Loreto College, St Albans
Established | 1922 |
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Type | Academy |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Headteacher | Moire Lynch |
Chair | David Keeley |
Founders | Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Location |
Hatfield Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3RQ England 51°45′10″N 0°19′46″W / 51.7529°N 0.3295°WCoordinates: 51°45′10″N 0°19′46″W / 51.7529°N 0.3295°W |
DfE URN | 138106 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
Students | 1000~ |
Gender | Girls (coeducational Sixth Form) |
Ages | 11–18 |
Houses | Truth (red), Joy (yellow), Justice (green), Freedom (blue) and Sincerity (purple) |
Colours |
Navy, maroon and gold c |
Website | Loreto College St Albans |
Loreto College is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form for girls located near the centre of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It achieved Specialist Status in the Humanities in 2005[1] and became an academy in August 2012.
The college has around 1000 pupils on its roll, including 190 in the sixth form, with many pupils coming from a wide geographical area. It expanded to 5 forms of entry (from 4 in previous years) in September 2007.
In 2006, 2009 and 2013, the college was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted, achieving grade one in all categories.[2][3]
History
Founded by the Loreto Sisters, the college had just seven pupils when it first opened in 1922. The Sisters had bought a building called "The Elms" to use as a convent before opening the school.
Grammar school
During the Second World War, the gymnasium become an air-raid shelter and makeshift dormitories by night. American soldiers billeted in St Albans used the school's hockey pitch to train.[4]
Comprehensive
It turned comprehensive in 1978.[5]
Notable former pupils
- Sally Bretton (nee Davis), actress
- Siobhán Fahey, singer with 1980s pop group Bananarama (second-highest selling British female group, with over 40 million records, after the Spice Girls), then Shakespears Sister in the 1990s
- Shona McGarty, actress who plays Whitney Dean in EastEnders
- Claire Ward, Labour MP from 1997 to 2010 for Watford
References
- ↑ Loreto School Specialist Status Page
- ↑ Loreto Ofsted Report
- ↑ "Loreto College - Inspection Report". Ofsted. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "The history behind Loreto College, St Albans". hertsmemories.org.uk.
- ↑ History of Loreto College