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Wednesday 22 January 2025 Good Ofsted judgement under all categories in the new framework We are pleased to announce that the Ofsted report following the inspection of 3rd and 4th December 2024 at La Sainte Union Catholic School is now available to read on our school inspections page.
Wednesday 11 December 2024 Charity Christmas Lunch On Thursday 5th December, our school hosted a special Christmas lunch for elderly local residents for the second year running. Thanks to our partnership with Highgate Newtown Community Partners, the meal was free of charge to our guests. I was freshly made by our in-house team Harrison Catering Services and lovingly served by students and staff.
Sunday 1 December 2024 Lord Russell of Liverpool inspires bright starts at La Sainte Union On Friday, 22nd November, students at our school had the unique opportunity to engage with Lord Russell of Liverpool as part of the UK Parliament's Learn with the Lords programme. The visit was highly anticipated and did not disappoint, providing students with a deeper understanding of the workings of the House of Lords and its significant role in the UK government.
Wednesday 20 November 2024 Bridging history with technology On Tuesday 19 November year 9 and year 10 students took part in a new workshop led by the Holocaust Memorial Trust. Testimony 360 is an interactive workshop that reflects on the horrors of the Holocaust through the story of Manfred Goldberg, a survivor who settled in London. As the number of survivors of the Holocaust decreases the Testimony 360 project collects their stories and through technology can preserve their witness.
Friday 25 October 2024 Author visit This term it was lovely to have Patrice Lawrence, author of Orangeboy and Needle, visit La Sainte Union. The award-winning author spoke to the students about how she reclaimed old stories to represent our multicultural society. She talked about how her experiences, good and bad, inspired her stories.
Wednesday 16 October 2024 Shakespeare drama workshop
Thursday 19 September 2024 La Sainte Union support for new students On 19th September, Headteacher Sophie Fegan spoke to Ham & High about the support La Sainte Union offers new year 7s starting the school.
Thursday 22 August 2024 La Sainte Union's bright women buck the national trend with best ever results, paving the way for bold futures This year’s GCSE results builds on last year’s success which have once again placed La Sainte Union among the top schools in Camden. Below are some of the highlights:
Friday 16 August 2024 Exceptional A Level results open doors to bright and bold futures We are delighted to announce yet another year of exceptional A Level results at La Sainte Union, further solidifying our reputation for academic excellence and our commitment to nurturing well-rounded, successful students.
Wednesday 17 July 2024 Chicago Musical On the evenings of the 2nd and 3rd July, performing arts students from LaSWAP and pupils from La Sainte Union lower school impressed audiences with their rendition of the classic musical.
Wednesday 19 June 2024 Un des meilleurs voyages In May, year 8s and year 9s took in the sights of Paris, taking a boat ride across the River Seine, visiting the infamous Louvre Museum, Montmartre and Palace of Versailles before the eagerly anticipated trip to Disneyland!
Wednesday 22 May 2024 Biorobotics Club at UCL On Monday 22nd April, 5 of our year 10 students represented our school at UCL as part of their World Earth Day event. Our students confidently presented their progress with our jellyfish-inspired robot that we are designing to help remove plastic waste from waterways and oceans to KS2 primary school children. Our students also ran 2 workshops helping the younger students code and build simple ‘inchworm’ robots from cardboard using micro:bits and wires.
Wednesday 24 April 2024 Class of 2024 Welcome Evening On Tuesday 12th of March, we held our first ever Welcome Evening for the girls due to join our year 7 in September 2024.
Wednesday 6 March 2024 National Attendance Award The awards are an acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication of staff, students, parents and carers in achieving excellent attendance during the autumn term.
Wednesday 21 February 2024 Public speaking triumph On 7th February, LSU's public Speaking team claimed a glorious victory in the London regional semi-final of the English School Union's prestigious Churchill Public Speaking Competition! Facing stiff competition from schools including Henrietta Barnett School, Friern Barnet School, and Notting Hill and Ealing High School, our two year 10 students exhibited remarkable rhetorical skill, confidence and nuanced insight, securing a well-deserved victory in the competition which took place online for the first time.
