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((Short description|Boys' secondary school in London, England))
((Use British English|date=February 2023))
((Use dmy dates|date=December 2018))
((More citations needed|date=March 2022))
((Infobox school 
| name         = Finchley Catholic High School
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| motto        = ((lang-la|Da Nobis Recta Sapere)) <br /> (''Grant that we may be truly wise'')
| established  = 1926
| closed       = 
| type         = [[Voluntary aided school]]
| religious_affiliation     = Roman Catholic
| president    = 
| head_label   = Headmistress
| head         = Niamh Arnull<ref>((cite web |title=Welcome from the Head |url=https://www.finchleycatholic.org.uk/page/?title=Welcome+from+the+Head&pid=18 |website=Finchley Catholic High School |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709161930/https://www.finchleycatholic.org.uk/page/?title=Welcome+from+the+Head&pid=18 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |language=English |url-status=live))</ref>
| founder      = C. H. Parsons
| address       = Woodside Lane
| city         = [[North Finchley]]
| county       = [[Greater London]]
| country      = England
| postcode     = N12 8TA
| local_authority          = [[Barnet London Borough Council|Barnet]]
| ofsted       = yes
| dfeno        = 302/5405
| urn          = 101362
| enrolment   = 1124
| gender       = Boys (mixed-sex 6th form)
| lower_age    = 11
| upper_age    = 18
| houses       = 
| colours      = 
| publication  = ''The Albanian''
| free_label_1 = Former names
| free_1       = Finchley Grammar School<br />Challoner School
| free_label_2 = 
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| website      = http://www.finchleycatholic.org.uk
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'''Finchley Catholic High School''' is a boys' secondary school with a coeducational [[sixth form]] in [[North Finchley]], part of the [[London Borough of Barnet]], England. The current head teacher is Niamh Arnull, who had previously been a member of the teaching staff in the 1990s.

==Admissions==
Finchley Catholic High School is a faith school; it is also – up to the end of year 11 – exclusively for boys.

It has a  coeducational sixth form. The sixth form has been coeducational since the 2007–08 academic year.

==Location==
The school is situated to the west of Finchley's High Road ([[A1000 road|A1000]]), and immediately to the east of that stretch of the Northern Line which constitutes the school's western boundary. Lying adjacent to the postcode boundaries of [[Whetstone, London|Whetstone]] (N20) and [[Woodside Park]] (N12), it is roughly halfway between [[Woodside Park tube station|Woodside Park]] and [[Totteridge & Whetstone tube station|Totteridge & Whetstone]] Underground stations.

==History==
((unreferenced section|date=December 2016))
Finchley Catholic Grammar School was founded in 1926 by Clement Henry Parsons (1892–1980), parish priest of [[St. Alban's Catholic Church]], Nether Street, [[North Finchley]]. He founded the Challoner School (a fee-paying grammar school for boys who had not passed their 11+); as well as St. Alban's Catholic Preparatory School ("The Prep" – now absorbed into Woodside Park International School) as a feeder primary for the Grammar and Challoner schools. 1971 saw its two institutional forebears, Finchley Catholic Grammar School ("Finchley Grammar") and the Challoner School, merge to become Finchley Catholic High School. It was the sister school of the all-girls [[St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School]] during the grammar school era.

==Traditions==
Its motto, ''Da Nobis Recta Sapere'' (''Grant that we may be truly wise'') comes from the [[collect]] (opening prayer) of the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] of [[Pentecost]]. The school newsletter, "The Albanian", is named after the school's patron saint, [[St Alban]], Britain's [[protomartyr]]. It is sent out multiple times a year (often each half term) to all parents, governors and other key members of the school community.

==Ethos==
The school has a [[Catholic]] ethos. Religious education is taught five times a fortnight in [[Key Stage 3]] (years 7, 8 and 9); and, as in all Catholic schools in England, the [[GCSE]] is compulsory ([[Key Stage 4]] – years 10 and 11), being taught five times a fortnight.

==Sport==
Facilities include a recently installed full size astroturf pitch and playing fields in nearby Southover, a street in Woodside Park Garden Suburb, the other side of Dollis Brook. Of particular note was the archery club. From 1965 until 1972 they were undefeated in interschool competition.

