St Ursula's School

St Ursula's School is a Catholic private school in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. It consisted of a Junior Department and Senior Department, providing education for pupils up to age 16.In 2010, St Ursula's went into administration after it became financially unviable due to falling pupil numbers. It was temporarily saved by Bristol City Council, which bought the school site, and Oasis Community Learning, a subsidiary of the Oasis Trust. This led to the opening of Oasis School Westbury as an interim measure during the 2010/2011 academic year. Oasis Community Learning operated the school with a one-year lease and closed it in July 2011.At the start of the 2011/2012 academic year, Bristol Council allocated the site to St Ursula's E-ACT Academy, the first primary academy in Bristol.In January 2015, St Ursula's was given a good rating by Ofsted which remains sponsored by E-ACTHistoryThe school was named after St. Ursula, the patron saint of young girls and students. It was opened in 1896 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Ursula's was originally a girls' boarding school. The school stopped accepting boarders in 1927. During the Second World War, the cellars served as air raid shelters to the population of Henleaze and in 1942 the school was bombed and evacuated. Much of the school was destroyed by the bombing, but was re-built in 1948.