Bishop Douglass School

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name = Bishop Douglass School
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latitude = 51.593
longitude = -0.17933


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motto = "Moving Forward & Raising Achievement"
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type = Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic
religion = Roman Catholic
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Miss Angela Murphy
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specialist = Science
street = Hamilton Road
city = London
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LEA = Barnet
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enrollment = Approx. 820
gender = Males and Females
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Campion, Fisher, Line, More, Owen, Ward
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website = http://www.bishopdouglass.barnet.sch.uk/
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Bishop Douglass School is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school with a sixth form located in the London Borough of Barnet. The school first opened in 1963 as a Secondary Modern facility and later became a Comprehensive school.

The School has been granted Specialist Science College status which came into effect in September 2007. As a result, the size of the school has increased rapidly, growing by over 100 students since the status was granted.

The original headmaster, Michael Caulfield, was at the time the youngest head teacher of any school in the UK. Around 1990, he was succeeded by his deputy John Meadows. An interim headmaster followed Meadows for one year, before full time head Angela Murphy took over.

Bishop Douglass School Traditions

chool Uniform

Before 2001 the Bishop Douglass uniform for girls consisted of a long royal blue skirt, grey V-neck jumper and a royal blue blazer. This would be worn with a blouse of the same colour as the house they were in. The girl's uniform blazer was originally collarless and double breasted. In the 1980's it became a standard jacket similar to the boy's uniform. Originally, a navy bow-tie was worn with the blouse, but this was abandoned around 1975, at around the same time that the summer dress in blue and white dog tooth check was discontinued. The boys' uniform consisted of dark grey trousers, a white shirt, a grey V-neck jumper and royal blue blazer. This would be worn with a blue tie with stripes of the same colour as their house. The Sixth Form uniform for girls was navy skirt and navy sweater with a white blouse and for the boys it was black trousers, black sweater, black jacket and white shirt. The sixth form tie for boys was black, with the school emblem stitched in white.

In 2001, a new uniform was implemented, the most noticeable change being in the new girls' uniform: a green Douglass Tartan Kilt, a white shirt, a royal blue blazer and a blue tie with stripes of the same colour as their house. A new option was that the girls were now allowed to wear black trousers instead of the skirt. The boys' uniform remained the same except for a darker shade of blue for their blazers.

chool Prayer

In 2003, Bishop Douglass School introduced the school prayer which was to be said during registration. The school prayer is as follows:

Thank you, O God, for another day.
Help me to spend it wisely and to spend it well.
Grant that everything I do today may be done as well as I can do it.
Grant that everyone I meet may be happier for the meeting.
Keep me all through today conscientious in my work;
Truthful in my speaking;
Loyal to my friends and faithful to those who love me,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

chool Houses

Each house at Bishop Douglass School is represented and named after a different catholic martyr.
· Campion House takes its name from Saint Edmund Campion, a Catholic convert, Jesuit priest and martyr who was canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church.
· Fisher House takes its name from Saint John Fisher, an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr.
· Line House takes its name from Saint Anne Line, an English martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for harbouring a priest.
· More House takes its name from Sir Thomas More the patron saint of politicians and statesmen.
· Owen House take its name from Saint Nicholas Owen an English martyr who built several priest holes in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
· Ward House takes its name from Saint Margaret Ward a Catholic English martyr.

Notable alumni

*Tina Hobley, actress (Holby City)
*Michael Obiora, actor (Hotel Babylon)
*John Kennedy O'Connor, author, broadcaster

External links

* [http://www.bishopdouglass.barnet.sch.uk Bishop Douglass School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=283029&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=%5C%5Cschool%5C%5C101%5C%5Cs8ds5_101365_20060302.pdf 2005 Ofsted report]