Established 1830 Headteacher Helen Gill Phone +44 20 7387 3856 Gender Mixed-sex education | Religion Roman Catholic DfE number 202/4652 Founded 1830 | |
Type Voluntary aided comprehensive Location North Gower Street (Years 7-9)
Phoenix Road (Years 10-13)
Camden
London
NW1 1TA
England Address 34 Phoenix Rd, Kings Cross, London NW1 1TA, UK Motto Growing together, through Christ, with courage, confidence and dignity Similar Regent High School, La Sainte Union Catholic, Haverstock School, Camden School for Girls, Parliament Hill School | ||
The Maria Fidelis FCJ Catholic School is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school, located in the London Borough of Camden, England. Since September 2013, it has ceased to be an all-girls school.
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History
The school was founded in 1830 by the Faithful Companions of Jesus, and was at first an industrial school financed by charitable appeals. The school then progressed to being a convent boarding school and then to a selective non-fee paying grammar school known as St. Aloysius.
The school became a comprehensive in 1974 with the merger of St. Aloysius with St. Vincent’s Schools which was run by the Sisters of Charity. The name Maria Fidelis was chosen by the Sisters meaning Mary Most Faithful and the school motto is Fidelity.
The school today stands on two sites at North Gower Street and Phoenix Road in the Somers Town area of Camden.
The school won BBC's 'School Choir Of The Year' and are known for their vocal arrangements under the direction of Karen Gibson. The choir performed for Pope Benedict XVI at The Big Assembly at St Mary's University College, Twickenham on 17 September 2010 during his visit to the UK.
Since September 2013, the school admits boys and is co-educational.
High Speed 2
If the planned High Speed 2 railway development goes ahead, the proposed route of the new railway line will go through the current site, and the school will have to be relocated.