Our Lady’s Convent School, the independent Catholic day school based in Loughborough, East Midlands, has announced a move to embrace full co-education status, in conjunction with a rebrand to become Loughborough Amherst School. The School, which has been part of the Loughborough Endowed Schools Foundation since September 2015, has historically provided places to girls aged
On Tuesday 3 April, Headmaster, Dr Julian Murphy was interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester on the Martin Ballard drive time show. Dr Murphy was discussing the impact of tablets and e-readers on the reading habits of young people. If you missed this interview and would like to listen to it please click on the link
We are delighted to announce that Loughborough Endowed Schools Music are introducing a major new piano competition for young people from the Midlands. The Loughborough Piano Competition will be held on Saturday 12 May 2018 and is aimed at excellent young pianists from the area who wish to demonstrate their musical skills in front of
Recently three teams from Our Lady’s Convent School, competed in the regional finals of the Rotary Youth Speaks public speaking competition in Uppingham. The nine girls from Years 7 to 10 were entered as two teams for the Intermediate section and one for the Senior competition. To reach this stage the girls had seen off
On Wednesday 21 February, Headmaster, Dr Julian Murphy was interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester about his views on pupil mental health and the impact of pupil reports on their wellbeing. If you missed the morning show, you can listen again to the interview below.
On Friday 2 February, pupils and staff were joined by Father Simon Gillespie as he celebrated Mass at Our Lady’s Convent School, Loughborough to mark the Feast Day of the Presentation of the Lord, otherwise known as Candlemas. Celebrated 40 days after Christmas, Candlemas is so called because it was traditionally when all the Church’s
On Saturday five teams each comprised of three pupils, competed in the regional semi-finals of the Rotary Youth Speaks public speaking competition – with outstanding results. The fifteen girls from Years 7 to 10 were entered as three teams for the Intermediate and two for the Senior competition. They faced stiff opposition from Leicester High
On 13 and 14 December we hosted our annual celebration of Carols by Candlelight in the Chapel. Each year, just before the end of the autumn term pupils, family members, staff and friends join together to celebrate Christmas with carols and readings in the Chapel. This year in response to demand for seats we held
Our Lady’s Convent School is celebrating, for the second consecutive year, the national achievements of its artists. Melanie Lamb has been recognised not only as the Winner of the ISA Midlands Region annual art competition with her piece ‘Time Flies’ but also nationally. Melanie’s drawing was submitted for the Key Stage 5 drawing category at
This week local author Rachel Greaves visited the Preparatory School. To the delight of the children she was accompanied by ‘Ruffle the Rail Dog’ and a fabulous model of a steam locomotive. Rachel is both the author and illustrator of a charming series of stories detailing the adventures of Ruffle, an Airedale Terrier. She began
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