Ursuline High School, Wimbledon

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motto = "Serviam" ("I wll serve")
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established = 1892
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type = voluntary aided comprehensive school
religion = Christianity
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Ms Julia Waters
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founder = St. Angela Merici
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specialist = Business and Enterprise
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street = Crescent Road
city = Wimbledon
county = Greater London
country = England
postcode = SW20 8HA
LEA = London Borough of Merton
ofsted = 102683
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enrollment = 1299
gender = girls
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 19
houses = Angela, Bernadette, Catherine, Elizabeth (sixth form only), Francis, Margaret, Theresa, Thomas (sixth form only), Ursula
colours = blue and white
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website = http://www.ursulinehigh.merton.sch.uk/
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The Ursuline High School, Wimbledon ("the Ursuline") is a Roman Catholic secondary school, for girls aged 11 to 19, based in Crescent Road and The Downs, Wimbledon, London. The school has a joint sixth form with the all-boys brother school of Wimbledon College that is situated on Edge Hill, close by.

The school's motto is "serviam", which in Latin means "I will serve".

History

The school was founded from Forest Gate in 1892 by St Angela Merici and four nuns of the Ursuline order. The school has gone through three phases evolving from a private school to a grammar school and now is a voluntary-aided comprehensive school. It has also received a business and enterprise specialist status.

Campus

The school is currently made up of seven buildings:
* the main building - RE, French, German, Spanish, ICT, Science, Food technology
* St. George - Mathematics
* Brescia - English, Design & Technology (Product Design)
* St. Ursula - Geography, History, Sociology
* the Merici Sports Centre - PE
* St. Angela's Art Centre - Art, Music, Drama
* Dorothy Kazel block - Business Studies

Notable alumnae

* Jill Murphy, writer [cite web | last = Deeley | first = Laura | title = Back on top after a bad spell | work = Times Online | publisher = Times Newspapers | date = 2007-10-27 | url = http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2745146.ece | accessdate =2008-09-17 ]

ee also

* Ursulines
* Wimbledon College

External links

* [http://www.ursulinehigh.merton.sch.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.merton.gov.uk/learning/schools/schoolsdirectory/ursulineschool.htm Ursuline High School on the Merton Council site]
* OFSTED [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/102683 report]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?Code=&No=315&Type=&Reg=&Mode=Z&School=3155400&back= DFES information]
* [http://www.ursuline-prep.merton.sch.uk/ Ursuline Prep School website] (3 to 11 year olds)

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