St Julie'S Catholic High School

St. Julie's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls located in Woolton, Liverpool. HistoryThe 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 on Aigburth Road in Aigburth, and adopted its current name. , there are plans to move the school to a site on Beaconsfield Road adjacent to St. Francis Xavier's College. Alumni Katarina Johnson-Thompson, athlete and European champion in the pentathlonNotre Dame Mount Pleasant High School Judy Bennett, actress, known for playing Shula in The Archers since 1971La Sagesse Convent Jeanette Pugh CB, Director from 2013-14 of the Gambling Commission, and Deputy Chief Executive from 2002-03 of Connexions Rita Tushingham, 1960s actress, known for A Taste of Honey

St. Julie's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls located in Woolton, Liverpool. HistoryThe 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 on Aigburth Road in Aigburth, and adopted its current name. , there are plans to move the school to a site on Beaconsfield Road adjacent to St. Francis Xavier's College. Alumni Katarina Johnson-Thompson, athlete and European champion in the pentathlonNotre Dame Mount Pleasant High School Judy Bennett, actress, known for playing Shula in The Archers since 1971La Sagesse Convent Jeanette Pugh CB, Director from 2013-14 of the Gambling Commission, and Deputy Chief Executive from 2002-03 of Connexions Rita Tushingham, 1960s actress, known for A Taste of Honey