St Mary's School, Worcester

St Mary's Convent School, Worcester
St Mary's Convent School, Worcester
Address
	Mount Battenhall; Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2HP; England
Coordinates	52°10′53″N 2°12′18″W / 52.1814°N 2.2051°W
Information
Type	Private day school
Motto	Sine Macula (without fault, without stain)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1934
Closed	2014
Department for Education URN	117006 Tables
Headmistress	C Jawaheer
Gender	Girls; Boys (ages 0-5)
Age	0 to 18
Website	http://www.stmarys.org.uk

St Mary's School, Worcester (also known as Worcester's Girls' School and colloquially as The Convent) was a private day school for girls aged 0–18 (and boys aged 0–5) in Worcester, England. The school was located at a Victorian mansion centered on a 15-acre campus. Following a surprise announcement that the school had become impossible to run partly due to recession, the school ceased operations at the end of the summer term 2014.^[1]

History

Building

The building which the school occupied, Battenhall Mount, dates back to the Victorian period and was built during the 1860s. It was taken over by Sir Percy Allsopp who extended the building, modeling it after the Italianate style popularised by Prince Albert. His family business went bankrupt and the house was sold off. It was one of many stately mansions used as a convalescent home-cum-hospital during World War I.

School

In between the wars, the house was put on sale. The Sisters of St Marie Madeleine Postel from St Joseph's Convent School in Reading bought the property in 1934 and turned it into a school. Among its early pupils was Margaret Elgar, great-grandniece of composer Sir Edward Elgar.^[2]

The school comprised three divisions: Early Years (3 months – 4 years), the Preparatory School (4 – 11 years) and the Senior School (11 – 18 Years).

Notable former pupils

Charlotte Jones, playwright and actress
Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, art editor of The Times

References

^ Bate, Gema (24 June 2014). "St Mary's School "impossible to run" say governors". Worcester News. Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
^ History

External links

[WN-1] Bate, Gema (24 June 2014). "St Mary's School "impossible to run" say governors". Worcester News. Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

[2] History

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