Headteacher's Welcome

It is a real pleasure and privilege to welcome you to our website. I hope that it gives existing and prospective parents/carers and staff, as well as students past and present, an opportunity to gain a real sense of our unique community and the excellent education we provide. 

Finchley Catholic High is a distinctively Catholic school, where we strive to ensure that all members of our community are known and loved for who they are. We know that students flourish and learn effectively when they are happy, safe and secure and we provide such an environment for all of our students. All adults who work here at Finchley Catholic know that our prime focus is to walk alongside our young people as they undertake their faith and their educational journeys so that when students leave our school, they are well prepared for their next stage and equipped to make a really positive contribution to the wider world.

The relationship we build with our parental community is of paramount importance to us. We believe that parents are the ‘prime educators’ and our continued success owes much to the highly effective partnership we establish with all of our parents. We commit to working very closely with them in a mutually supportive way, to ensure the very best provision and outcomes for their sons and daughters.

Our mission is to be a school where we experience the joy of God’s creation, develop a faith that will sustain us through travails as well as victories, grow enquiring minds that will value scholarship and develop a joy of learning that will stay with us all our lives and nurture a community in which everyone has a thirst for dignity, respect and social justice. 

In other words, by working together, we aim to deliver an education that is second to none within an unashamedly Catholic atmosphere that equips our next generation in a combination of intellect and Spirit, faith and reason, prayer and action, to lead and challenge society for the better. 

We are inspired by St Alban, a man who embodied the principal that it’s not enough to love those in your care, but they have to know that they are loved.  It is this ethos that enables our children to become academically successful. Here, all children are developed according to their ability, and we make every effort to ensure that we reach out to all regardless of background. 

You’ll experience a happy atmosphere at Finchley Catholic High in which the dignity and worth of each pupil and member of staff is recognised, developed and safeguarded. Our school is recognised for its atmosphere of welcome where all feel at home in a sense of safety and security. Staff are willing to be present with the pupils in friendship and to go that one step further, where this is necessary, to meet the needs of young people. 

Ciran Stapleton

Headteacher