| Motto | Soli Deo (For God alone) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1953 |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Miss Jane Byrne |
| Specialism | Humanities |
| Location | Leasowes Avenue Coventry West Midlands CV3 6BH England |
| DfE URN | 103742 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 970 (approx.) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Black uniform. Black/red tie. |
| Website | www.bishop-ullathorne.org.uk |
Bishop Ullathorne RC School was established in Coventry in 1953. In 2006 it was awarded specialist status as a Humanities College. On 10 July 2007 Bishop Ullathorne Year 9 Cricket team won the Coventry Cricket Cup against King Henry VIII winning their first ever cricket cup in the schools history. Initially the school had three separate parts; a boy's secondary modern school, a girl's secondary modern school and a grammar school. These eventually (1968?) formed the core of the current comprehensive School, each of the three separate parts being initially identified as the Lower School, the Middle School and the Upper School.
The Grammar School later became the home of the Coventry School For The Performing Arts before being sold to Bovis Homes who built a housing estate on the land.
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The school currently has approximately 970 pupils, and includes a sixth form college. Bishop Ullathorne School achieved the highest SATS results for English in the whole of Coventry City (91%).
Although relatively small, the school has a rich history in sport, football, gymnastics, cross country and rugby football. The school has won many Coventry Schools cups in football as well as winning the West Midlands Schools cup.
In the past five years the school has been in The Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup final four times, winning it three times. A special win came in 2006 when it was the first final to be played at The Ricoh Arena. A 3-0 victory ensured their win.
Bishop Ullathorne also won the Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup in 2011, winning 1-0 against Myton School, with 'big' Dan Whitehouse scoring the only goal of the game in the first half. The team captained by Rhys Deehan and managed by Mr Bevis - who was buzzing.
Finham Park Secondary School and Bishop Ullathorne are noted rivals. The schools are in close proximity to one another. The main gates of Bishop Ullathorne RC School are off Leasowes Avenue at the bottom of Moat Avenue, off the Kenpas Highway (A45). Finham Park School, with main gains on Green Lane, is close by as the crow flies, but it is on the other side of the Coventry to Kenilworth railway line. The school gates of the two schools are 10-15 minutes walking distance apart, as there is no direct access across the railway line.
Physical fights have caused the schools to arrange "half days" at the end of terms to be alternated, so the pupils do not leave early on the same day. Usually this rivalry is over at 6th form as many pupils commute between schools for A Level lessons. In 2001, a major fight between the two schools, as well as pupils from King Henry VIII school, made it to a news report on BBC Midlands Today.