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, ofsted = yes , urn = 107429 , staff = 69 , enrolment = approx. 1,000 , gender = Girls and boys , lower_age = 11 , upper_age = 16 , houses = , colours =
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Girls' school situated in Manningham, close to Bradford city centre in

, England. The school merged with St. Bede's Grammar School in September 2014 to form

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School history

The college was founded by the Order of the

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in 1908. It was a direct grant grammar school until 1977 when it became a Voluntary Aided 13-19 Girls' School under the trusteeship of the Diocese of Leeds, which owns the buildings and grounds, and appoints the majority of the

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. In 1995 due to Bradford Catholic re-organisation the College became an 11–19 Catholic Girls' School. The college's first

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from 1908–1916 was Mother Gonzaga. From 1916–1956 the headmistress was Mother Sister Mary Immaculate (born ca. 1890 – died 1977), Yorkshire Women of the Century, educationalist, overseeing St Joseph’s to become one of the major Catholic girls' grammar schools in the country. The college's motto was "Per Crucem ad Lucem" - ''Through the Cross to the Light''. From 2008 the school had a federated governing body with St. Bede's Grammar School and Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College. When Yorkshire Martyrs closed in 2010 the girls transferred to St Joseph's. The school merged with St. Bede's Grammar School in September 2014 to form

. The former St. Joseph's is now used as the lower school site of the new school.

Sixth Form

St Joseph's shared an associated sixth form with St. Bede's Grammar School for many years. In 2008 the sixth forms of St Bede's and St Joseph's joined with the sixth form of Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College to form the Bradford Catholic Sixth Form. When Yorkshire Martyrs closed in 2010 the sixth form transferred to St Bede's and St Joseph's and in 2011 the Sixth Form was renamed St Benedict's Sixth Form.

Notable former Joseph's girls

Graduates include Olympic medalists, diplomats, members of parliament, television journalists, actresses, artists, writers, professors, religious sisters and bankers. *

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, actress and singer *

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, actress *

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, actress who played Daisy Mason the kitchen maid in ''

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'' * Elizabeth Stratford, composer *

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, author * Alannah Halay, composer and author.

Direct-grant grammar school

* Kathryn Apanowicz, actress and TV presenter, the long-term partner of the late

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Kathleen Baxter (Mary) Kathleen Baxter, née Young, (30 May 1901 – 25 October 1988) was an English women's rights activist. Born in Bradford to a Roman Catholic family, Kathleen Young was educated at St. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford and the Society ...

, English women's rights activist * Prof Kathleen Bell CBE *

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, Conservative MP for Battersea from 2010–17 *

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, British civil servant, currently serving as the Permanent Secretary since 2011 of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs *

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, winner of the women's 200m breaststroke at the

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, Labour MEP 1999-2019 for

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, and from 1994–99 for Yorkshire South * Ruth Mitchell, actressRuth Mitchell
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, General Secretary from 1983–93 of the

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(AUT), Chief Executive from 1995–2009 of

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, and Chair from 2010–14 of the

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(HTA)

References

External links

St Joseph's Catholic College
(Archive copy)
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College
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