Lingfield Notre Dame School

"For schools of the same name, see Notre Dame High School"

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name = Lingfield Notre Dame School


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type = Independent Secondary School
religion = Christian
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head = Nuala Shepley
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street = Racecourse Road
city = Lingfield
county = Surrey
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enrollment = Approx. 700
gender = Male/Female
lower_age = 2 ½
upper_age = 18
houses = Andrew, David, George, Patrick (named after the four saints)
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website = http://www.lingfieldnotredame.co.uk/
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Lingfield Notre Dame (sometimes abbreviated to LNDS, more commonly LND) is an independent school situationed in Surrey, England, for students aged from two and a half to eighteen. It is co-educational and in total has approximately 700 students. It was founded in 1940 by Catholic nuns as a girls' school, but in 1995 the school became co-educational.

School System

The school is divided into two areas: the "Junior School" (location of pupils from nursery to year six), and the "Senior School" (location of students in year seven up to Sixth Form). In the Junior School each year contains approximately forty students in two forms.

In years seven and eight, the form size is increased to twenty-three students in three forms. This was also the case for year nine, until September 2006, when a fourth form was added to year 9, with forms varying from 18 - 21.

Usually students from the Junior School continue to the Senior School, and pupils from outside the school who wish to join must take an entrance exam. Only the top-scoring pupils from outside the school are selected to join the school, as priority is given to those from the Junior School, even if they do not score so highly. From 2006, as mentioned above, fifteen more spaces are available in Year 9.

In year eight pupils with the required ability are offered the chance to study a second language: either Spanish or German.

GCSE and A Level

In year nine students choose three subjects out of Art, Drama, Design and Technology (DT), Geography, History, Food and Nutrition (F & N), ICT, Music, Physical Education (PE), Religious Education (RE), Spanish/German (if applicable) in addition to the core subjects (Maths, English (language and literature), French and Double Science) to study for GCSE.

Those who possess the required ability will study the individual sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) rather than the double award. Similarly, those considered good enough at Maths will be offered the chance to take the Statistics GCSE (although most of this GCSE is self-taught). There are additionally the options to take an Astronomy and/or Dance GCSE in year ten, although this is entirely studied in free time. Even if students are not taking PE or RE for GCSE, they are still required to take lessons in these subjects.

The majority of students will study for nine GCSEs, although it is possible to study up to thirteen. However, in practise the most a single student has done has been twelve.

There are a hundred students in the sixth form: fifty in the Lower Sixth (Year 12) and fifty in the Upper Sixth (Year 13). It is usual for sixth formers to take four subjects for AS level and to continue with three for A2 level, although there are some exceptions to this each year. In addition to the subjects taught at GCSE level, Media Studies, Environmental Sciences and Business Studies are offered at A-level.

House System

Lingfield Nore Dame has four Houses (George, Andrew, Patrick and David) each named after the Patron Saints of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales respectively. The students join a house to give a boarding school feel for the pupils and under the supervision of a housemaster the houses compete in sport, music and fundraising events throughout the year.

* Andrew House (also known as Blue House)
* David House (also known as Yellow House)
* George House (also known as Red House)
* Patrick House (also known as Green House)

Aims of the School

The aims of the school are to:
* Develop self worth in every student
* Promote traditional values in a nurturing environment
* Stimulate intellectual curiosity and develop initiative
* Achieve high academic standards in a relaxed but disciplined atmosphere

External links

* [http://www.lingfieldnotredame.co.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.lingfieldnotredame.co.uk/documents/LingfieldNotreDamefinal0803070779.pdf ISC Inspection - January/February 2007]