Heads’ Welcome
Notre Dame has always been a visionary and future-facing school with a unique sense of community underpinned by our foundress Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac who instilled the importance of a whole approach to education.
The academic, creative, physical, moral, and intellectual challenges expected in all good schools, complete with state-of-the-art facilities, are balanced with fun and laughter and a trusting and compassionate atmosphere, which enables everyone within our community to fulfil their potential.
Mrs Anna King
Senior Headmistress
Mrs Amelie Morgan
Prep Headmistress
Benefits of an All-Girls School
Girls in girls’ schools are almost three times more likely to take Further Maths and more than twice more likely to take Physics and Computer Science A Levels – compared with girls in co-educational schools.
The uptake of other science subjects is higher: Biology 43% higher, Chemistry 85% higher and Maths 87% higher in girls’ schools compared with girls in co-educational schools.
Computer Science has the largest uptake for girls in GSA (Girls’ School Association) schools: almost 14% higher than in 2023.
Girls perform better in girls’ schools than in co-educational schools, looking at all subjects as a whole and also for Maths and English separately.
Rich Heritage, Modern Outlook
The Order of the Company of Mary Our Lady was founded in Bordeaux in 1607 by Jeanne de Lestonnnac to educate girls of all faiths, and is the oldest recognised educational order in the world. Today, there are more than 300 CoMOL schools, educational foundations and projects across 26 countries. Notre Dame School in Cobham is the only one in the UK.
