Ursuline High School, Wimbledon

The Ursuline High School, Wimbledon (“the Ursuline”) is a government-maintained, voluntary-aided, Roman Catholic Secondary School for girls aged 11 to 19. The school is based at Crescent Road and the Downs, Wimbledon, London. It was founded in 1892 by the Ursulines. It is affiliated with The Ursuline Preparatory School, its previous feeder preparatory school. As well as Wimbledon College, the high schools sister school, who have worked in partnership since 1986 and share joint Sixth Form. The school specialises in Business & Enterprise and Modern Foreign Languages and it was previously designated a Gifted & Talented Lead School.^[1]

Pastoral care

Each year is split into seven tutor groups: Angela, Bernadette, Catherine, Francis, Margaret, Theresa, Ursula. A peer mentoring programme is in place where sixth form girls are paired with younger girls. Counselling is available through the Youth Awareness Programme, the Ursuline Sisters and the Cabrini Society.^[1]

Facilities

• The Main Building - RE, French, German, Spanish, Information and Communication, Science,
• St. George - Mathematics
• Brescia - English, Design & Technology (Product Design)
• St. Ursula - Geography, History, Sociology, Psychology
• The Merici Sports Centre - PE
• St. Angela's Art Centre - Art, Music, Drama (Located on The Downs)
• Dorothy Kazel block - Business Studies, Health and Social Care, ICT

Notable former pupils

• Jill Murphy, writer^[2]

Dame Julia Stretton Higgins (née Downes) Scientist

See also

• The School Prospectus ^[3]

External links

• Ursuline High School on the Merton Council site
• DFES information
• Sixth Form Website
• Languages Website
• Ursuline High School - Ursulines UK

References