Claire Williams

On Wednesday 19th March 2025, ten Catholic schools in Wandsworth came together at St George’s Cathedral to celebrate the Jubilee Year, Pilgrims of Hope. The schools that participated are: The beautiful Mass was celebrated by Canon Victor Darlington, and the Year 4 children from all the schools led the liturgy. […]

By putting Eucharistic adoration at the heart of his ministry, Father Mark Wharton has helped students encounter Christ in daily life. Shortly after he was ordained in 2022, Father Mark Wharton was asked to be the Catholic Chaplain at the University of Kent. When he arrived, the number of students […]

Reception, Year 1 and 2 from St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells embarked on a Pilgrimage of Hope today as part of the Jubilee year. Pupils walked to St Gregory’s school Chapel. They were met by the pupil Chaplains of St Gregory’s and their School Chaplain. There they had […]

Primary school children join the Archbishop of Southwark, John Wilson, in prayer at St George’s Cathedral Over 100 children from primary schools in South London were led by Archbishop John Wilson in Eucharistic adoration at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark. Eucharistic adoration is a practice of worship in the Catholic Church before […]

Donhead Prep School in Wimbledon is enjoying the celebrations for the Jubilee 2025. The theme of Pilgrims of Hope was launched in our whole school assembly and have since pupils have taken part in a Walks of Hope, as the houses of Xavier, Loyola and Campion, raising money for Jesuit […]

Each class in St Mary’s Catholic Federation, Carshalton, made door garlands for around the school. These beautiful creations launched the Jubilee Year of Pilgrims of Hope. The designs ranged from replicating the colours and symbols of the Jubilee logo, whilst others celebrated the joy of living in Gods world with flowers, […]

In the Autumn Term, the children at Saint Joseph’s Primary School, The Borough entered an art competition held by CAFOD.  Pupils had to create a piece of art that they felt showed the theme of ‘Climate Justice’. They had many wonderfully creative entries and four pupils won the CAFOD Climate […]

Students, staff and governors from Notre Dame Catholic Girls’ School in Southwark recently participated in an international seminar on ‘Faith that does Justice’ led by Rev. Professor Jim Wallis of Georgetown University. The event, held in partnership with the London Jesuit Centre, Catholics for Labour and the Universities of Birmingham, […]

Pupils from St Francis RC Primary School have been making waves with their creativity and commitment to caring for the environment. Before Christmas, our Mini Vinnies took part in a unique eco-project, transforming waste collected from the Thames River bank into beautiful Christmas decorations. This initiative was led by Flora from @washedupcards, who guided the children in […]

The children at The Federation of St Bede’s and St Bernadette Catholic Schools in Clapham Park are excited this Jubilee year. The Federation of St Bede’s and St Bernadette Catholic Schools launched the Jubilee year with an assembly. Pupils have also written their hope prayers on footprints and these have […]

On Tuesday CAFOD delivered a workshop to year R, 1 and 2 at St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in Tunbridge Wells. The workshop was on the Pilgrim of Hope. The session was very interesting and informative. 

It was an absolute privilege for St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Gomm Road, to have The Most Reverend Archbishop John Wilson celebrate Mass with their school community on Friday 31st January 2025 in honour of their 125th Year Anniversary.  They were deeply thankful for his presence and inspiring words and it made […]

To celebrate the beginning of the Jubilee Year, all of St William of York Catholic Primary Schools pupils in Key Stage 2 classes went on a pilgrimage to and around St George’s Cathedral, Southwark. Years 6 and 4 pupils went on Monday 27th January 2025 and were the first people through […]

There was a real buzz in the air today as we launched our Jubliee of Hope year. We gathered as a school and embarked on a shared journey to mark this Holy year. Our school have been working on a display board of pledges of Hope. Our scripture today was […]

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Deal marked a significant milestone with the grand opening of its new building on 28th January 2024. The event was attended by students, parents, staff and community members.   Beginning with a Mass led by Archbishop John Wilson in the Church of St John the […]

As part of the Jubilee Launch on Friday 24th January 2025, Christ the King Sixth Form, Aquinas had their students decorate their chaplaincy display board for the Jubilee Year of Hope. The displays will be on running throughout the year in the Chaplaincy area of the school. In this Jubilee […]

