St. Joseph's College, Bradford

Infobox Secondary school
name =St. Joseph's College
logo =
motto = Per Crucem ad Lucem
established =1908
address = Cunliffe Road, Bradford, BD8 7AP
city =Frizinghall
state =Yorkshire
country =England
type =Secondary school
Denomination = Roman Catholic
affiliations = Diocese of Leeds
headmaster =Mr. P. McDermott
colours = Blue, Red & Gold
newspaper =
website = [http://www.stjosephscoll.ngfl.ac.uk www.stjosephscoll.ngfl.ac.uk]

"'St. Joseph's College, in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire is a Roman Catholic Girls' Secondary school and specialist science college close to Bradford city centre.

chool History

St. Joseph’s Catholic College was founded by the Order of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion in 1908. It was a Direct Grant Grammar School until 1977 when it became a Voluntary Aided 13-19 Girls’ Secondary School under the trusteeship of the Diocese of Leeds, which owns the buildings and grounds, and appoints the majority of the Governors. In 1995 due to Bradford Catholic re-organisation the College became an 11-19 Catholic Girls' School.

Head Mistress'

*1908-1916 - Mother Gonzaga
*1916-1956 - Mother Sister Mary Immaculate (c1890 - 1977), Yorkshire Women of the Centuray, Educationalist, overseeing St joseph's to become one of the major Catholic girls' grammar schools in the country.

The Governors

The Governors are responsible for managing the budget, for the appointment of staff and the admission of pupils. The College has over 1,000 pupils, of whom 176 are in the Sixth Form, and 69 teaching staff. The intake of 150 comes from 16 Catholic parishes.

chool Prayer

To be Confirmed

chool Dress

Lower School

Blue Blazer, Blue Gingham Shirt, Red pull over and Blue skirt

Upper School

Green Blazer, Green Gingham Shirt, Green pull over and Green skirt

The School Today

St Joseph’s College, Bradford has been educating girls for a century and is rightly proud of the significant contribution the College has made over the decades to the city of Bradford and to many parts of the world. Past pupils are to be found in every walk of life and the College roll of honour includes many names to reckon with, including a few Olympic Medallists, Diplomats, Consuls, MPs, TV presenters and actresses, Artists, Authors, Professors, Religious sisters, Consultants and Bankers as well as thousands of unsung heroines who have made the world a better place.

The College was founded on its present site in February 1908 by the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, who gave the College its motto ‘Per Crucem ad Lucem’- ‘Through the Cross to the Light’. We owe an immense debt of gratitude to the nuns who founded the College and whose ideals and mission we still strive to maintain. We preserve the precious heritage given to us while at the same time we accept the challenges and opportunities of today’s fast moving world.

ixth Form

There is a co-educational Sixth Form with our sister school, St. Bede's Grammar School. Most students in Year 11 successfully progress onto the Sixth Form, college and apprenticeships.

Notable former Joseph's girls

*Kathryn Apanowicz - Actress and TV presenter , the long-term partner of the late Richard Whiteley
*Elizabeth Stratford - Composer

External links

* [http://www.stjosephscoll.ngfl.ac.uk St Joseph's College]