St Ursula's Convent School

St Ursula's Convent School
Address

Crooms Hill Greenwich , Greater London , SE10 8HN England
Coordinates	51°28′32″N 0°00′21″W / 51.475635°N 0.00577°W / 51.475635; -0.00577
Information
Type	Voluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1850
Founders	Ursulines
Local authority	Greenwich
Department for Education URN	100193 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head Teacher	Mr Mark O'Shaughnessy
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	634 as of January 2023^[update]
Website	www.stursulas.com

St Ursula's Convent School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls, located in the Greenwich area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.^[1]

St Ursula's is a voluntary aided school, and is part of the Ursuline Order^[2] within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. The school is also part of the Greenwich Local Authority, and coordinates with Greenwich London Borough Council for admissions.^[3]

The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. St Ursula's has a specialism in Humanities^[4] and has additional resources for the specialism. The school is also designated as a Teaching School.^[5]

Notable former pupils

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Margaret Moran (b. 1955) - Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South (1997-2010) ^[6]
Adelaide Damoah (b. 1976) - painter and performance artist

References

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^ "St. Ursula's Web Site". Stursulas.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "History". Stursulas.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "St Ursula's Convent School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "Humanities". Stursulas.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "Training school". Stursulas.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ Criddle, Byron (19 August 2005). The Almanac of British Politics. Routledge. ISBN 9781134493814 – via Google Books.

External links

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St Ursula's Convent School official website

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