- Finchley Catholic High School is a Catholic boys’ secondary school with a coeducational sixth form, situated in North Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet.
- It was founded in 1926 by Clement Henry Parsons, the parish priest of St Alban’s Catholic Church, who sought to establish a school rooted firmly in Catholic values.
- The school motto, Da nobis recta sapere (“Grant that we may be truly wise”), taken from the Mass of Pentecost, encapsulates the school’s spiritual and intellectual aims.
- Extracurricular activities include tag rugby, a meditation club, a garage band club and an entrepreneurship club.
- Religious education is compulsory for all students, and sixth-formers participate in a mandatory weekly core RE lesson to support their personal formation.
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