The Holy Cross School

About usThe Holy Cross School, founded in 1931 by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic School for girls aged 11-18. At Key Stage 5 the school has worked in curriculum partnership with our local boys school, Richard Challoner School, for the past thirty years and post 16 lessons are co-ed. The school is a specialist Science College and converted to academy status in August 2012. The school is proud to be acknowledged by the SSAT as being in the top 0.3% of all schools nationally for progress made from Year 7 to 11. The school currently has 950 students on roll and employs over 100 staff. The Holy Cross School can offer you the opportunity to work in an outstanding school environment with well-behaved, motivated students who are keen to learn and where your professional development will be fully supported. Professional DevelopmentWe realise that the continuing development of our school is built on the foundations of our exceptional staff. The Holy Cross School is an accredited ‘Investors In People Silver’ organisation and will support your on-going professional development. The school is committed to excellence, putting great emphasis on staff development and training and can offer internal and external training opportunities to develop skills and assist with your career development. Staff will receive a personalised development programme tailored to their individual training needs. All members of staff will participate in an induction programme when they join our school.