St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls

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Address
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
Crownhill Road

Harlesden
,
London
,
NW10 4EP

England
Coordinates 51°32′18″N0°14′46″W / 51.5383°N 0.2461°W / 51.5383; -0.2461
Information
Type Academy
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1886
Founders Religious of Jesus and Mary
Department for Education URN 137994 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairDanny Finnegan
Head teacherLouise McGowan
GenderGirls
Age11to 18
Enrolment1100~
Colour(s)Blue and Yellow
  
Website http://www.cjmlc.co.uk

St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls (formerly Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College) is a girls' Catholic secondary school in Harlesden within the London Borough of Brent. It gained specialism in modern languages since 1996 and became an academy in September 2012.

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History

The Religious of Jesus and Mary, who originated in France, were invited by Cardinal Manning to open a convent school in Willesden. The school's foundation stone was laid in 1888 and the Convent of Jesus and Mary opened as a private boarding school for girls, although boarding was scrapped at the outbreak of World War II. [1] It was the first of three convent schools established by the Sisters in the present-day borough; the second convent school is now the local parish infant school. [2] [3] During the era of the tripartite system, the convent was unique as it operated as a bilateral school offering both grammar and secondary modern streams. [ citation needed ]

During the 1950s-60s, the school went through a period of major redevelopment. In 1952, as with many Catholic schools across the country, it joined the state sector as a voluntary aided school and maintained this status until April 2012 when the school converted to an academy. A number of Catholic schools nearby were reorganised into primary/junior and infant schools and their senior pupils were all transferred to the Convent. The main Convent itself was split in two as younger pupils were transferred to the second convent school (now Convent of Jesus and Mary Infant School). It became a comprehensive in 1966 with the abolition of the tripartite system in the borough. [4]

In 2021 the school changed its name from Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College to St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls. [5]

Today the school continues to serve the Catholic community in the borough and welcomes girls of all faiths or none. [6] The school is a diverse community with around three-quarters of the students coming from minority ethnic groups. Roughly a third of students are of Afro-Caribbean heritage or other Black backgrounds. [ citation needed ]

Achievements

In recent times the school has been awarded accolades such as the International School Award in 2008. In 2009, the school was rated "outstanding" in both the Ofsted [7] and Diocesan inspection reports. [6]

In 2000, long-serving head teacher Mary Richardson (née Habgood; born 26 February 1936), BA, PGCE, [8] [9] who had retired the previous year, was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her outstanding work at the school. [10] When Richardson arrived at the school in 1985 only 8% of pupils left with more than 5A*-C GCSEs; this rose to 61% on her retirement in 1999. [11]

Notable former pupils

Convent of Jesus & Mary

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References

  1. ↑ School profile, cjmlc.co.uk; accessed 11 February 2020.
  2. ↑ School profile, connectedup.com; accessed 11 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Bolton, Diane K; Croot, Patricia; Hicks, MA (1982). Baker, TFT; Elrington, CR (eds.). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden: "Willeson: Roman Catholicism". Courtesy of British History Online. pp. 241–242.
  4. ↑ "Willesden: Education | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Raffray, Nathalie (10 August 2021). "Harlesden girls' school changes name after 133 years". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). www.cjmlc.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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