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Upton Hall School FCJ

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Established
  
1849

DfE URN
  
137929 Tables

Founded
  
1849

Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Phone
  
+44 151 677 7696

Location
  
Moreton RoadUptonMerseysideCH49 6LJEngland

Address
  
Birkenhead, Wirral CH49 6LJ, UK

Motto
  
Age quod agis; "Whatever you do, do well"

Number of students
  
900 (incl. 220 in sixth form)

Founder
  
Faithful Companions of Jesus

Similar
  
West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral Grammar School fo, Birkenhead High School A, St Anselm's College, Calday Grange Grammar

Upton Hall School FCJ is a girls' Roman Catholic grammar school with academy status located in Merseyside, England.

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Admissions

It is one of four Catholic schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. The school is located within the Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury. It was awarded 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2006. The school holds Training School status.

History

It was founded as a girls' convent school by Nuns of the Society of the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ) in 1849.

Alumni

  • Berlie Doherty, children's books author, and playwright, twice winner of the Carnegie Medal
  • Charlotte O'Conor Eccles, Irish writer
  • Sally Nugent, sports reporter on BBC Breakfast and BBC News channel
  • Wendy Piatt, Director General since 2007 of the Russell Group
  • Former teachers

  • Angela Topping, poet
  • Mavis Blackburn, Artist
  • References

    Upton Hall School FCJ Wikipedia