Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College liverpool | |
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Windermere Terrace , , L8 3SB | |
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| Type | Voluntary aided school |
| Motto | Suaviter in modo fortiter in re (Latin) Gentle in manner resolute in execution |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1844 |
| Founder | Faithful Companions of Jesus |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Specialist | Maths & Computing, Science |
| Department for Education URN | 104709 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair | Mrs Pamela Thornton |
| Head teacher | Sister Brigid Halligan |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 898 |
| Diocese | Liverpool |
| Former name | Bellerive Girls' School |
| Website | http://www2.bellerivefcj.org |
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College is a voluntary aided all girls secondary school and a coeducational sixth form located on Windermere Terrace in Liverpool.[1] The post code of the school is L8 3SB [2]
Admissions
It is a catholic girls' school. It is situated at the junction of the two sections of the A5089, on the Trans Pennine Trail.
History
The school opened in 1844 as a boarding school on Great George's Square, offering instruction in Geography, use of globes, Botany, History, Writing, Arithmetic, French and Italian languages. After 52 years the school was moved to Princes Park[3] in 1887.
Direct grant grammar school
Like several single-sex catholic secondary schools in Liverpool it was a direct grant grammar school, the Bellerive Girls' School, commonly known as Bellerive Convent Grammar School, from 1946.[4] The Belvedere Academy, another girls' school, is on the opposite side of Princes Park, and is also a former direct grant grammar school known as the Belvedere School for Girls. Another catholic girls' direct grant grammar school in Liverpool was the Notre Dame Collegiate School, now the Notre Dame Catholic College.
The school had boarding facilities until 1961.
In the 1970s the headteacher was Sister Mary Gabriel.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in 1983, becoming the upper school of St Mary's RC High School. The lower school was at the former St Margaret Clitherow school.
In 1997 it became known as Bellerive Convent FCJ, later Bellerive Catholic High School FCJ. It gained Science College status in 2003, and Maths and Computing College status in 2007.
Sister Brigid Halligan, the headteacher, received the OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours.
Academic performance
In 2010 it received above average GCSE results, much improved from the year before. At A level, in 2011, the school results were broadly inline with national averages post 16 and are improving.
Alumni
Bellerive Girls' School
- Rosie Cooper, Labour MP since 2005 for West Lancashire (attended 1962-9)
- Rosemary Thomas OBE, Ambassador to Belarus (in Minsk) since 2009 (attended 1975-82)[5]
See also
- List of direct grant grammar schools
- Upton Hall School FCJ, a girls' grammar school in Wirral (former Cheshire), and also a former direct grant grammar school