Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School

Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School was a girls school in located in Pitsford Hall in the village of Pitsford, Northamptonshire, England. The convent school was run by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (The Holy Family Convent School), and existed from 1947–1984.

The school provided education at the elementary and secondary levels, finishing with the GCE – A level exam (the equivalent of the Polish ‘matura’ certificate). It was founded after the Second World War as a Polish school for emigrant children. In the 1970s and 1980s the school gained a multiethnic character; in the 1980s about 50% schoolgirls were of Polish origin, while the rest were native British. By 1984 about 1,500 girls had graduated from the school. After its closure it later reopened in 1989 as the Northamptonshire Grammar School (now Pitsford School).

References

A. Stawicka - "Pitsford" Warsaw 2009

Schools in Northamptonshire

Primary	Caroline Chisholm School Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village The Duston School Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering Science Academy

Secondary	Abbeyfield School Bishop Stopford School Brooke Weston Campion School Caroline Chisholm School Chenderit School Corby Business Academy Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village Daventry UTC The Duston School Elizabeth Woodville School The Ferrers School Guilsborough School Huxlow Science College Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering Science Academy Kingsthorpe College Kingswood Secondary Academy Latimer Arts College Lodge Park Academy Magdalen College School, Brackley Malcolm Arnold Academy Manor School and Sports College Montsaye Academy Moulton School and Science College Northampton Academy Northampton School for Boys Northampton School for Girls The Parker E-ACT Academy Prince William School Rushden Academy Silverstone UTC Sir Christopher Hatton School Southfield School Sponne School Thomas Becket Catholic School Weavers Academy Weston Favell Academy Wollaston School Wrenn School

Independent	Bosworth Independent College Northampton High School Oundle School Overstone Park School Pitsford School Potterspury Lodge School Quinton House School St Peter's School Spratton Hall School Wellingborough School

Defunct schools	Kettering Grammar School Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School Unity College Northampton

Coordinates: 52°18′09″N 0°53′27″W / 52.3026°N 0.8908°W / 52.3026; -0.8908

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