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St Dominic's Sixth Form College
St Dominic's Sixth Form College is a selective Roman Catholic sixth form college on Harrow on the Hill, England founded in 1878, originally founded as a boarding school. The college was opened and initiated by Cardinal Hume. The college was awarded ’Sixth Form college of the year’ from The Times newspaper in 2017. Grounds There are five main buildings on the school grounds: the Aquinas building, the Catherine building, the Hume building, the Siena Building (Sports Hall) and the Chapel. Each of the buildings was named after a notable figure in Christian theology; Thomas Aquinas, Basil Hume and St Catherine of Siena. The Aquinas building contains the Open Access Computer suite, the Science department and the Music department. The Catherine building was the original school building and was completely remodelled to form the library, the Mathematics department, the Languages department, the IT department and the English department as well as the canteen and the Careers Office an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Form College
A sixth form college (pre-university college in Malaysia) is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 study typically for advanced post-school level qualifications such as GCE Advanced Level, A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council level 3 (BTEC), and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or school-level qualifications such as General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations and BTEC level 2 qualifications. In many countries this type of educational institute is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the phrase 'sixth form college' as the English name for a lycée (high school). In England and the Caribbean, education is currently compulsory until the Year 13, the school year in which the pupil turns 18.Previously in England, education was compulsory only until Year 11 before August 2013 and until Year 12 between August 2013 and 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Edward Manning
Henry Edward Manning (15 July 1808 – 14 January 1892) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church, and the second Archbishop of Westminster from 1865 until his death in 1892. He was ordained in the Church of England as a young man, but converted to Catholicism in the aftermath of the Gorham judgement. Early life Manning was born on 15 July 1808 at his grandfather's home, Copped Hall, Totteridge, Hertfordshire. He was the third and youngest son of William Manning, a prominent merchant and slave owner, who served as a director and (1812–1813) as a governor of the Bank of England and also sat in Parliament for 30 years, representing in the Tory interest Plympton Earle, Lymington, Evesham and Penryn consecutively. Manning's mother, Mary (died 1847), daughter of Henry Lannoy Hunter, of Beech Hill, and sister of Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, 1st Baronet, came from a family of French Huguenot extraction. Manning spent his boyhood mainly at Coombe Bank, Sundridge, Kent, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Dominic's Grammar School For Girls
St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls (Irish: Scoil Ghramadaí Naomh Doiminic do Chailíní), formerly St Dominic's High School and originally St. Mary's Dominican Convent, is a Catholic grammar school for girls aged 11–18 (Years 8–14), in Belfast, Northern Ireland. History St. Dominic's was founded by the Dominican Order in 1870 at the invitation of the Most Reverend Dr. Dorrian, Bishop of Down and Connor on the Falls Road in Belfast. It was originally named St. Mary's Dominican Convent. When it opened on 25 April 1870, there were four pupils enrolled. The boarding school opened on 29 April with one pupil. The Study Hall Block was built in 1897. The school has grown significantly over the years with the addition of the St. Margaret's Wing in 1950s, St. Thomas's Building in 1960s, and the erection of St. Ita's and St.Raymond's in the 1970s. Description St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls is a Catholic grammar school for girls aged 11–18 (Years 8–14), in Belfast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Burley
Kay Elizabeth Burley (; born 17 December 1960) is an English broadcaster. She was a presenter on Sky News and hosted the breakfast slot on the channel. She has also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and TV-am. On 5 February 2025 it was announced that Burley was leaving Sky News after 36 years. Early life Born on 17 December 1960, Burley was brought up in Beech Hill, Wigan, Lancashire, the daughter of parents who worked in a cardboard-making factory. She attended Whitley High School (closed 1990). She began her reporting-career at age 17, working for the '' Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle''. Broadcasting career Burley worked for BBC local radio and Tyne Tees Television, before joining TV-am in 1985 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. From 1987, she presented TV-am's first hour, filling in for Caroline Righton and covering for Anne Diamond during their maternity leave. Burley was recruited by Andrew Neil, and joined Sky Television, launching the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise O'Donoghue
Denise O'Donoghue, OBE (born 13 April 1955, in Wembley) is a British television production company executive. Early life She attended the Catholic St Dominic's Convent Grammar School in north-west London (became St Dominic's Sixth Form College in 1979). She graduated in 1979 with a BA in Politics from University of York. Career With Rory McGrath and Jimmy Mulville, she co-founded the independent British TV production company Hat Trick Productions in 1986. As a television producer, O'Donoghue has worked on shows such as the original British version of ''Whose Line is it Anyway?'', and ''Have I Got News for You''. McGrath left the company in 1992. In 2003, O'Donoghue and Mulville, as the remaining co-founders of Hat Trick, were listed in ''The Observer'' as two of the 50 funniest people in Britain. Personal life O'Donoghue married Mulville in 1987. They divorced in the mid-1990s but continued to work together. In 2006, she married Michael Holland, an oil shipping businessman, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilys Laye
