the cardinal wiseman catholic school
Greenford
The Cardinal Wiseman School was opened in 1959. It was built to provide an
additional capacity for West London's expanding catholic community including
significant numbers of Irish families settling in Ealing. The first Headteacher,
Maurice O’Riordan and his colleagues established and maintained high standards,
with many families opting to forego grammar school places to attend Cardinal
Wiseman. When the school opened in 1959 there were 318 pupils; in 2022 we have
almost 2,000 students.