Sacred Heart High School (London)
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| Established | 1893 |
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| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Headteacher | Mrs. Marian Doyle |
| Founder | Society of the Sacred Heart |
| Location |
212 Hammersmith Road Hammersmith Greater London W6 7DG England 51°29′36″N 0°13′23″W / 51.4933°N 0.2231°WCoordinates: 51°29′36″N 0°13′23″W / 51.4933°N 0.2231°W |
| DfE number | 205/4620 |
| DfE URN | 137935 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 50 |
| Students | 796 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Trusteeship | Society of the Heart Charitable Trust |
| Website | www |
Sacred Heart High School is a Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status for girls, located in Hammersmith, London, England.
Sacred Heart is a popular girls' school for ages 11-18, located in Hammersmith. The former convent only accepts girls of the Catholic faith and a uniform is obligatory for all girls during the seven years at Sacred Heart. Approximately 900 girls attend the school. As of September 2014, the headteacher is Mrs Marian Doyle.
The school was founded by nuns of the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1893. One of the school buildings is named after the order's founder Madeleine Sophie Barat. It is built on an historic site with a long Catholic tradition dating back to 1609. In 1869 Archbishop Manning decided to convert the convent into a seminary but the original buildings were found to be unsuitable. By January 1876 John Francis Bentley, the architect of Westminster Cathedral, had completed the plans for the current Tudor styled buildings. By July 1884 the seminary was complete, consisting of a chapel, library, school, refectory, common room and upwards of sixty study bedrooms for staff and students.
In 1948 the convent school was reorganised as a secondary grammar school, continuing as a grammar school, the Convent of Sacred Heart High School, until 1976.
The school received its first comprehensive intake in 1976, gradually becoming comprehensive one year at a time until 1981, as the London Sacred Heart High School. It had around 550 girls in 1980. In 1989, a gradual change began to dispose of the sixth form, and by 1991, it was an 11-16 school, with A-levels being taken at the new St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, in Kensington and Chelsea. From 1990, it was the responsibility of Hammersmith and Fulham, and since 1991 the headteacher has been Christine Carpenter, who replaced Moira Russell.
Apart from the twenty years as a seminary in the late nineteenth century, this site has a 330-year tradition of contributing to the education of young women. The school building was designed by John Francis Bentley, also responsible for Westminster Cathedral. In 1993 Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, visited the school for a Mass to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
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