Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington

Sacred Heart Primary School
Established 1885 (1885)
Type Voluntary Aided School
Religion Roman Catholic
Headteacher Michael Thompson
Location St Marks Road
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9DD
England
Coordinates: 51°25′13″N 0°19′17″W / 51.4204°N 0.3215°W / 51.4204; -0.3215
Local authority London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
DfE number 318/3320
DfE URN 102916 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Capacity 210
Students 231 as of 2014
Gender mixed
Ages 3–11
Website www.sacredheart.richmond.sch.uk

Sacred Heart Primary School is a Roman Catholic primary school in Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

History

The school was established in 1885 in nearby Fairfax Road and managed almost from its inception by a small convent of three or four Sisters of Charity of St. Paul, who also ran their own convent school at 253 Kingston Road.[1] The school premises, Chantry House,(51°25′09″N 0°19′06″W / 51.4193°N 0.3184°W / 51.4193; -0.3184) were initially divided, with the school on the ground floor and chapel on the first floor. With the construction and opening of Sacred Heart Church in 1893, the school expanded upstairs.[2]

The parish school moved from Chantry House to its present location in St. Marks Road in 1963. The premises were constructed in 1927 and were previously St Mark's School primary school until 1929 when it evolved into a Church of England secondary school. The top class of Chantry House were sent to St Mark's. During World War II, pupils were evacuated to Wales and the site used as a first-aid post and ambulance station. Chantry House was damaged by a V-2 rocket in 1944, but the school re-opened at the end of the war. In 1963 St Mark's School moved to form Teddington School and the Diocese of Westminster purchased both Chantry House and the St Mark's Road site. [3]

References

  1. "Schools Timeline". Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. Reynolds, Susan, ed. (1962). "Teddington: Roman catholicism". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. "School History, Sacred Heart Primary School". Sacred Heart Primary School. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

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