On 26 April 2018, Finchley's year 10 football team qualified for the ESFA U15 National Cup Final overcoming Carshalton Sports College 3–1 in the Semi-final. Goals scored by Luke Ainsworth, Luke Traynor and Louis Setoudeh were enough to take the school through to the first National Cup Final in the school's history. The school played St Francis Xavier's College from Liverpool in the final at the Madjeski Stadium (Reading) on 22 May 2018.<ref name="ESFA">((cite web|last1=ESFA|first1=ESFA official website|title=ESFA Boys Under 15 Playstation Schools' Cup|url=http://www.esfa.co.uk/competitions/?page=314A70BA39EF24&season=2017|website=ESFA|access-date=28 April 2018))</ref>

The same team that got to the ESFA U15 National Cup Final also won the Middlesex county cup three years in a row making it the first time in the history of the Middlesex cup that it had happened, their third Middlesex county cup win is most known thanks to Ehimen Osebore doing the milly rock as a goal celebration.

==Music and drama==
The show "Remember" written by Mark Sell and Lena Santos, was performed by students of FCHS and St. Michael's. It is about the remembrance of the [[Holocaust]], and has been to [[Poland]], where it was the first-ever performance in the [[Auschwitz]] camp itself. Music includes partisan music, and other music with [[Yiddish]] and [[Hebrew]] lyrics.

==Science and engineering==
The school offers a government-funded engineering club to [[Key Stage 3]]. It is currently working on making a green energy supply to run an oxygenating system for the school pond, in the form of a wind turbine.

==Languages==
French or Spanish are compulsory throughout [[Key Stage 3]], and optional at [[GCSE]]. French is also taught up to [[A Level (UK)|A2]] level. There are after-school lessons in [[Latin]], which is available up to [[GCSE]] (no longer available).

==School buildings==
The school's buildings vary in age and quality:

* The 'White House', built in 1872 by Cubitt, is the school's oldest building. Grade II listed, it houses the school's reception, main offices, a small oratory and student services.
* The Bourne Block, completed in 1936, is the largest building and houses most of the classrooms, as well as the former Sixth Form common room (now a staff room) and a  business and MfL centre.
* The Challoner Block, completed in 1954, originally housed the separate Challoner School, until it became part of FCHS in 1971. It contains the second largest number of classrooms.
* Bampfield House, a private residence built before 1920, was acquired in the early 1950s as a dormitory block for the Challoner School. FCHS used it as a music and drama centre until the construction of the Performing Arts Centre  (see below). It was demolished in 2013 and  is now home to the Canon Parsons Sixth Form Centre which opened in 2014
* The School Hall, built in 1956 and originally used solely as a chapel, now functions as an assembly hall.
* The Fisher Block, also known as the '1971 Block', houses the ICT and art rooms, a library and the recently renovated canteen.
* The Bampfield Performing Arts Centre, built in 2004 and opened by local girl [[Emma Bunton]] ("Baby Spice"), replaced Bampfield House as a multi-purpose music and drama centre, including three music rooms and a drama studio.
* Canon Parsons Sixth Form Centre built in 2014 and opened by Bishop John Sherrington it cost £3&nbsp;million to build. It replaced the former music and drama centre Bampfield house.

There are two other buildings of note. 
* Challoner Lodge (originally 'Feckenham Lodge'), built around 1930 as a kind of dower house for the founder's aged mother, is now the school keeper's residence.
* Parsons Lodge, originally the coachman's lodge for the 'White House' and also Grade II listed, was recently renovated including structural underpinning.

==School houses==
The school is made up of 6 houses, which are represented by each year's form classes, which in turn are represented by the colour of stripes on their ties. These are named after prominent Catholics (mostly with some personal connection to Finchley): Bampfield (green), [[Francis Bourne|Bourne]] (blue), [[John Feckenham|Feckenham]] (gold), [[St John Fisher|Fisher]] (white), [[Richard Challoner|Challoner]] (red), [[St Thomas More|More]] (purple) and [[St Alban|Alban]] (orange).  Orange is not always included, but sometimes another form is made to accommodate more pupils, typically every other year.

The forms (houses) each have their own letter, which together make up the initials of the school. This is FRCHSB, standing for Finchley Roman Catholic High School for Boys, and each letter is for a different form.

