Notre Dame School, Surrey
Independent Catholic school in Cobham, Surrey, England
Notre Dame School is an independent Catholic girls day school located in Cobham , Surrey , England . The school includes both a preparatory school and a senior school .
History
Notre Dame School was founded at Burwood House in 1938 by nuns from the Company of Our Lady Mary . In 2003 the school’s ownership passed from The Company of Mary Our Lady to a charitable trust, and is now managed by the trustees and a board of governors, several of whom are Sisters from the religious institute . The present senior school headmistress was appointed in 2003 and the prep school headmistress was appointed in 2019.[ 1]
Anniversary
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor , Archbishop of Westminster , was the main celebrant at a special Mass held at the school to celebrate both the 70th anniversary of the school and 400 years of the Company of Mary Our Lady on Tuesday 15 May 2007. The Mass was also attended by Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz , Apostolic Nuncio , Bishop Kieran Conry and Bishop Bernard Longley .
Preparatory School
The prep department consists of the NDEY Early Years for boys and girls aged 2 to 4, Infant school for boys and girls aged 4 – 7 and the junior school for girls aged 7–11.
Senior School
The Senior School consists of secondary education for girls aged 11 – 6 and ND6 Sixth form for girls ages 16–18
Houses
The pupils of both schools are divided into four Houses, which compete in such things as sport and drama. The Houses are named as follows:[ 2]
Jeanne (Prep) Eyquem (Senior)
Michel (Prep) Montaigne (Senior)
Richard (Prep) Lestonnac (Senior)
Gaston (Prep) Montferrant (Senior)
Associations
The school has membership of the Girls' Schools Association , the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools and the Catholic Independent Schools' Conference .
References
^ Independent Schools Inspectorate, (February 2007), Inspection of Notre Dame Senior School , page 1
^ "House System" . Retrieved 22 May 2016 .
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Primary Secondary Independent
Special Further education Former
Towns, villages and
Cobham Esher Surbiton Thames Ditton Molesey Leatherhead Walton on Thames Weybridge
Notable parks Places of worship Education Transport
Railway stations Roads Notable other
Buildings and structures Sport
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Churches Arundel Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip HowardSt Peter's Church, Aldrington St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton St Joseph's Church, Brighton St Wilfrid's Church, Burgess Hill St Tarcisius Church, Camberley Sacred Heart Church, Caterham St Richard of Chichester Church, Chichester St Teresa of Avila Church, Chiddingfold Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley St Joseph's Church, Dorking St Anthony and St George Church, Duncton Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne St John of Rochester Church, Egham Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green St Joan of Arc's Church, Farnham St Edmund Church, Godalming English Martyrs Church, Goring-by-Sea St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Haslemere St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Hastings Corpus Christi Church, Henfield St John the Evangelist Church, Heron's Ghyll St Anselm Church, Hindhead Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead St Bernard's Church, Lingfield St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst All Saints Church, Oxted Sacred Heart Church, Petworth St George's Church, Polegate St Mary's Church, Preston Park St Anthony of Viareggio Church, Rose Green St Joseph Church, Rustington St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Church of St Thomas More, Seaford St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Richard of Chichester Church, Slindon Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea St Edward the Confessor Church, Sutton Park Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church, Uckfield St Ambrose Church, Warlingham St Dunstan's Church, Woking St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