On Thursday 17th January, Ursuline Sixth Form hosted an inspiring Sixth Form Conference on Democracy and Truth in a World of AI and Social Media! We welcomed students, and staff from six other schools (City of London Academy, Raynes Park High, Ricards Lodge, Rutlish, Wimbledon College, and Ursuline Academy Ilford). […]

The children at St James the Great Catholic Primary School were thrilled to learn they had secured the Summer Reading Challenge Trophy for the second consecutive year. Organised by Southwark Libraries, this event encourages children to read at least six books during the summer break. The school provided the highest […]

It was a busy December at St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Erith, Kent.  62 children from Years 5 and 6 attended a Homeless Sleepover where they learnt about homelessness and gave up their bed for the night, sleeping in the school hall.  The children also took part in Christmas […]

As we lit the first candle of the Advent wreathe, the candle of hope, the community of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College observed Hope Week, in preparation for being Pilgrims of Hope during the Jubilee Year. In doing so we supported three charities, firstly we collected food for […]

At St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School in Canterbury, we have been busy in the lead up to Christmas with many different events. Our whole school took part in the Nativity which was held at our parish church, St Thomas of Canterbury, which has become a tradition. The children enjoyed performing […]

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Tunbridge Wells have been busy preparing for Christmas. Children delivered the message of Jesus birth beautifully with a wonderful heartfelt nativity.  The whole school has embarked on the call from the a parish to make Christmas cards. These cards will be given to the lonely, […]

Mini-Vinnies at Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Maidstone, led by Miss McNulty, raised a wonderful £65 at the Christmas Fayre through their “Pie the Mini-Vinnie” stall! Brave volunteers took the plunge as friends and family gleefully threw cream pies in their faces, all in the name of charity. The […]

Staff, the Year 6 Head Boy, Girl and Deputies at St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School in Ramsgate gave up their time to go out in all weathers after school to raise money for the Poppy Appeal, selling poppies and other poppy items. Mrs Lawrence, the history lead, led the school in a two-minute silence on Monday 11th November […]

This year, during Advent, The Holy Cross School in New Malden, took part in The Catholic Children’s Society Christmas Gift Appeal. The Catholic Children’s Society (CCS) supporters donate gifts which they distribute to those most in need. Thousands of local children and families are facing a Christmas without presents, food or basic essentials. […]

The Advent service held at St George’s Cathedral on Friday, December 6th, 2024, was a beautiful and reflective event. Organised by the Education Service in collaboration with the Catholic Children’s Society, this service brought together primary schools from the Archdiocese of Southwark. The service began at 2pm. It was a […]

As the festive season approaches, the Education Service launched an exciting Christmas card competition, inviting pupils from our schools to showcase their artistic talents and celebrate the true spirit of Christmas. We had so many great entries. We shortlisted 5 entries and chose 2 winners! The Competition was open to […]

The children of St Augustine’s lead the family Mass at St Augustine’s Church on the 24th November. They read beautifully, lead the offertory and sang with enthusiasm. Parishioners and Governors commented on how well they all did. 

Special recognition was given to three brothers and former schoolboys who were killed in separate battles during World War Two.  College—Patrick Milne Carroll, Michael John Carroll, and Gerald Dennis Carroll—who each made the ultimate sacrifice during the Second World War. At a special Remembrance Requiem Mass held at St Augustine’s […]

Every year at the Mass of the Holy Spirit, Notre Dame welcomes the new school year in by presenting the student form reps, year prefects, sports captain, assistant heads, deputy heads and head girl with their badges as a symbol of their promise to deliver in their new roles. The […]

The Catholic Children’s Society (CCS) recently marked the milestone of distributing over £1 million of emergency funding to support families in need. In 2013 CCS launched their ‘Crisis Fund’ in the Diocese of Westminster to provide immediate help for families facing a crisis in their lives.  Over the years this […]

Harvest Festival Once again this year St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery had a Harvest Festival with donations of food going to Ramsgate Salvation Army Food bank. This was held on Monday 30th September and as you can see by the wonderful display in the school hall our community […]

