Welcome to our School
Dear Parents and Visitors
Welcome to our website I hope it gives you a glimpse of our Holy Family way of life! The community of children, staff, parents and governors, work together to make Holy Family Catholic Primary School a safe learning environment where children make great strides forward in their social, moral, spiritual and cultural education as well as achieving their academic potential. We believe passionately in educating the whole child by helping our children to develop the talents given to them by God.
Our Catholic ethos is under pinned by our mission statement:
Jesus said “Let the children come to me”, We live and learn and love in His way.
Every day we try to create an atmosphere of welcome, compassion and acceptance to all who enter our school.
We are very much a ‘family’ school: we cultivate and nurture attitudes of support, respect and care in all our activities and relationships. Equally important is learning. We set high standards in everything we do and strongly believe in the importance of the core skills of reading, writing and mathematics.
At Holy Family, we also believe that primary school education is an experience that all children should enjoy to the full. We therefore offer a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum, striving to meet the needs of all of our children.
We want our children to be confident, independent learners who know how to make informed decisions about the choices they make in life.
I hope you find this website useful. If you have any suggestions for improvement please do talk to me. I extend a warm welcome to you to come and visit our school to see our Mission statement in action.
“Working together we can make a difference”
Yours Sincerely
Mrs Griffiths
Head Teacher
Latest News
School Food United
Thank you to all the parents who have ordered school meals for their children this week. We have been advised from AIP (our catering company), that there will be limited jacket potatoes available daily in a bid to reduce our food wastage. Therefore, with effect from Wednesday 4th September, if you have not ordered your child’s meal by 9am, the office will call during the morning and ask you to drop in a packed lunch for your child.
We appreciate your continued support with our quest to supporting AIP in reducing food waste.
School Food United Day
Thursday 3rd October 2024 is our Jungle theme day menu for all our children. If you would like your child to have the opportunity to try school meals, please log onto the School Food United app and book their lunch for tomorrow. In the past, we have found our theme days a perfect opportunity for children to taste the delicious meals provided by AIP. Meals are free for our children in KS1, and charged at £2.40 for our KS2 children.
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School Food United
Thank you to all the parents who have ordered school meals for their children this week. We have been advised from AIP (our catering company), that there will be limited jacket potatoes available daily in a bid to reduce our food wastage. Therefore, with effect from Wednesday 4th September, if you have not ordered your child’s meal by 9am, the office will call during the morning and ask you to drop in a packed lunch for your child.
We appreciate your continued support with our quest to supporting AIP in reducing food waste.
School Food United Day
Thursday 3rd October 2024 is our Jungle theme day menu for all our children. If you would like your child to have the opportunity to try school meals, please log onto the School Food United app and book their lunch for tomorrow. In the past, we have found our theme days a perfect opportunity for children to taste the delicious meals provided by AIP. Meals are free for our children in KS1, and charged at £2.40 for our KS2 children.
We look forward to celebrating 70 years of Holy Family School throughout the year!
A Brief History:
Holy Family School was founded by Canon Arthur Diamond and opened on 11 January 1955.
The Head Teacher was Mr Michael Murphy (now deceased). The catchment area of the school increased greatly by the late 1950's and early 1960's following the development of new housing estates all around the school.
A huge influx of Irish Catholics moved outwards from the city to the new housing developments and the increased numbers meant there was difficulty in providing places for all of the Catholic families who required places within the school.
As a result the school buildings were extended to create a new independent infant school, which opened in 1967 under the Headship of Miss Felicity Holland until 1988, followed by Mrs Kathleen Ryan. The relationship between the infant and junior schools always remained excellent.
Heads of the Junior school were: Mr Austin Whelan (1976-1983), Mr Leo Baldwin (1983-1990) and Miss Eileen Callaghan (1990-1994) all sadly now deceased.
In 1994 the LEA adopted the policy of amalgamating as many infant and junior schools as possible and in this year Holy Family Infant & Junior Schools became Holy Family Primary School under the Headship of Mrs Kathleen Ryan until 1998.
Followed by Mrs Lynda Leigh (1998-2003) and Mrs Carmel Farrelly (2003-2016)
The current Head Teacher of Holy Family Primary School is Mrs Grainne Griffiths, who is herself a past pupil of the school, as are many other current members of staff.
Many of the children who first attended the school in the 1950s & 1960's are now grandparents or parents of children who have also attended or currently attend the school
