'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.

Adam - Summer Term 2025 Winner 

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the Moran Trophy for this Summer.  

We believe that this child deserves this award in recognition of their exceptional writing skills. They have made outstanding progress in their writing this year. This pupil listens carefully in class and builds on their own ideas as well as those of their classmates. They work well with others, creating a fun and friendly classroom where everyone wants to share their thoughts.

What makes this child special is their fantastic use of interesting words and adventurous vocabulary which make their writing shine. They have a wonderful ability to write long pieces, linking clever ideas together to make stories that captivate their friends and teachers.

Their use of punctuation is excellent, showing their hard work and understanding of how to make their messages clear. This child uses clever writing techniques beyond that of a pupil only at the end of Year 1.

This child has been given a very unique gift in writing and we wholeheartedly believe he deserves this recognition for his remarkable talent and dedication.

The child that we would like to present the Moran Trophy to is Adam.

Mrs McDonagh and Mrs Buyers

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)