St Edmund's Catholic Academy 3.21

St Edmund's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Compton area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. The Building Schools for the Future program invested £7.9 million of its £300 million budget into improving the school. A further £5 million was contributed by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and Redrow Homes, which used parts of the site to create a training ground and new homes, respectively. The new school building was completed in September 2013.The name of the school comes from the influence of St. Edmund Campion (1540 – 1581), an English Jesuit priest and martyr. Its motto is "To Love and Serve the Lord".ConsortiumSt. Edmund's is in a consortium with both St Peter's Collegiate School and Wolverhampton Girls' High School. St. Edmund's has links with its feeder schools: St. Anthony's (in Fordhouses)St. Bernadette’s (in Wombourne)St. Christopher’s (in Codsall in Staffordshire)The GiffardSS. Mary & John’sSt. Michael’s (in Penn)St. Teresa’s (in Parkfields)Aims of the schoolSt Edmund's Catholic academy aims are: To carry out our work within the school and the wider community on the basis of relationships founded on Christ’s teachings To develop the abilities of each student to their greatest extent To maintain a moral and caring atmosphere within the school that reflects the teachings of the Gospels To build a strong and productive partnership with our parents, primary schools and parishes To make sure that each member of the school community feels valued and experiences equality of treatment and opportunity To prepare students for the wider world and to encourage in them respect for other traditions and faiths