St Dominic's High School for Girls

St Dominic's Brewood
Motto	Veritas ("Truth")
Established	1920
Type	Independent day school
Head	Mr P J O McNabb
Chair of Governors	Mr R Turton
Location	Bargate Street Brewood Staffordshire ST19 9BA England
DfE number	860/6005
DfE URN	124471 Tables
Students	230~
Gender	Girls
Ages	3–18
Former pupils	Dominicans
Website	www.stdominicsschool.co.uk

St Dominic's Brewood is an independent day school for girls aged 3 to 18 and boys up to age 11 in the village of Brewood, Staffordshire, England. The school is centered on a large Victorian brick building in rural Staffordshire, just north of Wolverhampton. Founded in 1920 by the Dominican Order resident in Staffordshire, it is now an inter-denominational school but retains its Christian ethos and the historic logo featuring the cross from the order's seal.

History

St Dominic's was founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1920 as a small convent school for girls to train them in the "domestic arts". Dominican Convent School opened with just half a dozen girls but grew steadily over the years. In 1974 it became St Dominic's Brewood Trust and an inter-denominational Christian school. A sixth form was opened in 2007. In September 2010 it changed its name from St Dominic's School to St Dominic's High School for Girls and later changed to St. Dominic's Brewood. The first male head was appointed in 2012.^[1]

Bargate House

The building it was founded in is Bargate House, now occupied by the Senior School. Bargate was once a workhouse for the Penkridge Union during the Industrial Revolution and was sold to Wolverhampton wine merchant Louis Connolly in 1919. Connolly, who was a devout Catholic, sold it to Fr O'Toole, a local priest. Fr O'Toole then offered it to the Sisters to use it as a school or an invalid home. Bargate was designated a Grade II listed building in 1985.^[2]

Notable former pupils

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord - Artistic director at Ovalhouse in London.^[3]
Anthea Turner - broadcaster
Fran Unsworth - BBC's Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs.^[4]

References

↑ History
↑ Bargate House. British Listed Buildings
↑ Wohead, Greg. "Recorded Chats #1: Interview with Rebecca Atkinson-Lord". gregwohead.com. Greg Wohead. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/unsworth_francesca.html

External links

Schools in Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent)

Primary	St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Middle	Oldfields Hall Middle School Windsor Park Middle School

Secondary	Abbot Beyne School Alleyne's Academy Biddulph High School Birches Head Academy Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College Blessed William Howard Catholic School Blythe Bridge High School Cannock Chase High School Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School Chase Terrace Technology College The Cheadle Academy Cheslyn Hay Sport & Community High School Chesterton Community Sports College Clayton Hall Academy Codsall Community High School The Co-operative Academy of Stoke-on-Trent The de Ferrers Academy Discovery Academy Endon High School Erasmus Darwin Academy Excel Academy Fair Oak Academy The Friary School Great Wyrley High School Hagley Park Academy Haywood Academy JCB Academy John Taylor High School King Edward VI School, Lichfield King Edward VI High School, Stafford The King's Church of England School Kingsmead School Kinver High School Landau Forte Academy Amington Landau Forte Academy QEMS Leek High School Moorside High School Nether Stowe School Newcastle Academy Norton Canes High School Ormiston Horizon Academy Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Ounsdale High School Paget High School Painsley Catholic College Paulet High School The Rawlett School St John Fisher Catholic College St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Peter's Academy St Thomas More Catholic Academy Sandon High School Sir Graham Balfour School Sir Thomas Boughey High School Stafford Manor High School Staffordshire University Academy Tamworth Enterprise College Thistley Hough Academy Thomas Alleyne's High School Trentham High School University Academy Kidsgrove Walton High School Weston Road Academy Westwood College Wilnecote High School Wolgarston High School Wolstanton High School

Grammar	St Joseph's College

Special	Abbey Hill School Blackfriars Academy The Meadows School Shenstone Lodge School

Further education	Burton & South Derbyshire College Buxton & Leek College Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Moorlands Sixth Form College Newcastle-under-Lyme College South Staffordshire College Stafford College Stafford Collegiate

Independent	Abbotsholme School Abbots Bromley School Denstone College Lichfield Cathedral School Newcastle-under-Lyme School Stafford Grammar School St Dominic's High School for Girls St Dominic's Priory School

Independent (preparatory)	St Joseph's Preparatory School Vernon Lodge Preparatory School Yarlet School

Former	Berry Hill High School and Sports College Brewood Grammar School Edial Hall School Longton High School Mitchell High School

Coordinates: 52°40′38″N 2°10′33″W / 52.67726°N 2.175824°W / 52.67726; -2.175824

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