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St James' Catholic High School, Colindale

Field	Value
name	St James' Catholic High School
coordinates
established
type	Voluntary aided school
religious_affiliation	Roman Catholic
head_label	Headteacher
head	Anthony Ellul
address	Great Strand
city	Colindale
county	London
country	England
postcode	NW9 5PE
local_authority	Barnet
specialists	Science and sports
urn	101364
ofsted	yes
enrolment
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
website	http://www.st-james.barnet.sch.uk/

History

The Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St Catherine of Siena of Newcastle (Natal) in South Africa led the way in setting up St Rose's Convent Orange Hill Road in Burnt Oak (north London) in February 1930. This was an independent school where children stayed on in education until the age of 14.

This led to the foundation of St James' Catholic Central School in 1934, and amalgamated with St Rose's School with Sr Mary Catherine Walsh as the first Headteacher (1934–69). This was in response to Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster. Bourne had noticed that the new Watling housing estate had been built in north London by the London County Council intended to provide better quality housing for people then living in Islington and other parts of inner London - many of which lived in poor and sub-standard accommodation. Thus there was an opportunity to provide Catholic secondary education for the families of the Catholic parishes of north-west London.

When it was set up, St James was the only mixed, although separated by single sex in the classroom setting, non-selective Catholic school in London. The other Catholic Secondary schools were single sex, selective and generally fee paying. In 1949 a further expansion followed when St. Thomas' Independent School in Stanmore was annexed to St. James'. In 1997 the school was reunited on one site in Colindale, and in 2004 it became a specialist Science and Sports College.

Headteachers

The former headteacher was Mrs. Niamh Arnull. The previous headteachers have been Sr Mary Catherine Walsh (1934–69), Sr Veronica Desmond O.P (1969 - 1984), Sr Mary Raymunda Jordan O.P (1984 - 1992), Mr. Kevin McSharry (1992 - 2005) and Mrs. Anne O'Shea (2005-2010).

Alumni

Shaun Donnellan (b. 1996) - professional footballer, Torquay United F.C. The most (in)famous "Old Boy" was James Francis Hanratty, who was hanged for the A6 murder in 1962. Forensic evidence from the later post-mortum proved that he was guilty.
Rio Kyerematen (b. 2005) - academy footballer, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Under-21s and Academy

References

"Home".
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/teams/men-u21/players/rio-kyerematen/
https://www.st-james.barnet.sch.uk/256/news-blog/post/303/sports-awards-dinner-2024

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