Notre Dame Catholic College (Liverpool)
Encyclopedia
Notre Dame Catholic College is an all-girls' secondary school and sixth form
in Liverpool
, L4 4EZ, England
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status. It is a catholic girls' school. 45% of the girls receive free school meal
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in Liverpool, and began as a pupil-teacher centre with links to local primary schools. The collegiate school did not actually come into existence until 1902, with this merging with the pupil teacher centre in 1908.
from 1946.
In 1999 there was an outbreak of meningitis, resulting in one death.
In 2001, the school inserted the word 'Catholic' into its title to become Notre Dame Catholic High School, but 2002 saw the school also becoming a specialist 'Performing Arts College' - returning the institution to a College as it once originally was.
Sixth form college
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in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, L4 4EZ, England
England
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Admissions
The school holds Specialist Arts CollegeArts College
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status. It is a catholic girls' school. 45% of the girls receive free school meal
Free school meal
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History
It was founded in February 1869. The Notre Dame Catholic College was originally the residence of the Sisters of Notre DameSisters of Notre Dame de Namur
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is the name of a Roman Catholic order of religious sisters, dedicated to providing education to the poor.The order was founded in Amiens in 1803, but the opposition of the local bishop to missions outside his diocese led to the moving of headquarters to then...
in Liverpool, and began as a pupil-teacher centre with links to local primary schools. The collegiate school did not actually come into existence until 1902, with this merging with the pupil teacher centre in 1908.
Direct grant grammar school
It was the Notre Dame Collegiate School, a catholic girls' direct grant grammar schoolDirect grant grammar school
A direct grant grammar school was a selective secondary school in England and Wales between 1945 and 1976 funded partly by the state and partly through private fees....
from 1946.
Comprehensive
The sisters did not move out of the building until 1978 due to the expansion and the intake of the school building, and the school building also followed this expansion to pave the way for the institution to become an all-girls comprehensive school in 1983, which also tallied with the amalgamation of both St John’s Secondary Modern School and St Catherine’s Secondary Modern School to form Notre Dame High School in the same year.In 1999 there was an outbreak of meningitis, resulting in one death.
In 2001, the school inserted the word 'Catholic' into its title to become Notre Dame Catholic High School, but 2002 saw the school also becoming a specialist 'Performing Arts College' - returning the institution to a College as it once originally was.
Former teachers
- John Thornhill, Chairman since 2008 of the Magistrates' Association (taught Classics from 1972-8)
Academic performance
It gets below average results at GCSE and at A level. Its results at A level, although low for a faith school, are not as low as some catholic girls' schools in the local area.Notre Dame Collegiate School
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See also
- Notre Dame High School, Glasgow
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- Notre Dame High School, Sheffield