St. Julie's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls aged 11–18 located in Woolton, [[Liverpool).
| St. Julie's Catholic High School | |
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Speke Road , L25 7TN England | |
| Coordinates | 53°22′21″N 2°51′56″W / 53.372370°N 2.865594°W |
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| Former name | Notre Dame Woolton |
| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Motto | Serve the good God well with much liberty of spirit. |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Founder | Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur |
| Local authority | Liverpool City Council |
| Department for Education URN | 104712 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Kate McCourt |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Website | www |
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History
editThe school is the amalgamation of several different institutions, most established by the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, founded by Saint Julie Billiart. The sisters were called to Liverpool in 1851 at the behest of Fr. James Nugent to help educate the poor families in the area. The sisters opened a fee-paying school at Woolton Hall in 1950. This school later became a voluntary aided Grammar School and then merged with Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School in 1970 to form Notre Dame Woolton. In 1983, Notre Dame Woolton merged with La Sagesse, a school of the Daughters of Wisdom on Aigburth Road in Aigburth, and adopted its current name.[1]
In 2014, there were plans to move the school to a site on Beaconsfield Road adjacent to St. Francis Xavier's College,[2] but a revised plan was subsequently implemented to build largely on the existing site. The footprint of the new building required the use of some land from the adjacent field, which was exchanged for a much larger area of privately held historic woodland. This woodland is now accessible to all, increasing the size of Woolton Woods parkland for the benefit and enjoyment of Wooltonians. Teaching began in the new building in September 2017, and it was officially opened by Mayor Joe Anderson in September 2018.
Notable alumnae
edit- Katherine Rose Morley (b. 1989) - actress[3]
- Chelcee Grimes (b. 1992) - singer, songwriter, television presenter, and footballer Fulham F.C. Women[4]
- Jodie Comer (b. 1993) - actress, Emmy awards[5]
- Katarina Johnson-Thompson (b. 1993) - world champion athlete and Olympic Medallist [6][7]
Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School
edit- Judy Bennett (b. 1943) - actress, known for playing Shula in The Archers since 1971
La Sagesse Convent
edit- Rita Tushingham (b. 1942) - actress, known for A Taste of Honey (film)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Woolton Hall", Liverpool Schools, retrieved 8 November 2012
- ^ "Woolton Woods campaign fights St Julie's school moving to area". Liverpool Echo. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Woolton actress Katherine Rose Morley wins Gold Award". Liverpool Echo. 2012.
- ^ "Chelcee Grimes". www.fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Jodie Comer". St Julie's Catholic High School. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Davies, Gareth A (20 December 2012). "Johnson-Thompson: Gerrard 'helped me make the jump'". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Katarina Johnson-Thompson European Champion!". stjulies.org.uk. 7 March 2015.
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