page_title: St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy
section_title: 2002–2012
hierarchical_section_title: St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy / History / 2002–2012
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photograph of St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston showing the site and buildings
context_page_description: St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Menston, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1964 and adopted its present name after becoming an academy on 1 March 2013. It is part of The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds.
context_section_description: In 2003 the school was awarded £792,000 to extend its inter-school sports partnership. St Mary's achieved Artsmark Silver in 2004. The school marked its 40th anniversary in October 2004 with a whole school photograph of pupils and staff. February 2005 saw a week-long visit by 8 Chinese students and two staff from ShiXi High School, Shanghai.
  In 2006, a stained glass artwork of a dove was created in the Chapel. New entrances for both visitors and pupils opened in September 2008. In 2009, St Mary's received the International School Award presented by BBC newsreader George Alagiah. March 2011 saw the opening of a floodlit artificial turf football pitch.  It was opened by Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's director of football development. The pitch was part of a £750,000 investment in sport at the school which will also saw all remaining grass pitches drained. The project was part funded by a £325,000 grant from the Football Foundation.
  In May 2011, a team from St. Mary's were the overall winners of the Geographical Association 2011 Blancathra Worldwise Challenge trophy. The school received the ICT Mark in June 2011 and was awarded Youth Sport Trust Gold Partner status in March 2012.
caption: Aerial photograph, 2003, showing the entire school site.
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