Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow

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]

Holy Family Catholic School
Location
Walthamstow
,
Greater London
,
E17

England
Coordinates51.58611°N 0.00847°W / 51.58611; -0.00847
Information
TypeVoluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1988
Local authorityWaltham Forest
Department for Education URN103106 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherDr. Andy Stone
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Websitewww.holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk

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. The school celebrated its silver jubilee throughout 2012 and 2013.[2]

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.[3] The school also has a specialism in Technology, and has dedicated resources to support the specialism.[4]

Walthamstow House
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.[5]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. "Silver Jubilee | Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. 2013-09-01. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  3. "Homepage | Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. 2013-08-06. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  4. "Technology | Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth Form". Holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  5. "Wigram [née Watts], Eleanor, Lady Wigram (1767–1841), philanthropist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55217. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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