House System

The school has a fully embedded house competition system which involves Year 7 to 11 pupils. We have 6 houses which are named after prominent saints; Arrowsmith, Clitherow, Gennings, Kirby, Sherwin and Webster. Please click on the images below to find out more about them.

Each form is placed into a house and has a nominated male and female house captain from within the form. Each form is represented in competitions from netball, languages, maths challenge and sports day to name but a few.

Competitions go on throughout the school year culminating in an end of term activity morning for each year group, where they take part in a quiz, memory recall, poem and STM's got talent.

Houses (ID 1219)

Gennings

Saint Edmund Gennings

Gennings

Born 1567 Lichfield, England
Died 1591 (aged 23-24) Gray's Inn, London, England
Venerated in Catholic Church
Beatified 15th December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized 25th October 1970, Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI
Feast 10th December
Arrowsmith

Saint Edmond Arrowsmtih

Arrowsmith

Born 1585 Haydock, England
Died 1628 (aged 42-43) Lancaster, England
Venerated in Catholic Church
Beatified 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized 25 October 1970, Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI
Major shrine Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield, England
Feast 28 August
Clitherow

MARGARET CLITHEROW

Clitherow

Born 1556 York, Yorkshire, England
Died 25 March 1586 York, Yorkshire, England
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI
Major shrine The Shambles, York, North Yorkshire, England
Feast 30 August
Kirby

LUKE KIRBY

Kirby

Born 1549
Died 30 May 1582 at Tyburn, London, England
Venerated in Catholic Church
Beatified 29th December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII on
Canonized 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI
Feast 4 May
Sherwin

RALPH SHERWIN

Sherwin

Born 25 October 1550 Rodsley, Derbyshire, England
Died 1 December 1581 (aged 31) Tyburn, London, England
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 29 December 1886, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI
Feast 1 December
Webster

AUGUSTINE WEBSTER

Webster

Died 4 May 1535 at Tyburn, London, England
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized 25 October 1970, Rome by Pope Paul VI
Feast 4 May