| Motto |
Truth and Justice (Latin veritas aequitasque) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1958 |
| Type | Voluntary Aided School |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Head Teacher | Mr P Jackson |
| Chair of Governors | Mrs S Ambler |
| Location | Hookstone Drive Harrogate North Yorkshire HG2 8PT England |
| Local authority | Harrogate |
| Students | 1,396 |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Email Telephone Fax |
office@sjfchs.org.uk 01423 887254 01423 881056 |
| Website | www.sjfchs.org.uk |
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, is an 11–19 Catholic comprehensive school. It has developed steadily during the past 50 years to 1,396 pupils. The school is set in 22 acres (89,000 m2) of parkland on the south side of Harrogate and skirted by Hookstone Wood.
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The school buildings were first built in 1903 to hold a Catholic convent school under the Order of the Holy Child Jesus which moved from a building on Clarence Drive near Valley Gardens. The school was founded in 1958 on the site that is now the Area Education Office within the Harrogate High School campus. The school rapidly outgrew its facilities and moved to its current site on Hookstone Drive - using the buildings of the convent school although many sisters remained for some time to teach. The sisters of the Order of the Holy Child no longer teach at the school but maintain a convent over the road. The science and technology building (along with the current school hall) was built not long after this (opened 1978) and the school continued to grow in size and pupil numbers.
The school forms part of an associated sixth form with St. Aidan's C of E High School.
Other schools dedicated to John Fisher in Britain are located in Dewsbury, Purley and Wigan.