Our Lady's Catholic High School Achieves Remarkable Year-on - Year Improvement in GCSE Results
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Thu 24th Aug 2023
Thu 24th Aug 2023
Our Lady's Catholic High School is an inclusive Catholic school.
It was established in Amhurst Park in 1904 by the Servite Sisters in order to provide education to young women in Hackney. From September 2024, the school will admit boys into Year 7, providing the same high-quality teaching and personal development opportunities that our girls experience.
We invite you to visit and experience the energy and vibrancy of the
school.
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Embracing a new chapter together! 📖✨ Year 7 Welcome Mass and the blessing of the New Testament & Psalms. Here's to a year of growth, faith, and l...
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Mon 18th Sep 2023
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Explore your potential at our #SixthForm!🌟 Are you ready to embark on an exciting #educational journey and take your skills to the next level at Our Lad...
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Mon 11th Sep 2023
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With the new year starting, we would love to welcome our new #students to our wonderful family. This is Our Lady's Catholic #secondaryschool! We, as a #communit...
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Tue 5th Sep 2023
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Andy English, Headteacher expressed his delight at the students’ #GCSE achievements. "The outcomes are a reflection of their resilience, providing an affi...
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Thu 24th Aug 2023
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What a fabulous morning celebrating the students' #GCSE success! There were beaming smiles, squeals of delight, hugs of congratulations & sighs of relief as the...
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At Our Lady's, our #students #learning thrives in a nurturing and empowering environment!As a #school #community, we follow our 5 principles: peace, politeness,...
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Mon 21st Aug 2023
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At Our Lady's, our student's health and well-being are at the heart of everything we do!Our wonderful #catering team and our new #chef Gary are committed to ser...
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Tue 15th Aug 2023
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We are incredibly proud of our new #Year7 #students, who worked extremely well together to create a carnival headpiece using transfer-printed feathers, a #texti...
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Mon 7th Aug 2023
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This year, 11 #students from Y7-Y13 entered The Anthea Bell‘s Prize for Young Translators organised by Queen’s College Translation Exchange from @Un...
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Mon 31st Jul 2023
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"#Prom was definitely the event of the year! It was a beautiful way to celebrate all of our year 11’s achievements. Thank you to the staff who helped befo...
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Where girls thrive
Our Lady's History
1904
1904 - 1916
1916
1918 - 1923
1924
1937 - 1951
1952 - 1974
1975 - 1993
1979
1994 - 2003
2004 - 2015
2017
2022 - Present
1904
Early Days at Amhurst Park
1904, 11 January School opened at 14 Amhurst Park. It was used as a school for Senior pupils whilst Lordship Road continued to be used for Kindergarden. There were 38 pupils on roll of all ages. siste...
1904 - 1916
Sr. M. Philippa O.S.M
was head from 1904 to 1916 and was responsible for establishing Our Lady's at 14 Amhurst Park, having moved the school from its earlier site in Lordship Road to accommodate the growing number of stude...
1916
Early Days at Amhurst Park
No 16 Amhurst Park, 'Scarborough House', was brought on 8th September for £650
1918 - 1923
Sr Angela Butler
became headteacher in 1918. In 1923 Miss Tynan became the first lay member of staff.
1924
Early Days at Amhurst Park
The Sisters bought number 12 Amhurst Park on 19th March for £450. It had been called Heath Lee.
1937 - 1951
Mother Mary Celestine Corcoran O.S.M,
guided the school through the years of Evacuation during World War II 1939-1945, and under her direction the school roll was greatly increased. She obtained special government permission in 1949 to bu...
1952 - 1974
Sr. Mary Alban Gallagher O.S.M,
oversaw the enlargement of the school from 14-16 Amhurst Park to 6-16 Amhurst Park, the construction of the buildings from the present gym up to and including the chapel. Subject options and the size...
1975 - 1993
Our Lady's Became Comprehensive
Sr. Mary John Murdock O.S.M,
oversaw change from a two form entry grammar to a three form entry comprehensive with co-operation at sixth form level. Subject options increased further; setting became t...
1979
School Celebrates 75 Years
Our Lady's celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the school.
1994 - 2003
Mrs. Margaret Dixon
the school's first lay headteacher led the school through some exciting periods of reform and change. During her headship, Our Lady's enlarged to be four forms of entry and gained the following awards...
2004 - 2015
Our New Building
Mrs Jane Gray, the school's second lay headteacher led the school through the complete rebuild of the school as part of the 'Building Schools for the Future' programme. This included a two year period...
2017
Ms Justine McDonald, Headteacher
We have started 2017 with a fantastic OFSTED report, and the hard work of our students has been reflected in their mocks. These were not easy times and 2017 was a challenging year for many of us. Scho...
2022 - Present
Andy English, Headteacher
Mr English has been appointed as the new substantive Headteacher with effect from 19th April 2022. Mr English has been working with the school as Head of School since September 2021. He is an experien...
