La Sainte Union Catholic School
Address
Map
Highgate Road

London
,
NW5 1RP

England
Coordinates51°33′36″N 0°08′58″W / 51.56°N 0.14942°W / 51.56; -0.14942
Information
TypeVoluntary aided school
MottoCuique Omnes et Omnes Deo – Each for all and all for God
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1861
FounderJean Baptiste Debrabant
Local authorityCamden
Department for Education URN100059 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherSophie Fegan
GenderCo-Ed (mixed 6th Form – LaSWAP)
Age11 to 18
Colour(s)Bottle Green, White & Gold
Websitewww.lasainteunion.org.uk

La Sainte Union Catholic School is a Co-Ed Roman Catholic secondary school based in Highgate in North London.

History

Formerly, a grant-maintained school, La Sainte Union Catholic School is now a voluntary-aided school which teaches boys and girls aged 11–18. It is a Specialist Science College. It was awarded Beacon school status in 1999. The school is a part of the LaSWAP Sixth Form consortium, together with William Ellis School, Acland Burghley School and Parliament Hill School. As such, although the main student body is female, the school has a mixed sixth-form.

The school is named after the order of sisters that founded and continues to run the school, the Sisters of La Sainte Union des Sacrés-Coeurs (also known as the Holy Union Sisters). This teaching order was founded in 1826 by Father Jean-Baptiste Debrabant, a Belgian priest who felt that the future of the Catholic Church lay in the hands of the young women who would eventually bring up future generations of the faithful, declaring that "a Christian-based education offers sure hope for the future of religion and society".[1]

The school site is on Highgate Road/Croftdown Road, opposite Parliament Hill Fields. It was originally a small private boarding school, becoming a comprehensive school in 1966, following its amalgamation with Our Lady of Sion Girls' Grammar School which closed its school in Eden Grove, Holloway and moved to the Highgate site.[2] During the 1990s the school had grant-maintained status. It was one of the first schools in London to be named as a Beacon school in a government scheme designed to recognize outstanding achievement in inner-city schools. The school in 2004 been awarded specialist school (science ) status., and High Performing Specialist School status in 2008.[3]

The school was recognised as a good school by Ofsted in 2010, and confirmed as such in a Section 8 inspection in 2019.[4]

LaSWAP Sixth Form

The LaSWAP Sixth Form is the sixth form consortium of four North London schools: Acland Burghley School, La Sainte Union Catholic School, Parliament Hill School and William Ellis School. It is one of the largest sixth form consortia in the Greater London area offering some 42 different AS and A2 courses, AGCEs, BTECs, NVQs and GCSE courses. The name was formed from the first three letters of La Sainte Union and the first letter of the other three schools.[citation needed]

Media

La Sainte Union has been featured in The Westminster Extra, The Camden New Journal and The Ham&High multiple times for their school plays and acting opportunities.[5][6]

The school was mentioned in the Guardian, in October 2020 after 13 girls were hospitalised after sharing some sweets.[7]

Notable former pupils

Sister schools

External links

References

  1. ^ Report on the school by the Archdiocese of Westminster
  2. ^ "London schools in re-shuffle". Catholic Herald. 6 March 1964.
  3. ^ "History of the School". www.lasainteunion.org.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Gfsted Good School Inspection 2019". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ Carrier, Dan (11 May 2019). "Drama studio named after Imelda Staunton at star's former school". The Westminster Extra. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ Volpe, Sam (10 April 2021). "La Sainte Union drama students work with Donmar Warehouse". Hampstead Highgate Express. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ Quinn, Ben (5 October 2020). "13 children in hospital after eating 'sweets' at north London school". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Mrs. D.I.H. Goodwin M.I.Mech.E." The Woman Engineer. 9 (6): 10. 1962.
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