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Catherine's College has a social justice group called the 'Global Awareness Group'. In 2008 the group undertook to make the school a 'fairtrade school' by encouraging fair trade use within the school. They sent each other parcels of fairtrade chocolates. In 2009, they succeeded. One event involved
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subjects which are taken from Year 9 to Year 11. There was a change after the academic year (2007–2008) in which the school started GCSEs at Year 10, with pupils deciding their subject choices the year before.
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We are: Ambitious, Hard-working, Resilient, Responsible.
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694:"St Catherine's College School Day"
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708:"All's fair in love – and trade"
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568:"Schools celebrate GCSE success"
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