St. Hilda’s has a proud history of educating Liverpool’s children, beginning on 1st May 1894 when the school, founded by the Community of the Sisters of the Church, opened under its original name, Sefton Park School. Emily Ayckbaum – ‘Mother Emily’ – the founder of the school wrote that pupils cannot love God “unless they know him; neither can they know him; for as St. Paul says, ‘apart from the love of God and the love of man for God’s sake, all knowledge is nothing.” Inspired by this, the Sisters’ aim was to provide a sound education built on Christian principles.