Notre Dame School is an

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girls

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located in Cobham,

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. The school includes both a preparatory school and a

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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

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from the

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. The present senior school headmistress was appointed in 2003 and the prep school headmistress was appointed in 2019.

Anniversary

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, 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

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, Bishop

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and Bishop

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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: *Jeanne (Prep) Eyquem (Senior) *Michel (Prep) Montaigne (Senior) *Richard (Prep) Lestonnac (Senior) *Gaston (Prep) Montferrant (Senior)

Associations

The school has membership of the

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, the

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and the

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Notable former pupils

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- winning actress *

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Olivier Award - Best actress

References

External links

School Website

Profile
on

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* ISI Inspection Reports
Prep School

Senior School
* GSA Girls' Schools Association (GSA)
Notre Dame School
{{authority control Private schools in Surrey Roman Catholic private schools in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton Girls' schools in Surrey Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association Educational institutions established in 1937 1937 establishments in England