Centenary Celebrations
St Illtyds Catholic High School marks its centenary this year and began doing so with a Mass at St Albans Catholic Church in Splott, Cardiff. St Albans was the local church closest to the schools original site and all were made welcome by Father Sebastian and the Oratory.
Archbishop Mark O`Toole was the main celebrant but he was also joined by fellow priests, many of whom were themselves Old Illtydians. It was a wonderful opportunity for all past pupils and staff to share their own memories of the school and suffice to say a lot has changed.
We were delighted that Brother Michael and brother Ben could join us. Brother Ben spoke of his own time and memories of St Illtyd`s and this was a theme carried on the next day at the school itself where Mass was celebrated by Archbishop George Stack and Father Brian Grey, Chair of governors and father Sebastian. We were also joined by Headteacher Mrs Hart and pupils from St John Lloyd.The mass took place in the Chapel which was a part of the Brothers lodgings when they were ever present in the school.
It was great to have brother Michael and brother Ben with us. They helped to reinforce our rich history and association with lasallian education and we hope it is the first visit of many as the centenary celebrations continue.
GCSE Results Day 2023
We were pleased to celebrate an excellent set of GCSE results this year. We have improved in all performance indicators on last year’s results – which themselves were good and there have been some outstanding individual results including pupils’ achieving 11 A*`s.
It is a testament to the hard work of the pupils, parents and staff that these young people have achieved so much despite the pandemic and its impact on their school life.
St Illtyd's Centenary 1923 - 2023 Mass Thursday 5th October 2023 7pm
St Illtyd’s College was founded by the De La Salle Brothers in 1923 to educate boys from the local Catholic community of South wales.
In 1987 the college merged with Heathfield house to become a co-educational comprehensive school, seen today as St Illtyd’s Catholic High School.
In 2023 we are celebrating the schools centenary year, if you have any stories or images from the past 100 years of the schools history please get in touch we’d love to hear them.
We will be celebrating our centenary mass on Thursday 5th October at 7pm at St Alban’s Church, Splott, Cardiff we would love to see as many of our alumni and supports there to share with us.
