With the advent of the tripartite system, Convent Collegiate became a voluntary aided secondary modern.

[5] The house had an impressive entrance hall, with marble flooring, oak panelling and above the main staircaseuse a stained glass window designed by Edward Burne-Jones and made by William Morris.

In 1827 it was owned by Wasey Sterry and after his death a number of tenants before being bought by Temple Soanes in 1867.

Following other owners the house was bought by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary as a convent and Catholic girls school.

[7] A Georgian style chapel in red brick was built against the east end of Hill Place in 1935 and was demolished in the 1960s due to structural problems following subsidence.

[8] The Old Chapel was designed and built by Samuel Hammond and opened in June 1800 as an alternative place of worship for Protestant Dissenters.

partly due to a dispute over tithe payments to the parish church, St Laurence, to fund its upkeep.

Historians later identified them as those from the Blitz of World War II and hypothesised that they had been buried there by the military with intent of disposal.

[15] The school operates a three-year, Key Stage 3 where all the core National Curriculum subjects are taught.

The following foundation subjects are offered: Art, Computing, Technology, Drama, PSHE & Citizenship, Italian, French, Geography and History, Music and PE.