Saint Marys Academy

St. Marys Cambridge School was established by the Mill Hill London Catholic Fathers in March 1949. Rev. Fr. Thijssen became the founding principal who started the school in the new Holy Family Hospital Building, Saidpur Road. Later on, the Sisters of the old Holy Family Hospital were shifted to the new hospital building and the old hospital building in Murree Road was given to the Diocesan Board of Education to operate St. Marys Cambridge School. In January 1956 St. Marys School, Chaklala was established and educated a number of boys until 1964 when it was handed over to the P.A.F. With the increasing demand for enrollments and the need for a boys school in the Cantonment area, St. Marys Academy was established at Lalazar in 1962 with a senior section accommodating classes from Class Six to Matriculation and Senior Cambridge. The founding Principal was Rev. Fr. Patrick Byrne whose dream it was to eventually provide a comprehensive educational system from Nursery to A Levels and gr...