St Ursula's Convent School
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St Ursula's Convent School is a
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secondary school for girls, located in the
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area of the
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in
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, England. St Ursula's is a voluntary aided school, and is part of the
Ursuline Order The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of consecrated women that branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula, in 1572. Like the Angelines, they t ...
within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. The school is also part of the Greenwich Local Authority, and coordinates with Greenwich London Borough Council for admissions. The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. St Ursula's has a specialism in Humanities and has additional resources for the specialism. The school is also designated as a Teaching School.


Notable former pupils

* Margaret Moran, former Labour Party member of Parliament *
Adelaide Damoah Adelaide Damoah RWA FRSA (born ) is a British painter and performance artist of Ghanaian descent who uses her body as the starting point for much of her work. Themes of particular interest include feminism, colonialism, religion and spirituality ...


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External links


St Ursula's Convent School official website
Secondary schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Ursuline schools Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Southwark Girls' schools in London Voluntary aided schools in London {{RC-school-stub