Education

A pupil in Year 13 at the Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School in Upminster, Isabel Hegarty, has won First Prize in this year's St Mary's Theology essay competition. Isabel was awarded her prize on Friday by Dr Jeremy Pilch, Head of Theology at St Mary's University and Bishop James Curry, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster. Her essay: 'Why were so many people received into the Catholic Church in the UK... Read More

In one Suffolk school, pupils learnt a few words of Dari and Pashto (the two official languages of Afghanistan) so they could write welcome cards for children arriving from Afghanistan. In another, parents prepared welcome packs for asylum-seeking families, inspired by their children's lessons. These small acts of kindness are at the heart of Schools of Sanctuary, a growing national network that h... Read More

Its time to dive back in! There's no going back now! You've done it! You've started a new school year. You are surrounded by colleagues Who, like you, are looking into uncertainty. What will this new year be like? What will be new? Who will be new to me? How do I want to be different from last year? What aspects of my professional life do I want to develop? How do I want my relationships to impro... Read More

Pupils at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Coventry are celebrating record GCSE results with some travelling to school to mark the occasion - while others received their grades via a new government app. Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, part of the Romero Catholic Academy, opened its doors to pupils, despite having the option to receive their results via a smartphone alert, to offer a space to ... Read More

Catholic schools across London are celebrating another year of excellent exam results. The first reports we've been sent follow below: Forest Gate Newham St Bonaventure's Sixth Form Enrolment. St Bonaventure's School is proud to celebrate another year of excellent GCSE results, with many students achieving top grades and others showing great determination to secure strong outcomes. Huge congratula... Read More

Catholic school students across the Archdiocese of Liverpool collected their exam results today - here are the reports so far: Kensington The Academy of St Francis of Assisi Year 11 students from The Academy of St Francis of Assisi were in high spirits as they collected their GCSE and BTEC results. The morning was filled with excitement and celebration as students shared their achievements with f... Read More

Its that time of year again - The long-awaited school exam results are finally through, and once again, a record number of students at Catholic schools are celebrating excellent A-level and BTEC grades. Congratulations to all! The following schools - published in the order they arrived - have sent in their results - so far. LIVERPOOL All Saints Sixth Form College, Garston There were scenes of joy ... Read More

How do Catholics respond to suffering? At All Saints Catholic College, just steps from Grenfell Tower, they have found consolation in art and creativity, which, for Stephen Bick, director of the Schola Cantorum, is because 'it lifts the human heart up to God, and it also draws us together in our grief.' This school has known its fair share of grief. With the remains of the Grenfell Tower block do... Read More

Like many independent Catholic schools across the country, Mount St Mary's College and Barlborough Hall School, just outside Sheffield in North East Derbyshire, are facing a financial crisis. Mount St Mary's was founded by the Jesuits in 1842, and Barlborough Hall in 1939, but the schools have been an independent trust for nearly twenty years, and last week the governors were left with no choic... Read More

Professor Ambrogio Bongiovanni, director of the Gregorian Centre for Interreligious Studies and a full professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, delivered the eighth Victor Courtois Memorial Lecture titled "Fostering Interfaith Relations: Nostra Aetate at Sixty" at the Lawrence Sundaram Hall of Loyola College in Chennai on 26 July 2025. Loyola College organized this event in collab... Read More

"An alphabet for Beginners": exploring contemplative prayer through seventeenth century Benedictine texts, written by and for women. This course offers a journey into contemplative and internal affective prayer, exploring seventeenth-century spiritual works written for and by women. Much has been written in recent years about the Rule of St Benedict [RB] and its continued relevance today but altho... Read More

St Mary's Catholic College, in Wallasey Village, was recently honoured to welcome the newly appointed Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Brian Kenny, for a special visit to the school. The visit provided an excellent opportunity for the school community to celebrate Councillor Brian Kenny's new role and to strengthen the connection between the secondary school and the wider Wirral community. The Mayor wa... Read More

St Alban's Catholic Primary School in Wallasey, Merseyside has had its green dreams turned into a reality after being awarded a £12,000 grant to cultivate its pupils' outdoor experiences with the creation of a new, garden space. The £12,000 contribution was given by the National Education Nature Park Grant with the Royal Horticultural Society, that aims to connect children and young people with ... Read More

An update on the three boys from Cardinal Vaughan who are on their way to Paris. After a 6am start yesterday from Westminster Cathedral, they had a gruelling 10-hour cycle to Dover. It's certainly tougher than they thought, and 16-year-olds do tend to underestimate the challenge. Jamie Currid said, "We knew it would be tough, but no amount of planning prepared us for the gradual inclines that sap ... Read More