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Upton Hall School FCJ is a Catholic girls' grammar school with academy status located in Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1849 by the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ).
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, 2012 and again in 2022. 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 1862.
The remains of Marie Madeleine, the founder of the FCJ, were reburied in the school's personal graveyard in 1904 due to anti-clerical tensions in France. Her body was moved to Kent in 1980, and subsequently to Paris in 2012.
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
Niamh Charles, Professional Footballer
Former teachers
Angela Topping, poet
Mavis Blackburn, Artist
See also
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Diocese of Shrewsbury
St Anselm's College, Birkenhead
Upton Court Grammar School
References
Sources
http://www.uptonhall.wirral.sch.uk/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070409004554/http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/
http://www.fcjsisters.org/
External links
Upton Hall School FCJ
History of Upton Hall School FCJ
Faithful Companions of Jesus, English
Diocese of Shrewsbury
Wirral Learning Grid
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
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