At St. Benedict’s Catholic Primary School we are delighted to have achieved our Eco-Schools Green Flag Award with Distinction.  This is the highest level you can receive and is only given to those schools where the Eco-Schools judges believe have gone ‘above and beyond’ the requirements for a Green Flag.  Perhaps […]

For the fifth year running, Christ the King Sixth Forms (CTK) and East Kent Colleges Group (EKC) are combining forces for yet another Christmas Gift Appeal which launched on 18th November to collect gifts and donations for various charities, including: Last year we raised over £20,000 and this year we hope to raise even more […]

A real community effort took place over the summer at St Augustine’s Primary School in Tunbridge Wells to give the library a make-over.  School Governors and local businesses joined forces and gave up their time to create something rather special. School Governor Daniela Anderson says “it was so heart-warming that […]

The children at Notre Dame Primary school, donated food for the Local Greenwich Foodbank. They held their Harvest Festival for parents/carers and enjoyed singing and dancing to their songs.

On Monday St. Catherine’s School community gathered together for Remembrance Day. They had a poignant service, joining in prayer for global peace and hope. They remember those who volunteered, sacrificed, served, fought, and died, for our freedom.

On Thursday 17th October 2024, St Matthew Academy officially welcomed our new head teacher Mr Potter with a mass of induction. It was a beautiful mass celebrated by Canon Victor Darlington and concelebrated with Fr Krzysztof, the new parish priest at St Saviour’s Parish in Lewisham. The students and staff […]

The Mayor of Medway, Councillor Marian Nestorov and his wife, Mrs Liubov Nestorov, paid a visit to St. Benedict’s Catholic Primary School on Tuesday 15th October to officially open our much-anticipated new school library.  Just over a year ago, a heavy rainstorm caused the drainage system to overflow flooding the […]

The Avila Partnership between St Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls, Carshalton, and Ursuline High School, Wimbledon, has been a delivery partner of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for The Catholic Education Service (CES) and Church of England Education Office (CEFEL) since its inception in February 2022. We are delighted to […]

The month of October is dedicated to Our Lady Mary the mother of God. During this month St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School are spending time in class reflecting on the rosary and what it means. They were very lucky last year to have received free rosary beads for each child […]

On Thursday 10th October, celebrating the return of the ‘500 Words’ competition, the BBC visited St James the Great in Peckham with two authors: Chris Smith and Greg James. They held an Assembly for Years 3 to 6 to launch the UK’s largest writing competition for children aged 5 to […]

Richard Challoner School had the privilege of attending the most wonderful, spiritually rich celebration in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark on 26th September, to celebrate the beginning of this new academic year. Organised by the Education Service in the Archdiocese of Southwark, Richard Challoner School was invited to attend a very […]

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School celebrated their harvest festival led by their Key stage one children. It was a playful and joyful event with songs, bible reading and prayers. The whole school contributed to their donations. Pupil chaplains helped to pack the donations which were collected by Nourish. 

Well done to staff and pupils at St James the Great, Thornton Heath for being awarded the inaugural PGA Presidents Trophy for the Unleash Your Drive PSHE program. For the past year, the school has been one of 650 nationally who were selected to trial the program which focuses on […]

 Students, staff, parents and friends of Richard Challoner School enjoyed a highly emotive, celebratory Challoner Day Mass at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark last week.  This year attendance at the traditional Challoner Day event was the highest ever, with over thirteen hundred people. The event has become an intrinsic part […]

Having seen the story in the local news on 12th September of a local food bank having donations stolen, the charity committee at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College agreed they must do something. An email was sent to everyone in the wider college community asking for help.  Two days […]

Video recordings of many beloved hymns have been released by the St George’s Cathedral Choirs to promote the power of worship through music and song. Recorded at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark, London, the various Cathedral choirs recorded 18 hymns and 2 organ pieces. This included children from the Southwark Singing Programme who […]

On Wednesday 18th September, St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, Gomm Road, held an Educators’ Mass for local Catholic schools. As this was the first of its kind for schools in their area, they were extremely blessed to invite Canon Victor Darlington to lead this beautiful celebration. It was a wonderful reminder […]

Pupil chaplains from St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School attended the KCSP beginning of the year Mass on the 25th September. It was a wonderful opportunity. School chaplains have said it is now part of their tradition! The followed the rosary walk and had lunch in their old spot! So lovely […]