Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow

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Holy Family Catholic School
Sir Robert Wigram - Walthamstow House Shernhall Street Walthamstow London E17 9RT.jpg
Address
Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow
1 Shernhall Street

Walthamstow
,
Greater London
,
E17 3EA

England
Coordinates 51°35′10″N0°00′30″W / 51.58611°N 0.00847°W / 51.58611; -0.00847
Information
Type Voluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1988
Local authority Waltham Forest
Department for Education URN 103106 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherCarolyn Laws
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Enrolment1,302 as of December 2022
Website www.holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk

Holy Family Catholic School (formerly Holy Family Technology College) is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in the Walthamstow area of East London, England. [1]

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Description

The school is based on two sites: the Walthamstow House site and the Wiseman House site. Both sites are located on Shernhall Street. Year 7's to Year 8's attend the Walthamstow House site and Year 9's and higher attend the Wiseman House site.

First established in 1988, it is a voluntary aided school administered by Waltham Forest London Borough Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood. [2] The school celebrated its silver jubilee throughout 2012 and 2013. [3]

Holy Family Catholic School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study a range of A Levels and BTECs. [4] The school also has a specialism in Technology, and has dedicated resources to support the specialism. [5]

Walthamstow House

Walthamstow House home to Robert and Eleanor Wigram in 1802 Walthamstow House home to Robert and Eleanor Wigram in 1802 (cropped).jpg
Walthamstow House home to Robert and Eleanor Wigram in 1802

The school's building Walthamstow House was bought by Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet and he lived there with Lady Eleanor Wigram. She organised the first National School in Walthamstow. They were involved in a number of other organisations. Eleanor was into founding charities and Robert imported medicinal drugs and then, with Eleanor's advice, made some very successful investments. They had a huge family of children with a good number of over achievers. [6]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Holy Family Catholic School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Silver Jubilee | Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. 1 September 2013. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Homepage | Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Technology | Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wigram [née Watts], Eleanor, Lady Wigram (1767–1841), philanthropist" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55217. ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 18 October 2020.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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