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Upton Hall School FCJ
Upton
Hall School
FCJ
is a girls'
Roman Catholic
grammar school
with
academy status
located in
Merseyside, England
.
Admissions
It is one of four
Catholic schools
in the
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
.
The school
is located within the
Catholic
Diocese of Shrewsbury
. It was
awarded
'Outstanding' by
Ofsted
in 2006. The school holds
Training School
status.
History
It was founded as a girls'
convent school
by
Nuns
of
the Society of the Faithful Companions of Jesus
in
1862
.
Alumni
Berlie Doherty
,
children's books
author, and playwright, twice
winner
of the
Carnegie Medal
Charlotte O'Conor Eccles
,
Irish
writer
Sally Nugent
,
sports reporter
on
BBC Breakfast
and
BBC News channel
Wendy Piatt
,
Director General
since 2007
of the
Russell Group
Former teachers
Angela Topping
, poet
Mavis Blackburn, Artist
Neil Armstrong
, Astronourt