at St Paul's! Everyone is busy getting to know a new school, new teachers, new classmates ... and tucking into lunch too!
#bigschool
#positivevibes
Our A level artists went to St Thomas More yesterday to paint an ‘Under the Sea’ themed mural. It features the Bible passage “Mightier than the waves of the sea is his love for you” and was painted in a day! Well done Remi, Tanika, Amos, Sergio, Chelsea and Phoebe!
@STMLeicester
Students will return on the following dates:
Tuesday 1st Sept Yrs 7 & 12
Wednesday 2nd Sept – Yrs 8 & 11
Thursday 3rd Sept – Yrs 10 & 13
Friday 4th Sept – Yr 9
Once students return to school they should attend every day.
ALL students will be in school from Monday 7th September.
Fr Lally celebrated his Farewell Mass on Sacred Heart School Playground on Sunday. He has been parish priest of Sacred Heart & St Margaret Mary Church for 33 years as well as parish priest of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. We wish him well in his retirement in Earl Shilton.
Congratulations all our Year 11 & 13 students who have persevered over the last 18 months and were able to celebrate their A Level and GCSE results this week. Our students make us very proud and we wish them all the very best at their next destinations. 🎉🏅
Congratulations to our Y8 boys for their fantastic performance against Beaumont leys yesterday.
Despite injured players and players in positions they don't normally play in we secured a 5-2 win! A great show of strength and resilience!
Congratulations to the Year 8 Netballers who played at Soar Valley last night:
St Paul’s A won all 3 of their games.
St Paul’s B won 3/4 of their games.
Well done ladies!
Massive well done to our intrepid explorers - DofE 2022. 84 students, 2x14k+ walks, -3 oC night time, carrying tent, food, stove, drinks, thermals + the fantastic Miss Pinel aided Mr Bray, Miss Howes, Mr White, Mr Cockcroft and Miss Clarke .... & Daphne the dog!👏🏻
@DofE
Year 6 parents are warmly invited to our Open Evening on Wednesday 22nd September 4.30pm – 7pm – no booking required.
Principal and Head of Year Presentation at 4.45pm & 5.45pm in the Theatre
We look forward to seeing you there!
Super work from Evie in Year 9 who did this cookies and cream themed cake with an Oreo buttercream.
We will see you on Bake Off in a few years time Evie!
We welcomed
@BishopPMcKinney
for the Blessing of our Nativity Chapel this morning. A lovely morning with contributions from the Principal and readings and music from our students.
@sta_cmat
@NeilLockyer
It was a pleasure to be able to celebrate fantastic exam results with Year 11 this morning. We congratulate them on their resilience and hard work and are delighted that so many of them are able to progress onto Sixth Form study, college or apprenticeships.
Antony in Year 7 made a boat and predicted how long it would stay afloat ... staff predicted a couple of minutes but it was happily afloat for 20 minutes.
Well done Antony!
Mr Fowell has been nominated for his dedication to football at the 'Reward & Recognition Awards 2024' for the ESFA (English School Football Association).
Please vote for him using the link below
Well done to everyone that took part in the East area Athletics competition last night. We had yet another clean sweep from our athletes, 7 years in a row!
Y7 Boys and Girls 1st
Y8/9 Boys and Girls 1st
Y10/11 Boys and Girls 1st
2 nights of amazing shows performed to a full house each time! A massive THANK YOU to all the staff who wrote, rehearsed and choreographed the show. 👏👏
Congratulation to Bridget on winning the St Paul’s Junior Maths Challenge. She won with an impressive score of 100 points out of 100! 💯
Well done Bridget! Runners up were Maria, Nikunj, Rance and Heer.
Huge congratulations to you all!
A super day for our Hospitality Team at the Novotel, Leicester learning to barista, make mocktails, box a table and arrange conference settings. Thank you for having us
@NovotelLeic
As parents and carers can't come to us we have brought our Carol Service to you! A lovely celebration in what has been a trying year for us all. Stay Safe Everyone and enjoy!
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It was lovely to see so many of our new Year 7 students today for transition into secondary school. Year 7 start at St Paul's on Thursday 31st August at 8.45am. Have a good rest and enjoy your Summer!
Our Year 7 netballers played their last tournament at Soar Valley winning two and drawing two, making them the runners up in the east league. This means they will go through to the next knock out stage. Well done ladies!
Jemima in Yr 9 decided that she wanted to shave her head for her birthday and donate her beautiful long locks to the Little Princess Trust.
She has currently raised over £1,400 and rising. Please support Jemima and Cancer Research via
Year 11 busy working hard demonstrating their technical skills at making some delicious dishes for their Food Preparation & Nutrition GCSE. Everything you see is made from scratch!! 😋
Today we celebrated our Year 13 Leavers Mass before the start of the A Level exams. We wish all our Sixth Formers taking exams this summer the very best of luck.
Our wonderful Sixth Form held a cake sale for the Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning today.
They sold over 800 cakes and raised an incredible £430 with donations still coming in.
Well done to Mr Cockcroft and Sixth Form!
It's International Fiesta Day in Sixth Form! They're dressing to impress, supporting our cultural pride AND raising money for the COVID crisis in India. What amazing young people we have!!
#proudschool
We welcomed over 240 students and parents to our HE Fair last night. Thank you to Universities of Durham, Liverpool, Aston, Leeds, Newcastle, DMU, Leicester, Loughborough, Lincoln, Northampton & Cardiff as well as numerous colleges and other providers. What an evening!
Well done to Year 8 who have finished their round of tournaments. St Paul's A came runners up in the East league and go through to the knock out stages in Lutterworth. St Paul's B played really well too but their journey ends here, for now!