Wednesday 17 January 2024 Navigating the Future: AI in Education We are offering 2 free places per school to our half-day conference. Come and explore ways to navigate all that AI has to offer, and reflect with current practitioners and leading experts on the opportunities and ethical dilemmas that come with AI.
Wednesday 13 December 2023 Charity Christmas Lunch On Thursday 7th December, our school hosted a very special Christmas lunch for 80 elderly local residents. Thanks to our new partnership with Highgate Newtown Community Partners, the meal was completely free of charge to our guests and was freshly cooked by our in-house team Harrison Catering Services and lovingly served by students and staff.
Wednesday 29 November 2023 Sustainability trailblazers On Wednesday 29th November, our school hosted a very special event. A group of enterprising year 9 students who had designed a climate action board game in year 8 were presented with their own copies of ‘Where does it come from, where does it go to?’ at a celebration ceremony in the board room.
Monday 30 October 2023 CERN Trip Last month a group of year 13 physics students had the privilege of visiting CERN in Geneva Switzerland, the world’s largest particle physics lab and home of the large hadron collider. The students saw some of the behind-the-scenes work of the facility, were given demonstrations and enjoyed the talk on how the collider probes the fundamental structure of the particles that make up everything around us. During the 3-day trip, students also had the chance to see Geneva and take in sights such as the Jet d'Eau, the tallest fountain in the world, originally built in 1886 to control and release excess pressure, and visited the original UN headquarters, founded in 1945 to maintain international peace and security and to achieve international cooperation.
Thursday 21 September 2023 AI Workshop at the Economist Year 7 and 8 students attended a workshop on the topic of AI delivered by the Economist Educational Foundation at the end of last term. The sessions involved presentations by experts in the field, interactive activities, critical thinking exercises and an engaging debate on various aspects of AI and its impact on society. Watch the video below!
Wednesday 6 September 2023 Results success
Tuesday 15 August 2023 Summer School 2023
Wednesday 12 July 2023 Art and DT Open Studio On Thursday 30 June, we celebrated the achievements and creative efforts of our GCSE and A Level Art students. They have worked very hard and created amazing sculptures, paintings, prints, drawings, architectural models and installation pieces. We wish them all the very best in the future and hope they come back to share their journeys with us and inspire future generations of LSU artists! Check out the pictures below.
Tuesday 11 July 2023 Windrush 75-year Anniversary Celebration On Monday 12th of June, year 10 and year 12 students attended the British Library's prestigious Lecture Hall as part of the Windrush 75-year anniversary celebrations where renowned historian and broadcaster David Olusoga took the stage to deliver an enlightening talk on Lord David Pitt, Britain's first Black Labour Lord.
Wednesday 28 June 2023 Greek Theatre in the open air On Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd, over 40 students performed in our beautiful grounds, while their parents and carers enjoyed a picnic.
Wednesday 7 June 2023 Successful Inspection We are delighted to be able to share with you the report from our recent Diocesan Inspection. The report recognised that "the school motto of ‘Each for all, and all for God’ is valued and lived out by students and staff." The inspectors also said: "Students understand the history of the LSU congregation and appreciate the opportunities that exist for global connection with other LSU schools" and recognised that La Sainte Union "serves a diverse community" and applauded our "culture of welcome for all."
Wednesday 24 May 2023 Year 12 Retreat Day Fr Lawrence OP welcomed our Year 12s to this historic Catholic church and Diocesan Shrine served by the Dominican Friars. Our students had a tour of the Shrine, the first in the world with distinct altars and chapels for every mystery of the Rosary. They learned about the origin of the rosary and prayed a decade in honour of the Feast of the Ascension.
Wednesday 19 April 2023 LSU hosts Brazilian Delegation On 28th March, LSU hosted a delegation of 26 headteachers from various regions in Brazil with the Education and Training Officer for the UK Government Department for Business and Trade in Brazil.
Wednesday 22 March 2023 Camden Youth Awards 2023 Young people, youth workers and community volunteers from the borough had their achievements recognised at the Camden Youth Awards 2023 on Friday 17 March.
Wednesday 8 March 2023 World Book Day 2023 On Friday 3 March, LSU had its biggest celebration of World Book Day to date! Over 70 students and members of staff dressed up as their favourite book characters. See if you can guess who’s who in the gallery below!

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