Dilys Laye (born Dilys Lay; 11 March 1934 – 13 February 2009) was an English actress and singer, best known for her comedy roles, in which she was seen in the West End and on Broadway for more than fifty years, beginning in 1951. Although primarily a stage performer, she broadcast frequently on radio and television, and appeared in films. Laye's teenage work included drama, pantomime, revue and early experiences in television and film. From 1954 she appeared in a long run on Broadway in the musical '' The Boy Friend'' before returning to British films and theatre, including a long West End run in '' The Tunnel of Love''. In the 1960s she appeared in four of the '' Carry On'' film series and other films, television sitcoms and stage comedies and dramas. From the 1970s she had a long and productive association with the playwright Peter Barnes, appearing in his original works and his radio and stage adaptations of plays by authors from Thomas Otway to Frank Wedekind and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow Times
''Harrow Times'' is a British weekly local newspaper published by Newsquest, covering the London Borough of Harrow and surrounding areas. The ''Harrow Times'' has been published since March 1997. It also has an online edition. Since the closure of ''Harrow Observer The ''Harrow Observer'' was a paid-for local weekly tabloid newspaper covering stories from the London Borough of Harrow. It had separate editions for Pinner, Harrow, Stanmore and Wembley & Willesden. The former newspaper titles were retained by ...'', the ''Times'' remains the only printed paper for Harrow. References External links * English-language newspapers Newspapers published by Newsquest Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers established in 1997 1997 establishments in England {{England-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Lawrance
Tamara Naomi Lawrance (born 1994)Bowie-Sell, Daisy ''WhatsOnStage''. 14 February 2017. is a British actress. She is known for her performances as Prince Harry's republican girlfriend in the 2017 BBC television film ''King Charles III'', and as Viola in the 2017 production of ''Twelfth Night'' at the National Theatre cinecast internationally on NT Live. In 2018 she received the second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for this performance as Viola.Masso, Giverny"Natalie Simpson wins 2017 Ian Charleson Award" ''The Stage''. 18 May 2018 ''WhatsOnStage'' named her one of "10 theatre faces to look out for in 2017"Hewis, Ben"10 theatre faces to look out for in 2017" ''WhatsOnStage.com''. 27 December 2016. and ''The Guardian'' listed her in "20 talents set to take 2017 by storm".Logan, Brian; Makrell, Judith; Gardner, Lyn; et al"Get ready, here I come: 20 talents set to take 2017 by storm" ''The Guardian''. 7 January 2017. In December 2018 she starred as Miss July, a former slave on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conn Iggulden
Connor Iggulden (; born ) is a British author who writes historical fiction, most notably the ''Emperor'' and ''Conqueror'' series. He also co-authored '' The Dangerous Book for Boys'' with his brother Hal. In 2007, Iggulden became the first person to top the UK fiction and nonfiction lists at the same time. Background Born in 1971 to an English father (who was an RAF pilot during the Second World War) and an Irish mother, Iggulden went to Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary in Ruislip, Middlesex, then attended St Martins School in Northwood, before moving on to Merchant Taylors' School. He then attended St Dominic's Sixth Form College, before studying English at the University of London, later going on to teach the subject for seven years, becoming head of the English department at Haydon School, where one of his students was Fearne Cotton. Iggulden eventually left teaching to write his first novel, ''The Gates of Rome'', which was published in 2003. He is married to El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow, London
Harrow () is a large town in Greater London, England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow. Lying about north-west of Charing Cross and south of Watford, the entire town including its localities had a population of 149,246 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, whereas the wider borough (which also contains Pinner and Stanmore) had a population of 250,149. The original settlement was at Harrow on the Hill, atop the Harrow Hill. The modern town centre of Harrow developed at the foot of the hill, in an area historically called Greenhill, Harrow, Greenhill, following the opening of Harrow-on-the-Hill station on the Metropolitan Railway in 1880. Harrow became the unofficial "capital" of the Metro-land, Metroland suburbia in the early 20th century. Harrow & Wealdstone station on the West Coast Main Line had opened in 1837, but was more distant from Harrow, lying north of the hill. Workers were drawn to the area by the opening of several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Heart Language College
The Sacred Heart Language College is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls located in Wealdstone, London, England. History Sacred Heart High School was founded in 1907 by the Sisters of St Chretienne who had fled religious persecution in their native France. The school taken over by the Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions in 1920 after the founding order returned to France. It was originally a boarding school for girls, although a small number of boys were admitted into the kindergarten. After World War I, the school, as with many Catholic schools in the country, faced financial struggles but remained open after much effort from pupils and staff to raise the necessary funds. In 1957 it became a voluntary aided grammar school. In 1991 the first lay headteacher was appointed after long-serving headteacher Sister Anne Collette retired. During the 1990s, the school went through a tumultuous period during which pupil numbers and GCSE scores plummeted, coupled by a poor Ofsted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates early years childcare facilities and children's social care services. The chief inspector ("HMCI") is appointed by an Order in Council and thus becomes an office holder under the Crown. Sir Martyn Oliver has been HMCI ; the chair of Ofsted has been Christine Ryan: her predecessors include Julius Weinberg and David Hoare. Ofsted publish reports on the quality of education and management at a particular school and organisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
