| Holy Cross school | |
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25 Sandal Road , , KT3 5AR | |
| Coordinates | 51°23′52″N 0°15′42″W / 51.3979°N 0.2616°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | O crux ave spes unica ("O hail the cross our only hope") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 23 September 1931 |
| Department for Education URN | 138459 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Piers North |
| Head teacher | D. McConn-Finch |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 940~ |
| Website | http://www.holycross.kingston.sch.uk/ |
The Holy Cross School is a Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status for girls located in New Malden, in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England. The school specialises in science, and converted to academy status on 1 August 2012. Its most recent[when?] Progress 8 score of +1.1 places it in the top 1% of schools in England for progress from KS2 - 4.
Most Year 11 girls apply to the flourishing sixth form.[citation needed] Working in partnership with its local Catholic boys school Richard Challoner, it operates a coeducational sixth form which is also open to applicants from other schools. The school has just under 1000 pupils attending in total.