Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School

Academy in Brentwood, Essex, England

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^[2]Colour(s)Brown, gold, blue Websitewww.brentwoodursuline.co.uk

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (BUCHS) is an 11–18 girls, Roman Catholic, secondary school and mixed sixth form with academy status in Brentwood, Essex, England. It was established in 1900 and is an Ursuline school. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood.

History

The school first opened in 1900 as a Catholic girls' school, which until the 1990s had boarders. Until the Education Act 1918, there were two schools, St Mary's for ladies and St Philomena's for tradesmen's daughters. These schools then merged. It was a direct grant grammar school for girls, with the Brentwood School being a similar school for boys. It became a comprehensive in 1979.^[3] In September 1999 the school became a specialist Arts College. It converted to academy status in 2012.

Notable alumni

Marie José of Belgium, Princess of Belgium; the last Queen of Italy (in May/June 1946)
Katie Amess, actress
Cassyette, musician
Josephine D. Edwards, mathematician
Betty Laine, dance teacher and founder of Laine Theatre Arts
Eileen O'Casey, Irish actress and author^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ "School Houses". Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1978/mar/22/direct-grant-schools. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 22 March 1978. col. 582–586. {{cite book}}: |chapter-url= missing title (help)
^ White, Lawrence William (2009). "O'Casey, Eileen". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

External links

Official website

Schools in Essex

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Secondary

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Independent

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Sixth form & FE colleges

Defunct

v t e Diocese of Brentwood
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood
Bishops of Brentwood I: Bernard Ward II: Arthur Doubleday III: George Beck IV: Bernard Wall V: Patrick Casey VI: Thomas McMahon (Bishop Emeritus) VII: Alan Williams
Churches Brentwood Cathedral – Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen Our Lady Queen of Peace, Braintree Our Lady Immaculate, Chelmsford Our Lady of Grace and St Teresa of Avila, Chingford St James the Less and St Helen, Colchester Our Lady of Fatima, Harlow St Nicholas, Manor Park St Francis of Assisi, Stratford Our Lady of Compassion, Upton Park Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen, Westcliff-on-Sea St Thomas of Canterbury, Woodford Green
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady of Lourdes (11 February) Saint Erconwald (13 May) Saint Cedd (26 October) Saint Edmund of Abingdon (16 November)
Schools All Saints Catholic School, Dagenham Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School The Campion School, Hornchurch De La Salle School, Basildon Grays Convent High School Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow New Hall School The Palmer Catholic Academy Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School St Benedict's Catholic College St Bernard's High School, Westcliff-on-Sea St Bonaventure's St John Payne Catholic School St John's Roman Catholic School, Essex St Mark's West Essex Catholic School St Thomas More High School Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green Ursuline Academy Ilford
See also St John's Church, North Woolwich Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Convent St Philip's Priory Apostolic Vicariate of the London District
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