Notre Dame High School (Southwark)

Notre Dame High School (Southwark)
Notre Dame High School
Established 1855
Type Voluntary-aided comprehensive
Religion Roman Catholic
Headteacher Sister Anne Marie Niblock
Foundation Governor Colin Garvey
Founders Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Specialism Languages
Location 118 St George's Road
Southwark
London
SEl 6EX
UK
Students 637
Gender Girls
Ages 11–16

Notre Dame High School is an all-girls' Roman Catholic comprehensive school situated in Elephant and Castle, in south London in the UK. Girls attend the school from ages 11–16. The current headteacher is Sister Anne Marie Niblock, SND. Previous Headteachers include Sister Myra Poole, SND and Sister Rosemary O'Callaghan, SND.Sister Rosemary O' Callaghan is now acting as the school chaplain. The school was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. The school was established in 1855 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in the London Borough of Southwark.

The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur base their spirituality on the teachings of their Mother Foundress, Saint Julie Billiart. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur run other schools throughout the United Kingdom. They have two schools in Liverpool (having previously had two in London) also - the other being in Battersea, as well as one in Surrey, Glasgow, Plymouth, Norwich, Leeds and Sheffield.

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Coordinates: 51°29′49″N 0°06′22″W / 51.4969°N 0.1062°W / 51.4969; -0.1062


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