Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
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| Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School | |
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| Address | |
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Queen's Road , , CM14 4EX England | |
| Coordinates | 51°37′04″N 0°18′16″E / 51.6178°N 0.3045°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1900 |
| Founder | Ursulines, Ursuline Sisters, Mother Clare |
| Department for Education URN | 138834 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | R. Wilkin |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | -1011 |
| Houses | Brescia, Clare's, Ursula's, Trinity, John's and Angela's |
| Colour(s) | Brown, yellow, and blue |
| Website | www.buchs.co.uk |
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status located in Brentwood, Essex, England.[1][2]
History
The school first opened in 1900 as a Catholic girls' school, which until the 1990s had boarders. Until the 1918 Education Act there were two schools, St Mary's for ladies and St Philomena's for tradesmen's daughters. These schools then merged.
Direct grant grammar school
It was a direct grant grammar school for girls, with the Brentwood School being a similar school for boys.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in 1979.[3] In September 1999 the school became a specialist Arts College.
Academy
The school converted to academy status on 1 October 2012. The school continues to have arts as a specialism, for now.
Sports
The school has an active involvement in local and county-wide competitions.
Old girls
- Marie José of Belgium, Princess of Belgium; the last Queen of Italy (in May/June 1946)
- Katie Amess, actress
- Kathleen Chitty, ex Girlfriend of Paul Simon She is mentioned in his songs ‘America’ & ‘Kathy’s Song’.
- Betty Laine OBE, dance teacher, who established Laine Theatre Arts in 1974
- Elizabeth Sidwell CBE FRGS, Schools Commissioner for England 2011–13, and headteacher 1995–2011 of Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College
- Amanda Clack FRICS RICS President
See also
References
- ^ School official website
- ^ EduBase[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1978/mar/22/direct-grant-schools. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 22 March 1978. col. 582–586.
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