Claire Williams

The Holy Cross School is proud to share news of the remarkable generosity demonstrated by our students from KS3 to KS5. Our collective efforts have resulted in a generous donation to the Catholic Children’s Society. We extend our gratitude to these students for their selflessness and compassion, and we’re pleased […]

“For all those who have no peace, let us invoke Mary, the woman who brought into the world the Prince of Peace.” Pope Francis May is traditionally dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. During this month the pupils and staff of Rosary at St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School honour Mary and […]

St. Andrew’s has officially ranked at Number 4 in The Sunday Times Top 500 Primary Schools 2024 list. [Source: The Sunday Times, April 2024] There over 16,000 primary schools in England, and St. Andrew’s are proud that the achievements of the pupils at the end of Year 6, as well […]

Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College were over the moon at how wonderful their Confirmation Mass with Canon Gerard Bradley was on the evening of Thursday 2 May. Eleven students received the sacrament, with one also receiving Reconciliation and the Eucharist for the first time. After a six session […]

Bonus Pastor’s Spirituality Shepherds helped to create a team of 58 students who completed the Big Lent Walk. Prior to the walk, they worked tirelessly to raise money for CAFOD showing their passion for Catholic Social Teaching and the importance of working towards eliminating global poverty. An amazing £879.65 was […]

In preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year of ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, Pope Francis has declared 2024 as a Year of Prayer to ‘renew our desire to be in the presence of the Lord, to listen to him and to adore him’. Through prayer we are invited to offer a great […]

Bonus Pastor Catholic College was recognised for being in the top 20% of non-selective schools nationally for student attainment in the 2023 end of KS4 exams.  The SSAT Educational Outcomes database compares all state-funded schools in England. To be recognised with an Educational Outcomes Award is a significant achievement and […]

Christ the King Sixth Forms is thrilled to announce the resounding success of its annual Easter Egg Appeal, which concluded over the Easter break with an impressive donation of over 650 eggs. This initiative, driven by the dedication of its staff and students, aimed to spread joy and support to […]

St Michael’s Catholic College is delighted that their excellent outcomes have been recognised by SSAT (The Schools, Students and Teachers Network) in this year’s Educational Outcomes Awards. The SSAT Educational Outcomes database compares all state-funded schools in England and the awards recognise that St Michael’s Catholic College is among the […]

To celebrate Easter, St. Matthew Academy embraced the spirit of renewal and resurrection with a series of heartfelt celebrations that truly embodied the essence of this special time of year. With each class actively participating in various activities and rituals, our school community came together in a profound display of […]

Having welcomed an additional form of entry to Year 7 in September 2024, bringing the total number of Year 7 students on roll at St Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls to 264, across 9 forms of entry, we were delighted to receive the keys to our new building in […]

Over 350 jubilant voices filled the air on March 20th, 2024, as five local Catholic primary schools and one Catholic secondary school joined forces for their annual vibrant choral festival in Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, Erith. This uplifting event brought together hundreds of young singers to celebrate […]

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School visited St George’s Cathedral where they celebrated Mass with The Most Rev. John Wilson. It was an amazing occasion and they were so proud to receive the Developer level certificate from the Oscar Romero Trust. The children were so proud and excited to take part […]

Each week of Lent the children from St Matthew Academy are being given a Lenten activity to do in form time. Last week the children were encouraged to write a Lenten Prayer. Here’s a small selection of them from across the year groups. 

The staff at Bonus Pastor Catholic College have enthusiastically embraced technology into their classrooms since that pandemic. Our school community is thrilled to have been recognised as a Google Reference School. G Kelly (Customer success manager for Google for Education in the UK) and Lawrence Tijjani Happy2Host Education came to visit […]

Notre Dame Catholic Primary School in Woolwich, took part in Cafod’s Big Lent Walk to raise money and awareness of those less fortunate than ourselves. Well Done to everyone who took part.

