Upton Hall School FCJ

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Upton Hall School FCJ
Address
Moreton Road Upton , Merseyside , CH49 6LJ England
Coordinates	53°23′07″N 3°05′58″W / 53.3852°N 3.0995°W / 53.3852; -3.0995Coordinates: 53°23′07″N 3°05′58″W / 53.3852°N 3.0995°W / 53.3852; -3.0995
Information
Type	Grammar school; Academy
Motto	Age quod agis "Whatever you do, do it well"
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1849; 173 years ago (1849)
Founders	Faithful Companions of Jesus
Department for Education URN	137929 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	900 (incl. 220 in sixth form)
Colour(s)	Green, yellow
Website	www.uptonhallschool.co.uk

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

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 1862.

The remains of Marie Madeline, 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.^[1]

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

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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