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The school was founded primarily by Mary Ward, a Catholic nun born in 1585, who campaigned for Women’s education. She helped to set up the I.B.V.M: The Institute of Blessed Virgin Mary, which went on to start Loreto College, becoming the first provider of secondary schooling for girls in 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.
In 1921 the school changed into a Direct Grant Girls Secondary School, becoming in 1944 a Direct Grant Girls Grammar School which continued (with the addition of more new buildings) until 1977. In 1977 there was a major reorganisation of Catholic educational provision in the City of Manchester.
In following up my comment on the article on The History Behind Loreto College, St Albans, I have three images to support the item. First is a photo of The Elms as it is today as part of Loreto College, and taken from the drive at the junction of Hatfield Road and Lattimore Road.
For six years up to 1970 the expansion of comprehensive schools and the gradual weakening of the grammar schools was widely associated with Labour Party policy, at odds with Conservative opinion.
In 1977, Loreto admitted boys for the first time. A total of 25 boys were the school’s first intrepid male pupils, and the school was renamed Loreto College. By 1987, Loreto College had a total of 701 pupils (59 boarders and 642 day pupils).
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.
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