St. Julie's Catholic High School is a
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secondary school for girls aged 11–18 located in
Woolton,
Liverpool
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.
History
The school is the amalgamation of several different institutions, most established by the Congregation of the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, founded by
Saint Julie Billiart. The
sisters were called to Liverpool in 1851 at the behest of Fr. James Nugent to help educate the poor families in the area. The sisters opened a fee-paying school at Woolton Hall in 1950. This school later became a voluntary aided Grammar School and then merged with Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School in 1970 to form Notre Dame Woolton. In 1983, Notre Dame Woolton merged with La Sagesse, a school of the
Daughters of Wisdom
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on Aigburth Road in
Aigburth
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Etymology
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, and adopted its current name.
In 2014, there were plans to move the school to a site on Beaconsfield Road adjacent to
St. Francis Xavier's College
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, but a revised plan was subsequently implemented to build largely on the existing site. The footprint of the new building required the use of some land from the adjacent field, which was exchanged for a much larger area of privately held historic woodland. This woodland is now accessible to all, increasing the size of Woolton Woods parkland for the benefit and enjoyment of Wooltonians. Teaching began in the new building in September 2017, and it was officially opened by Mayor
Joe Anderson in September 2018.
Notable alumnae
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Jodie Comer,
Emmy
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award-winning actress
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson, world champion athlete
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Chelcee Grimes, singer-songwriter and footballer for Fulham Ladies F.C.
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Katherine Rose Morley
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Early life
Kath ...
, actress
Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School
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Judy Bennett, actress, known for playing Shula in ''
The Archers
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'' since 1971
La Sagesse Convent
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Rita Tushingham, famous 1960s actress, known for ''
A Taste of Honey
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See also
List of schools in Liverpool
This is a list of schools in Liverpool in the English county of Merseyside.
State-funded schools Primary schools
*All Saints' RC Primary School
*Anfield Road Primary School
* Arnot St Mary CE Primary School
*Banks Road Primary School
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References
Girls' schools in Merseyside
Secondary schools in Liverpool
Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Liverpool
Educational institutions established in 1983
1983 establishments in England
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur schools
Voluntary aided schools in England
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