Notre Dame High School, Southwark


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 Anne Marie Niblock.

School history

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 in 1855 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in the London Borough of Southwark.

Linked schools

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 founded other schools in the United Kingdom:
They also previously had another school in Battersea, London.

School performance

As of 2020, the school was last inspected by Ofsted in 2012, when it received a judgement of Outstanding.
In 2019 the school was identified as the most undersubscribed school of those judged Outstanding; it had the lowest ratio of applications per place.