St Joseph’s College, Croydon were delighted to welcome Canon Victor Darlington to the College on Tuesday, 20th February. Canon Victor is the Episcopal Vicar for the South East Area, and he also works for Racial Justice and Cultural Inclusion in the Archdiocese, as well as being one of the Deans […]

St Augustine’s children were thrilled to lead Mass this Sunday at St Augustine’s Church. The music lead, Nick Pointer has given up his time to come into school and teach us a song with signs. We learnt ‘You have called you by our name’ by Bernadette Farrell with signs.  Our […]

  As a community, our mission is to create Catholic citizens of the world. This was clearly recognised in the rigorous and engaging curriculum our staff body have worked tirelessly to implement. It is also seen in the services, masses, assemblies and prayer that take place throughout the school year. […]

In the last week of this half term, 5th to 9th February 2024, Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Sixth Form College held a week dedicated to our patron.  All prayers and reflections were about St Francis Xavier himself, and there was a service of readings and Eucharist in the chapel where […]

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School have participated in Children’s mental health week and the theme is My voice matters. Across the school they talked about the things that mattered to them and wow did the staff learn a lot from the children – snuggles, bedtime stories, getting logs for the […]

At St Matthew Academy, our students are committed to making a positive impact in our local community. As part of our ongoing charity contribution for the year 2023-4, some of our light bearers recently had the opportunity to bring joy to the older generation at Rectory Court Care home. Armed […]

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School were honoured to receive the ‘DEVELOPER’ level in The Oscar Romero Award for their dedication to Catholic Social teaching.  This award reflects the hard work of their amazing staff and the commitment to their Catholic mission. Here is what The Oscar Romero Award said: Well […]

We are celebrating 90 years of providing an outstanding education that has been rooted in the Ignatian pedagogy. We are also delighted to welcome Catherine Hitchcock as our new Head to lead us through our 90th year anniversary and beyond. Catherine is driving our change to coeducation from September 2024 […]

The Faith Leaders at St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary School meet once a week and, as well as leading prayer in class and at assembly and setting up the hall for our daily Rosary, the children are quite busy right now arranging a BIG LENT WALK for St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary School […]

On a wet and windy December day in South West London, the Garden of Unity, which had featured in this year’s prestigious Chelsea Flower Show, was unveiled in its new home in Sacred Heart School, Battersea. Alongside Mr Jared Brading, the Executive Headteacher at Sacred Heart, the icon of Childrens’ […]

We were excited to read about an Art exhibition to depict multi-racial God though the Commission Newsletter. As a school with a wide range of diversity and culture we decided this was something we would like to include in our lessons.  The art exhibition looks at depicting God and characters from […]

It was appropriate that on the feast of St John Bosco, the diocesan education staff joined with Patrick Harrison at a Mass on his last day as secondary RE advisor. Canon Victor Darlington, the celebrant paid tribute to Patrick’s contribution to Catholic Education both in schools in East Anglia Diocese […]

The Archdiocese of Southwark has launched a new campaign to encourage people to Give Prayer A Go and welcome Christ into their hearts. People often speak of barriers to prayer, which can range from feeling their lives are too busy to take a moment or that they are unsure where […]

On Christmas Day, fifteen of our Year 5 and 6 children appeared on the King’s Speech delivered by King Charles III and which was broadcast on BBC1 and ITV.  In December the group visited Buckingham Palace as part of a choir organised by Bexley Music to record the carol “While […]

New facilities which include FESTO equipment and design, to benefit aspiring T Level Engineering students, was opened by Janet Daby MP at Christ the King Sixth Form Emmanuel.  Janet Daby, Labour MP for Lewisham East, and other VIP guests attended the opening of the new T Level Engineering and Manufacturing […]

Maureen from CAFOD has helped the pupils of St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School think about how Catholic Social Teaching reminds them that our faith means we are all brothers and sisters and we can put our faith into action. Just like Pope Francis’s Fratelli Tutti letter! They enjoyed the workshop […]

Nana Reynier takes over as Chair from Dr Rupert Evenett MBE, who has been a Foundation Governor at Christ the King Catholic Sixth Form, for over 17 years. CTK is a highly successful sixth form that has three sites in South East London and Kent. CTK Aquinas is a selective […]

