'Catholic schools are established by the Church for Catholic children and young people, who, through baptism, have a right to an education in the Catholic faith. Catholic schools in their various forms are built on the foundations laid by previous generations of parents and clergy. We have inhertited this rich tradition of Catholic schools from them and are committed to handing it on to future generations.'

Our Catholic Schools - Their Identity and Purpose

The Moran Trophy is awarded termly to a child in the school that has made outstanding progress.

The trophy is named after the Moran family.

Tommy Moran became an 'observer' on the Governing Body in 2012. He then went onto become a Foundation Governor. He was part of the first Governing Body. He worked tirelessly in those early days and helped to build the foundations of this wonderful school. In his time on the Governing Body, he was part of the panel that appointed Mrs Rutherford, our first ever Deputy Headteacher and Mr Doherty as Headteacher.

Abigail, his daughter, joined with the first intake of children in September 2012. One of our founder children, the reason for our being. Beth then joined in 2014 and Meghan followed in 2015 – a ‘Holy Family’ family!

Sarah helped set up the initial PSA in Oct 2012 as Vice Chair. Sadly, this ceased in 2013 but as fundraising still needed to be done it got done through Sarah’s determination and considerable hard work. She was then asked to restart the Friends of Holy Family Association again a year later and was Chair until Easter 2017.
 

This trophy is to be a termly reminder of the commitment made by the Moran family - a commitment to make Holy Family School an outstanding Catholic school, a jewel within the community.

They Moran family have moved on and they have handed the baton onto all of us - children, parents, staff and governors.

Yukina - Autumn Term 2025 Winner 

Yukina joined Holy Family School one year ago, and although I have only been her teacher since September, it has been a pleasure teaching her. She truly shines as a role model and sets a wonderful example to others in so many ways. In class, Yukina is always well-behaved, listens carefully, and approaches her learning with enthusiasm and determination. She has a genuine love of learning and is always eager to do her very best!

It has been lovely to see Yukina grow in confidence since the start of this school year. Her progress in reading and writing has been a particular achievement, and she continues to go from strength to strength in both of these areas. Her confidence and progress in reading has really stood out and it is a delight to hear her now reading so confidently, discussing what she enjoyed about the stories she has read. She has also made outstanding improvements in her writing, always challenging herself to write more and with increasing detail. She always listens carefully to new learning and applies it thoughtfully in her work.

Yukina has already achieved so much this year. On behalf of the Year 3 team, we are very proud of how far she has come and we cannot wait to see all that she will continue to achieve during her time at our school.

Mrs O’Shea

Summer Term 2017 - Archie (Year 2)

Autumn Term 2017 - Ben (Year 2)

Spring Term 2018 - Pinelope (Year 5)

Summer Term 2018 - Charlie (Year 1)

Autumn Term 2018 - Ali (Year 6)

Spring Term 2019 - Nevayah (Year 3)

Summer Term 2019 - Gina (Year 4)

Autumn Term 2019 - Lizzie (Year 5)

Spring Term 2020 - George (Year 3) 

Autumn Term 2020 - Orla (Year 6)

Spring Term 2021 - Paria (Year 6)

Summer Term 2021 - Elliot (Year 6)

Autumn Term 2021 - Jojo (Year 4)

Spring Term 2022 - Alena (Reception) 

Summer Term 2022 - Hannah (Year 4)

Autumn Term 2022 - Sade (Year 6) 

Spring Term 2023 - Luigi (Year 4)

Summer Term 2023 - Oliwier (Year 6)

Autumn Term 2023 - Maika (Year 6) 

Spring Term 2024 - Dion (Year 4)

 
Summer Term 2024 - Nancie (Year 1)

Autumn Term 2024 - Malachy (Year 3)

Spring Term 2025 - Noah (Year 2) 

Summer Term 2025 - Adam (Year 1)

Autumn Term 2025 - Yukina (Year 3)