St John Bosco College, Battersea

St John Bosco College
Established 2011
Type Voluntary aided school
Religion Roman Catholic
Headteacher Paul Dunne
Location London
England
Local authority Wandsworth
DfE URN 135762 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Website www.sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk

St John Bosco College is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form, located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England.[1] The school is named after Saint John Bosco, an Italian priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth.

Admissions

It is a voluntary aided school administered by Wandsworth London Borough Council, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark and the Salesians of Don Bosco. St John Bosco College offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.[2] Students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels.[3]

History

Grammar school

Notre Dame High School for Girls, Battersea Park[4] was a girls' grammar school. Girls from the school were evacuated to Wales during the Second World War.[5] The former site of Notre Dame became the site of Clapham College in September 1985.

Comprehensive

Notre Dame High School for Girls transferred to John Paul II School.

Merger

The school was formed in 2011 from the merger of John Paul II School in Wimbledon and Salesian College in Battersea by the founding Headmaster, Dr Simon Uttley.[6]

Notable former pupils

Notre Dame High School for Girls, Battersea

References

  1. ↑ "Saint John Bosco College :: Home". Sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. ↑ "Saint John Bosco College :: Course Choice". Sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Saint John Bosco College :: SJBC Sixth Form College". Sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  4. ↑ National Archives
  5. ↑ IWM 1940
  6. ↑ "Saint John Bosco College :: SJBC Developments". Sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-09-08.

Coordinates: 51°28′30″N 0°10′18″W / 51.4749°N 0.1717°W / 51.4749; -0.1717

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