Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School is a Catholic Voluntary Aided comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Brentwood

Brentwood, Essex

Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the east of England. It is located in the London commuter belt, 20 miles east north-east of Charing Cross in London, and near the M25 motorway....

, Essex. In September 1999 the school became a specialist Arts College

Arts College

Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...

.

Admissions

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School is a Roman Catholic school, situated in the town centre on Queens Road, to the west of Brentwood School.

Direct grant grammar school

It was a direct grant grammar school

Direct grant grammar school

A direct grant grammar school was a selective secondary school in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976 funded partly by the state and partly through private fees....

 for girls, with the Brentwood School

Brentwood School (England)

Brentwood School is an independent school in Brentwood, Essex, England. Educating boys and girls in a British public school tradition. Brentwood School is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....

 being a similar school for boys.

See also

• Secondary schools in Essex
• List of direct grant grammar schools
• Ursuline High School, Wimbledon

External links

• School website
• Music Department
• EduBase