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St Paul’s Catholic Primary School

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History of the School

1884

St. Paul's Roman Catholic school, Wood Green, opened in 1884 in a newly erected iron church in Station Road. A one-storey brick schoolhouse was built behind the church in 1885  and the school's income, from pence and voluntary contributions, was supplemented by a parliamentary grant in 1887.  The accommodation, initially for 80 boys, girls, and infants, had increased to 223 places by 1898 and 339 by 1906, but had fallen to 280 in 1919. 

 

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp364-376

 

1940s Headteacher - Mr Coleman
1950s - 1960s          

Headteacher - Mr Lynch

 

Under a seven-year programme, starting in 1960, the school was completely rebuilt. There were 249 infants and juniors on the roll in 1972. 

7th September 1965 - 21st December 1978 Headteacher - Mr John Broom
9th January 1979 -  Headteacher - Mrs Elizabeth Hegarty
1990s Headteacher - Mr Thomas Keegan
6th January 2001 - 21st April 2014 Headteacher - Mr Peter Keane
2015 - 2018 Headteacher - Mr Richard Curry

2019 - 2023

                           

Mrs Louise Fleming was appointed Executive Headteacher for St Paul's and St Martin of Porres.

Mr Pete O'Shannessey was appointed Head of School of St Paul's.

1st September 2021 

 

 

 

              

 

The school joins with St Martin of Porres Catholic Primary School to form the Federation of St Paul and St Martin of Porres Catholic Primary Schools.

 

Whilst the two schools of St Paul Catholic Primary School and St Martin of Porres Catholic Primary School operate as two separate schools they are overseen by a single governing body. 

2024 - ongoing

Headteacher - Ms Anne Thomas