Providence Girls' Catholic Secondary School

In 1860 a new elementary school was opened by the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny on the site of St. George's College on the ground floor of Archbishop's House, later part of St. Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain.

Due to a lack of space, this school was transferred to the north-eastern corner of St. Joseph's Convent and then to "Providence Building" adjoining it in 1866. From this time onwards it was known as Providence Intermediate School. It was an excellent school and catered for students between the ages of 6 to 18 years, many of whom were prepared for Cambridge Examinations. There were 425 pupils on roll at this time.

In 1936, Providence won the Shield of Honour, given as a prize for the best written English Essay of the Intermediate Schools in the island.

With the expansion of St. Joseph's Convent, Port of Spain, Providence was forced to seek a new location which the nuns found in the George F. Huggins building in 1937. The school was a wooden building (where the Sisters now reside). It was the family dwelling so it was not built with a school in mind. The Sisters teaching in Providence continued to reside in St. Joseph's Convent and went out to school daily on horse and buggy. Later they travelled by taxi.

When the Draft Education Plan (1968-1983) was introduced, five Roman Catholic Intermediate schools had to choose whether to go fully into primary education or into the Junior Secondary System that was then being introduced. Providence opted for the latter. The school continued to attain outstanding success in many varied fields - academic, sporting, dramatic and singing - while ensuring a sound moral and religious education for girls who today fill positions of importance and responsibility in Trinidadian society.