Ursuline High School, Wimbledon
Appearance
Ursuline High School | |
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Roman Catholic (Ursulines) | |
Established | 1892 |
Local authority | Merton |
Department for Education URN | 102683 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Eoin Kelly |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 11 to 19 |
Enrolment | 1299 |
Colour(s) | blue |
Website | http://www.ursulinehigh.merton.sch.uk/ |
The Ursuline High School, Wimbledon (“the Ursuline”) is a
Ursuline Preparatory School, its previous feeder preparatory school, as well as Wimbledon College
, the high school's brother 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.
Pastoral care
Each year is split into seven tutor groups: Angela, Bernadette, Catherine, Francis, Margaret, Teresa, 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][2]
Facilities
- The Main Building - ,
- St. George - Mathematics
- Brescia - Product Design)
- St. Ursula - Geography, History, Sociology, Psychology
- The Merici Sports Centre - PE
- St. Angela's Art Centre - Art, Music, Drama (Located on The Down
- Lunch Building
Notable former pupils
- Julia Higgins DBE (b. 1942) - polymer scientist.
- Jill Murphy (1949-2021) - writer[3]
- Polly Billington (born 1967), journalist
- Siobhan Benita (born 1971) - politician
- Jen Brister (born 1975) - stand-up comedian[4]
See also
- Ursuline Preparatory School
- Ursulines
References
- ^ Pastoral Care
- ^ Prospectus from Ursuline High School
- ^ Deeley, Laura (27 October 2007). "Back on top after a bad spell". Times Online. Times Newspapers. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- ^ "Jen Brister". backyardcomedyclub.co.uk. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2023.