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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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It is situated mainly on Hatfield road, which also home the still standing almshouses built and endowed in about 1736 by Sarah Churchill, the first Duchess of Marlborough. However it also borders Marlborough Gate and Upper lattimore road, which was home to Samuel Ryder, the founder of the Ryder cup.
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.
The original part of the school, known as “the elms” was built in the years before 1922 and was used as the convent, as the school was originally run by nuns and had been untill a few years ago. The nuns however worked hard to expand the school and in 1923 brought a building known as “St Josephs” from Samuel Ryder, a well known English business man...
Loreto Chorlton is a successful 11 – 16 Catholic co- educational, comprehensive high school located in South Manchester. We have high expectations for all our 750 students and are committed to finding and developing the talents they possess whilst supporting their academic progress and achievements. We have a talented and highly committed ...
The First School In 1606, when Mary was 21 years old, she left England to enter a convent of Poor Clares in St Omer. Mary soon found that she was not suited to the contemplative life and she resolved to devote herself to active work.
Sep 10, 2019 · And the impressive Catholic comprehensive school is about to open its doors to parents this month for an open evening. Here we take a look at why Loreto High School could be the perfect...
Sep 21, 2020 · Among the schools working towards a 'new normal' is Loreto High School, a small Catholic comprehensive in Chorlton, which has vowed to take the effects of the pandemic in its stride.
Loreto High School is a coeducational Catholic high school in the Manchester suburb of Chorlton-cum-Hardy. It was the first IBVM (Loreto Sisters) school to be coeducational from the very beginning and the first Loreto secondary school in the area since Loreto College was reduced to a sixth form college during the 1970s.
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