Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College

For other schools of the same name, see Notre Dame High School (disambiguation).

Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College
Established	1904
Type	Sixth form college
Religion	Roman Catholic
Principal	Terry Coen
Founder	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Location	St. Mark's Avenue Leeds West Yorkshire LS2 9BL England Coordinates: 53°48′39″N 1°33′10″W / 53.81075°N 1.55289°W / 53.81075; -1.55289
Local authority	Leeds City Council
DfE number	383/8600
DfE URN	130548 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	approx. 2,000
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16–19
Former name	Notre Dame Grammar School
Diocese	Leeds
Website	www.notredamecoll.ac.uk

Notre Dame is a Sixth Form College in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The college is situated just east of Woodhouse Lane (A660 road) and the engineering departments of the University of Leeds in Woodhouse, Leeds. It is near St Mark's (C of E) church,^[1] and the Leeds Universities Catholic Church and Centre.^[2]

History

In 1898 the Sisters of Notre Dame came to Leeds and to the two-classroomed parish school of St Anne’s situated behind it. In 1904 the main part of what is now the Sixth Form College was built and opened as Notre Dame Collegiate School for Girls from the age of eleven to fourteen.

Notre Dame was one of three catholic direct grant grammar schools in Leeds, and the second that was all-female from 1946.^[3] It later was known as Notre Dame Grammar School. The school was handed over to the diocese in the 1970s when the Sisters of Notre Dame changed their focus to education in developing countries.

The school became the Notre Dame High School in 1978, a catholic comprehensive school for ages 13–19 with around 650 girls.^[4] All the other Catholic direct grant schools in Leeds also changed in this year.

The sixth form college was formed in September 1989 as the sixth form centre for Catholic education in Leeds. It was decided to join boys and girls sixth-forms together in one college (from Mount St Mary's and St Michael's). For nearly ninety years before this, a girls’ school was present on the same site. This was one of a network of girls’ secondary schools in England and Scotland which belonged to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

Admissions

Notre Dame currently has student body of approx 2,000 pupils between the 2 years (of A levels); giving it a ten times larger student body than the average Leeds Sixth form. It is a Roman Catholic faith institution, and the only one of that denomination in the city for ages 16–18.

Notable alumni

Gabby Logan
Akierra Missick, Turks and Caicos Islands politician and lawyer^[5]

Notre Dame Grammar School:

Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences since 2005 at the Open University, who gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2003
Mary Reilly, Chairman from 2004-8 of the London Development Agency

References

↑ St Mark's Church, Geograph.org.uk
↑ Centre, Geograph.org.uk
↑ Grammar Schools (Direct Grant Status), Millbanksystems.com
↑ "Direct Grant Schools", Millbanksystems.com
↑ "Election 2012: Akierra Missick". Radio Turks and Caicos 107 FM. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

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Universities and colleges in Yorkshire and the Humber

Universities	BPP Bradford Huddersfield Hull Law Leeds Leeds Beckett Leeds Trinity Sheffield Sheffield Hallam York York St John

Further Education colleges	Askham Bryan Barnsley Bishop Burton Bradford Calderdale Craven Dearne Valley Doncaster East Riding Endeavour Grimsby Hull Kirklees Leeds Art Leeds Building Leeds City Leeds Music Northern North Lindsey Rotherham Selby Sheffield Shipley Wakefield York Yorkshire Coast

Sixth form colleges	Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form Franklin Greenhead Huddersfield New John Leggott Longley Park NEW Notre Dame Scarborough Thomas Rotherham Wilberforce Wyke

Schools in Leeds

Primary schools	Carr Manor Community School Roundhay School

Secondary schools	Abbey Grange CE Academy Allerton Grange School Allerton High School Benton Park School Boston Spa School Brigshaw High School Bruntcliffe Academy Cardinal Heenan RC High School Carr Manor Community School Cockburn School Co-operative Academy of Leeds Corpus Christi RC College Crawshaw Academy David Young Community Academy Farnley Academy Garforth Academy Guiseley School Horsforth School John Smeaton Academy Lawnswood School Leeds City Academy Leeds East Academy Leeds West Academy Morley Academy Mount St Mary's RC High School Priesthorpe School Prince Henry's Grammar School Pudsey Grangefield School Ralph Thoresby School Rodillian Academy Roundhay School Royds School St Mary's Menston RC Academy South Leeds Academy Swallow Hill Community College Temple Moor High School Wetherby High School Woodkirk Academy

Special schools	St John's RC School for the Deaf

Independent schools	Fulneck School Gateways School Grammar School at Leeds The Froebelian School Woodhouse Grove School

FE & sixth form colleges	Leeds City College Leeds College of Art Leeds College of Building Leeds College of Music Notre Dame RC Sixth Form College SLP College

Defunct schools	Aireborough Grammar School Brudenell School Lawnswood High School Leeds Girls' High School Leeds Grammar School Leeds Modern School Moor Grange County Secondary School West Leeds High School Wortley High School

Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds

Bishops of Leeds I: Robert Cornthwaite II: William Gordon III: Joseph Robert Cowgill IV: Henry John Poskitt V: John Carmel Heenan VI: George Patrick Dwyer VII: William Gordon Wheeler VIII: David Konstant (Bishop Emeritus) IX: Arthur Roche (Bishop Emeritus) X: Marcus Stock

Parishes Leeds Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St Anne Blessed John Henry Newman, Leeds Holy Redeemer, Huddersfield St Edward's, Clifford St Ignatius, Ossett St Jeanne Jugan, Leeds St Joseph's, Bradford St Martin de Porres, Wakefield St Mary's, Halifax St Patrick's, Leeds St Robert's, Harrogate St Stephen's, Skipton Leeds Trinity University

Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (27 June) St Wilfrid (12 October)

Schools All Saints, Huddersfield Cardinal Heenan, Meanwood Corpus Christi, Leeds Leeds Trinity University Mount St Mary's, Leeds Notre Dame, Leeds St Bede's & St Joseph's, Bradford St Catherine's, Halifax St John Fisher, Dewsbury St John Fisher, Harrogate St John's School for the Deaf, Boston Spa St Mary's Menston St Wilfrids, Featherstone St Thomas Becket, Wakefield

See also: Bradford Girls' Choir The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust Mount St Mary's Church, Leeds

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