Gumley House Convent School
| Motto |
Latin: Vive Ut Vivas (Live that you may have life) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1841 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Mrs C Braggs |
| Chair | Sr Jo Grainger FCJ |
| Founders | Sisters of the Faithful Companions of Jesus |
| Location |
St John's Road Isleworth TW7 6XF England Coordinates: 51°28′10″N 0°19′44″W / 51.4695°N 0.3289°W |
| Local authority | Hounslow |
| DfE number | 313/5400 |
| DfE URN | 137928 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,187 (2013-14) |
| Gender | Girls Mixed (Sixth Form) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | C,F,J,M,R,T |
| Colours |
Blue, Brown, Gold |
| Website | www |
Blue, Brown, Gold
Gumley House Convent School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls ages 11 to 18 in Isleworth, Hounslow, West London. The school has specialisms in Business & Enterprise and Languages. On 1 March 2012 it became an academy.
The school has a joint sixth form with two other Catholic secondary schools in the borough: Gunnersbury Boys' School and the mixed St Mark's Catholic School. It also has links with the local parish church Our Lady of Sorrows and St Bridget of Sweden Church down the street.
Gumley House Convent School traces its history to a parochial charity school, the first of its kind in Isleworth, founded by Sisters of the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ). The Sisters had arrived from France and bought Gumley House in 1841. The The Catholic Directory, Ecclesiastical Register, and Almanac described the school as offering a "continental education". French was primarily spoken as the Sisters were from France but Italian, German and English were also taught.
The convent originally had two sections: a boarding school for upper class girls and a charity school for younger poor children of the local parish. These nuns also played a role in the founding or development of other Catholic schools in Isleworth and the present-day borough. Due to the pressing need for a secondary school, St Mary's High School for older girls was opened in 1890. In 1922 it became St Mary's College, the first Catholic school in Middlesex to be recognised by the Board of Education. When Poles Convent (merged with St Edmund's College, Ware during the 1970s) in Hertfordshire was founded the following year, boarders from Gumley House and St Mary's High moved there. Pupils and staff at Gumley House were evacuated during World War II and returned after the war ended.
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