Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Established	1900
Type	Academy
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	R. Wilkin
Founder	Ursulines, Ursuline Sisters, Mother Clare
Location	Queen's Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EX England 51°37′04″N 0°18′16″E / 51.6178°N 0.3045°E / 51.6178; 0.3045Coordinates: 51°37′04″N 0°18′16″E / 51.6178°N 0.3045°E / 51.6178; 0.3045
DfE number	881/5461
DfE URN	138834 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	-1011
Gender	Girls
Ages	11–18
Houses	Brescia, Clare's, Ursula's, Trinity, John's and Angela's
Colours	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

References

↑ School official website
↑ EduBase
↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1978/mar/22/direct-grant-schools |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 22 March 1978. col. 582–586.

External links

Official website

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