At the beginning of the 2006–07 school year, another tie colour, orange, was introduced due to a complication about the number of pupils admitted that year. This was later removed for the lower school in 2014.

As stated by the school:
* ((Not a typo|F(inchley))) is Green Tie. Bampfield
* R(((not a typo|oman))) is Blue Tie. Bourne
* ((Not a typo|C(atholic))) is Gold Tie (often referred to as Yellow – Yellow and Gold being heraldically equivalent). Feckenham
* ((Not a typo|H(igh))) is White Tie. Fisher
* ((Not a typo|S(chool))) is Red Tie. Challoner
* ((Not a typo|B(oys))) is Purple Tie. More
* ((Not a typo|A(ttendance))) is Orange tie


For some lessons, classes partner up with another one:

* For design technology 
* For performing arts 
* For foreign language classes, the classes are split with three forms learning French and the other three forms learning Spanish

==Notable old boys==
* [[Declan Danaher]], former rugby player, back row [[London Irish]]
* [[Tony Gallagher (editor)|Tony Gallagher]], former editor of ''The Sun'' and ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', now deputy editor ''The Times''
* [[Giuliano Grazioli]], former striker for [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] and [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]]
* [[Martin Ivens]], former editor, ''[[The Sunday Times]]''
* [[Dennis Kelly]], theatre and television writer
* [[Paul Rincon]], BBC News, broadcast journalist, specialist in science & technology
* [[Christian Maghoma]], [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]] international footballer<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/development-squad/christian-maghoma/ |title=Christian Maghoma profile |publisher=Tottenham Hotspur FC  |access-date=15 August 2017))</ref>
* [[RV (rapper)]] British rapper and songwriter
* [[Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu]], Professional footballer for [[Luton Town]]

===Finchley Grammar School===
((See also|:Category:People educated at Finchley Grammar School))
[[File:Web Summit 2017 - Centre Stage Day 1 SM0 6565 (24372816478).jpg|thumb|right|John Hegarty, founder of [[Bartle Bogle Hegarty|BBH]] in November 2017 at the [[Web Summit]] 2017]]
* [[Aidan Bellenger]] [[Benedictines|OSB]] (born 1950), former Abbot of [[Downside Abbey]]<ref>''Who's Who in the World'', Vol. 10 (Marquis Who's Who, 1990), p. 80</ref>
* [[Christopher Bliss]], Nuffield Professor of International Economics from 1992 to 2007 at the [[University of Oxford]], and brother of [[Jill Paton Walsh]]
* James Bredin, former BBC news and documentary producer, managing director from 1964 to 1982 of [[Border Television]], and directed [[ITN]]'s first broadcast in 1955<ref>((cite web |author1=James Graham |title=Obituary: James Bredin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-bredin-1185807.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005207/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-james-bredin-1185807.html |archive-date=27 Jun 2018 |language=English |date=23 Oct 2011 |url-status=live))</ref>
* [[Air Vice-Marshal]] Robert Chapple, Principal Medical Officer of the [[RAF Support Command|RAF]] from 1991 to 1994
* [[Terry Forrestal]], stuntman base jumper; former soldier
* [[Michael Gorman (librarian)|Michael Gorman]], librarian, writer & lecturer
* Sir [[Bartle Bogle Hegarty|John Hegarty]], founder of global advertising agency [[Bartle Bogle Hegarty]]
* [[Jerry Lordan]], composer of hits ''[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]'' and ''[[Wonderful Land]]'' for [[The Shadows]]
* [[Troy Kennedy Martin]], screenwriter; co-creator of 1960s British TV hit series [[Z-Cars]], scripted 1960s classic ''[[The Italian Job]]''
* [[John Leslie Marshall]], Conservative former MEP for [[London North (European Parliament constituency)|London North]] and former mayor of [[Barnet London Borough Council]]
* [[Eric Merriman]], radio comedy writer
* [[Nicholas J. Phillips]], UK hologram pioneer
* [[Alan Rayment]], first-class cricketer
* Sir [[Hugh Rossi]], Conservative MP for [[Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornsey]], then [[Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornsey and Wood Green]], 1966–92

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071112104003/http://www.finchleycatholic.org.uk/default.asp Finchley Catholic High School website]

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