Loreto Convent School is a private high school in

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, South Africa, founded in 1878. Loreto Convent School was founded on 7 June 1878 by Mother Margaret Mary Jolivet, Mother Joseph Colahan and Mother Teresa Colahan, at Loreto Convent, Skinner Street, with 20 pupils in the high school and 6 in the parochial school.

Notable former pupils

* Lady Cicely Mayhew (1924–2016), first British woman diplomat. *

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(1896–1989), botanist

Notable former teachers

* Anne van Zyl, education administrator

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