St Joseph's College is a boys'

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and

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with academy status, located in the

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area of the

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, England. The school is a single sex educational establishment for boys up to the age of 16 and operates a co-educational

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for boys and girls aged 16 to 18.

History

The school

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. The College was founded in 1855 and was located on High Street in Clapham between 1855 and 1888. The school has been on its present site in Beulah Hill since 1904. The De La Salle brothers were all poor from the help of John Baptist De La Salle they built a similar school for boys because there was already a similar school for girls and they named it after St Joseph.

Construction

The oldest part of the school is the Grecian Villa which predates the school. The current Hall and Science Block was constructed in 1964, followed by a Design and Technology department in 1975, which has since been refurbished. The school features a newly built History block which includes four Classrooms and an office. It has been a voluntary aided school as of 1973. In 2003, it became a Mathematics and Computing specialist school.

Other

In 2011, Headmaster Eamon Connolly retired, and was succeeded by Marco Franchetti who after his retirement was replaced in January 2016 by David Garrido, then later succeeded by Catherine Kane, in September 2021 making her the first female Headteacher in the College’s 168 year history. In 2016, a local internet company, Limetree, decided to sponsor the senior school football team at the school.

Facilities

*7 ICT Suites including the Cisco Academy Suite. *Newly refurbished Learning Resource Centre has replaced the degraded library. *A swimming pool and a well conditioned sports hall. *New Apple Mac Music Studio. *Major refurbishment of many classrooms for the 2010/11 school year.

GCSE results

GCSE and equivalent over time (all subjects): *% of 15-year-old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C - 2002 58.0% *% of 15-year-old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C - 2003 63.0% *% of 15-year-old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C - 2004 56.0% *% of 15-year-old pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C - 2005 65.0%

Famous former pupils

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External links

Official websiteOld Josephinians websiteSt Joseph's College 1855-2005croydon.gov.uk
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