St.
Michael's is a Voluntary Aided three-form entry secondary
grammar school for girls. It was established in 1908 and is under the trusteeship
of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child
Jesus. It
became a Voluntary Aided Grammar School in September 1958. Boys will be admitted to our
6th Form from September 2009.
The prime aim of the school is the formation of responsible and committed Catholic citizens. It seeks to encourage the highest standards in academic achievement, social responsibility and personal development in a specifically Catholic environment.
Headmistress: Miss U. M. Morrissey
Chair of Governors: Mr. B. Hartigan
It
is a compact school comprising four adjacent buildings of widely contrasting
styles; the Sixth Form Centre is The Grange, an adapted 19th century private
house with a lawn and surrounded by trees to which a Resource Centre was
added in 1999; the lower school, a stone building from the early 1900s; the main
School built in the 1950s.
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