Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Established	1900
Type	Academy
Religion	Roman Catholic
Headteacher	Dr. R. Wilkin
Founder	Ursulines/Ursuline Sisters/Mother Clare
Location	Queen's Road Brentwood Essex CM14 4EX England Coordinates: 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]

History

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.^[2] 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 however.

Sports

The school have an active involvement in local and county-wise competitions-the school has a good reputation usually coming 3rd to 1st place in sports competitions.

Alumni

Katie Amess, actress
Dame Ann Dowling FRS FREng, the first female Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (Girton College) in 1998, and Head of the Department of Engineering from 2009-14
Betty Laine OBE, dance teacher, who established Laine Theatre Arts in 1974
Elizabeth Sidwell CBE FRGS, Schools Commissioner for England from 2011-13, and Headteacher from 1995-2011 of Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College

References

↑ School official website
↑ 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

Schools in Essex

Primary	Farnham CE Primary School Roydon County Primary School St Thomas of Canterbury CE Junior School

Secondary	Alec Hunter Academy Anglo European School The Appleton School Basildon Academies Beauchamps High School Becket Keys CE School The Billericay School The Boswells School Brentwood County High School Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School Bromfords School Burnt Mill Academy Castle View School Chelmer Valley High School Clacton Coastal Academy Clacton County High School Colbayns High School Colchester Academy The Colne Community School Cornelius Vermuyden School Davenant Foundation School De La Salle School The Deanes School Debden Park High School Epping St John's FitzWimarc School Forest Hall School Gilberd School Great Baddow High School Greensward Academy Harwich and Dovercourt High School Hedingham School Helena Romanes School Honywood Community Science School Hylands School James Hornsby School Joyce Frankland Academy King Edmund School King Harold Academy The King John School Maltings Academy Manningtree High School Mark Hall Academy Mayflower High School Moulsham High School New Rickstones Academy Notley High School Ormiston Rivers Academy Passmores Academy Philip Morant School Plume School The Ramsey Academy Roding Valley High School Saffron Walden County High School Sandon School Shenfield High School Sir Charles Kao UTC St Benedict's RC College St Helena School St John Payne RC School St Mark's West Essex RC School St Martin's School The Stanway School Stewards Academy Sweyne Park School Tabor Academy Tendring Enterprise Studio School Tendring Technology College Thomas Lord Audley School Thurstable School West Hatch High School William de Ferrers School Woodlands School

Grammar	Chelmsford County High School for Girls Colchester County High School for Girls Colchester Royal Grammar School King Edward VI Grammar School

Independent	Braeside School Brentwood School Chigwell School The Christian School Colchester High School Felsted School Friends' School Gosfield School Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College New Hall School Peniel Academy St Mary's School St John's School St Nicholas School

Special	St John's RC School Yellow House School

Sixth form & FE colleges	Braintree College Braintree Sixth Form Chelmsford College Colchester Institute Debden House Colchester Sixth Form College Epping Forest College Harlow College SEEVIC College Masters Performing Arts College

Defunct	Alderman Blaxill School Barstable School Bishops Park College Buckhurst Hill County High School Chalvedon School Donyland Lodge Earls Colne Grammar School Fryerns Comprehensive School Furtherwick Park School Laindon High Road School Sawyers Hall College St Peter's College

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