During the time of Advent St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School have been thinking of others, and living out their school motto To Love and to Serve. St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Choir sang at Wimbledon Train station in aid of HCPT and raised over £600 which will […]

St Anne’s Catholic school in Vauxhall is thrilled to announce that Mr. Peter Hilton, has been honoured with the prestigious Silver Pearson Head Teacher of the Year in a primary school award. This accolade is a testament to Mr. Hilton’s outstanding leadership and his remarkable achievements in the realm of […]

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School have been called to help the Parish spread Christmas cheer to the elderly, lonely, isolated and unwell. As a school they took this opportunity to support the Parish and give some of their time to create these beautiful cards.

St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School celebrated their 140th anniversary at the end of November.  During a special mass, for all former and current students, the current school register and the first school roll were presented. The children and staff dressed up in the fashions from the past 140 years. Above are […]

Governors from across the diocese came together at our Governors’’ Conference on Saturday 25 November. Many travelled considerable distances to our venue, St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Erith. The day consisted of governor preparation for CSI, handling complaints and there was even an opportunity to look around our host […]

Canon Victor was delighted to go to St Gregory’s Primary School in Margate.  During his visit he spent time with pupils in their classrooms and meet the Mini-Vinnies group and pupil chaplaincy team.  He met with the school leaders of the three primary schools in that part of the Kent […]

With the Israel Gaza War now in its second month, Ursuline College Students in Westgate have taken time to research and remember one of the former Ramsgate School boys from St Augustine’s College, who gave his life in the First Battle of Gaza in March of 1917. Charles Oscar Wilson […]

Christ the King Sixth Forms and East Kent Colleges Group are set to work on another Christmas campaign, this time seeking to raise more than ever before in donations and gifts.  Now in its fourth year, the campaign run by husband-and-wife team Shireen Razey (Executive Principal of Christ the King […]

We took part in Anti-Bullying Week 2023 week this week. The theme was Make A Noise About Bullying. We began the week with Odd socks day to celebrate what makes us unique and get the conversation stared. We had a whole school assembly and lessons throughout the school teaching us […]

From over 200 nominations across Kent, Medway, Bexley and Bromley, Mrs Kerr, Mrs Watson and Mrs Sutton were selected as the winners for the Pastoral Care Award and also the Champions Award for outstanding commitment and dedication to supporting the wellbeing of others! They celebrated receiving their awards at Hempstead […]

Green Captains plant two Oaks in partnership with local businesses and college. St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School in Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath certainly do offer a world class careers education programme! They launched their ‘Green Careers Week’ in style with a monumental activity – planting two Oak trees sponsored by Inspired […]

On All Saints Day, we celebrate all saints who are in heaven. These include all known and unknown saints. It is a holiday rooted in the belief that the world is spiritually connected to heaven. Today we celebrated All Saints’ Day with Mass and bright clothes. Families gave a donation […]

On Wednesday 13th September 2023, the whole school community came together and welcomed RT Rev Philip Moger, the Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark to celebrate our Founders Day Mass.   Marking 130 years of female Catholic education at St Philomena’s, the day provided an opportunity to reflect on the long and rich […]

On Friday 20th October, St Margaret Clitherow’s staff wore pink to support ‘Wear it Pink Day’. They raised money for Breast Cancer research by joining in with various activities throughout the day. There were lots of cake and prizes on offer!  At the end of the day, they held a collection […]

As part of St Augustine’s Catholic Primary Schools geography topic; our local area, the school had a visit from Councillor Joe Opara. Joe shared why he decided to become a councillor. Pupils asked questions about his job and decided what jobs they would like to do when they are older. […]

Members of the Richard Challoner School community are very proud to have been recognised nationally and awarded the bronze level RACE Charter Mark, for their commitment to improving race equality and prioritising an inclusive culture where staff, students, parents and partners of all ethnicities are equally valued.   Developed by […]

Black history is world history. Black History Month represents Black influence around the world. Today, we not only celebrate the Black astronauts, scientists, inventors, artists, and activists of the past; we also celebrate the rise of Black business, arts, and literature that will influence the future. We have been spending […]