St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School

As a Catholic school our core aims are to nourish an ethos based on Gospel values of Love, Wisdom, Integrity, Justice and Compassion, and to develop a community that is welcoming, caring and inclusive. As a Catholic School we describe our key mission as follows: “to develop as a community of faith and learning, providing the highest quality of education and supporting the formation of each young person through the promotion of Gospel values”.

In order to achieve these aims for our school community we need the support of our parents. Only by working together can we ensure that all the young people in our school community achieve their maximum potential. St Thomas Aquinas RC Secondary is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, secondary school based in the West End of Glasgow. With the largest catchment area of any school in Glasgow it is no surprise we serve a very diverse set of local communities from Drumchapel through Knightswood, Scotstoun, Partick and in to the city centre.

The continued success of St Thomas Aquinas RC Secondary School is supported by a very committed teaching staff led by an experienced senior leadership team.

Language and literacy are of personal, social and economic importance. Your ability to use language lies at the centre of the development and expression of your emotions, thinking, learning and sense of personal identity. This course gives you the opportunity to develop skills in listening, talking, reading and writing, which are essential for learning, life and work. You will develop your ability to communicate your thoughts and feelings and respond to those of other people. The skills that you develop in English are useful in a wide range of careers; these include teaching, editorial, journalism, administration, legal work or in the arts.

The school library contributes to educational attainment and skills for life by providing a welcoming and well-organised environment, in which staff can teach, pupils can learn and reading for pleasure can be enjoyed by all. The librarian, Miss Sferrazzo, is on hand three days a week to ensure that staff and pupils get the most out of their visits.