“Da Nobis Recta Sapere” Grant that we may be truly wise

Headteacher's Weekly Bulletin - 17th July 2026 🌞 Highlights: 📌 Start of Term 📌 Thoughts from Year 7 students 📌 Chat about Sports Day 📌 Clubs and friendships 📌 Results Days - 13th and 20th August 📌 Happy Summer! #fchs #fchsweeklybulletin

School's out for Summer! 🌞 All of us at FCHS wish you a restful and well-deserved break! 🎉 Dates to remember: ✨ Incoming Year 7 and 12 start on Thursday 3rd September ✨ Current students return on Friday 4th September #fchs #summerholiday

Well done to @officiallondongaa for winning the All-Ireland Junior Championships for the first time in 40 years last Sunday! 🏐🏆 We are particularly proud of our Alumni, Matt, Matthew, Michael, Niall, Michael, James and Jamie! 🎉💫 Huge well done to Paul as well on leading the county to victory! 👏 Delighted for you all! Londáin Abú! #fchsalumni #fchsgaelicfootball

Sports Day is in full swing at Southover! 🏆 All the boys are giving each event their best effort to try and get the result they want for their forms! ✨ We've had football⚽, volleyball🏐, athletics races🏃, and shotput at Southover as well as frisbee🥏 in school on the astroturf! Thank you to Aryan AKA DJ ARY for his DJ services and bringing the energy to keep everyone going in the hot weather 🙌🌞 Well done to all of our amazing students for displaying fantastic sportsmanship and all of the staff for refereeing and setting up 🎉 #fchssportsday #fchspe

Year 12 Spanish students visited the Zurbarán exhibition @nationalgallery on 18th June. Whilst there, they had a Spanish-language tour of masterpieces from Velázquez and Murillo before checking out Picasso and Sorolla. 🎨👨‍🎨 ¡Perfección artística! #fchsmfl

FCHS Y9 Gaelic Footballers gave a great account of themselves at @official_bpcgaa All-Britain Competition in @hazelwood_centre last week. Despite playing teams of mainly year 10s, they kept fighting to the end! Maith sibh! 🏐👏 @abc_allbritaincompetitions @oneillssportswear @jodgroup #fchsabú #fchsgaelicfootball #year9

FCHS Y8 Gaelic footballers lost narrowly in the semis of the @official_bpcgaa ABCs after topping their group with a 100% record. They can be really proud of their efforts this season! Thanks to the @abc_allbritaincompetitions crew for an excellently run tournament. 🤩🏐 @oneillssportswear @jodgroup #fchsabú #fchsgaelicfootball #year8

In partnership with National Literacy Trust, library paired up reading with football with an exclusive visit from @5iveguysfc ⚽📖

year 7 spelling bee for challenge fortnight - the winning form was More and the win by Jessie spelling prejudice under great pressure as the bell was about to go!

Headteacher’s weekly bulletin - Friday 10th July

We are very proud of our Jack Petchey Award winners - who celebrated at the Arts Depot on Tuesday. #jackpetcheyaward @jackpetcheyfoundation

Please donate here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/miles-of-hope-year-10-fundraising-for-spread-your/donate/20 This Friday, our amazing Year 10 students will be taking on an inspiring charity challenge: Getting to Galway! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Their mission is to collectively walk 453 miles – the distance from Finchley Catholic High School to Galway, Ireland – all in support of the wonderful charity Spread Your Wings. 💙 Why does it matter? Spread Your Wings supports children and families affected by Angelman Syndrome, helping to provide specialist therapies, essential equipment, research funding and life-changing opportunities. Every pound raised will help make a real difference to families who face significant challenges every day.

A huge thank you to Faye from Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice who joined us at today’s assembly to receive an incredible cheque for £8,868.30 raised by our Sixth Form this year! 💙 But the fundraising doesn’t stop there… Tomorrow, 89 Year 12 students will be taking on a 23km pilgrimage to St Albans to raise even more money for this fantastic charity. If you’d like to support them, please sponsor their challenge here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/fchspilgrimagestalbans?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL Thank you for your continued generosity and good luck to everyone taking part! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ #NoahsArk

A total of 52 Year 9's spent Friday night here at the school raising money for Crossroads Women in Kentish Town by staying awake all night!! A sponsored stay awake can serve as a powerful metaphor for the constant vigilance, exhaustion, and survival strategies of the women supported by Crossroads Women's Centre. Pledging to stay awake overnight symbolises standing in solidarity with women who do not feel safe enough in their own homes or temporary accommodation to fall asleep. Donations for this charity will stay open via Wiesepay until Friday and if you are happy to contribute for this great cause in support of the common good in society, the Year 9s would be thankful!

Two worthy recipients in Year 9 have received a Jack Petchey Award for their achievements over the year, they include: Nimai who has received his Jack Petchey award for '...throwing himself into the role of Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, dedicating his Thursday afternoons to rehearsals until 5pm—clear proof of his passion for performance. Beyond the classroom, Nimai’s creativity knows no bounds; he has even written his own musical inspired by the work of Lin-Manuel Miranda.' 7 and Alex Meade was awarded his Jack Petchey for '...demonstrating initiative and creativity through his voluntary involvement in the Carnegie event held last June. He took the lead in designing and producing a professional-quality slideshow using Canva, which greatly enhanced the presentation experience for his peers. His attention to detail, time management, and dedication ensured the project was completed to a high standard...'

Headteacher’s video bulletin - Friday 3rd July 2026

Students from year 7 & 8 Drama Club successfully performed at the 2026 Barnet Youth Theatre Festival. Students performed a short play and competed against other Barnet secondary schools.

Year 12 enjoyed a focused and energetic Activity Day — working on personal statements, exploring MOOCs and super‑curricular opportunities, researching universities, and hearing valuable guidance from Bath University, all rounded off with team‑building sports activities that brought everyone together. Year 12 showing real drive and great spirit.

Headteacher’s Bulletin - Friday 26th June

Dear Alumni, On Sunday 5 July we will be holding our annual Summer Fayre, from 12-3pm, which you are all very welcome to attend. Before the fayre begins, there will be an Old Boys' Mass, taking place at 11am in the Oratory in the White House. As former students at Finchley Catholic High School you are most welcome to attend and celebrate Mass with other members of the community. If you would like to attend the Mass, please could you respond to the email : events@finchleycatholic.org.uk to support with planning. We look forward to seeing lots of you on 5 July Kind regards FCHS