The John Fisher School
The John Fisher School
Nearest train station: Purley
was founded by Archbishop Amigo, Archbishop of Southwark, in 1929; the original premises were at Duppas Hill in Croydon. The school moved in 1931 to Peaks Hill, Purley, and until 1977 it was a fee-paying boys Grammar School. In that year it became a four form of entry, all-ability school maintained by the London Borough of Sutton. On the 1st January 1992, it was incorporated as a Grant Maintained School. The first lay headteacher, Mr. Terence King, was appointed in 1981 and the current headteacher assumed office in January 1993. At present there are 895 students on roll, 185 of whom are Sixth Formers. In 1998 the School expanded to five forms of entry. In September 1999, it became a Voluntary-Aided school once more.
The essence of our School is crystallised in the following quotation:-
"The Church's involvement in the field of education is demonstrated especially by the Catholic school. No less than other schools does the Catholic School pursue cultural goals and the natural development of youth. But it has several distinctive purposes. It aims to create for the school community an atmosphere enlivened by the gospel spirit of freedom and charity. It aims to help the adolescent in such a way that the development of his own personality will be matched by the growth of that new creation which he became by baptism. It strives to relate all human culture eventually to the news of salvation, so that the light of faith will illumine the knowledge which students gradually gain of the world, of life, and of mankind".