Notre Dame High School, Northampton

The Notre Dame High School in Northampton was a former all-female Roman Catholic (RC) direct grant grammar school.

History

Notre Dame High School was an all female RC school in Northampton, also known as a convent school. It was built in 1880 and run by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton.

A modern science block was opened in 1950. There were around 500 girls at the school in the 1960s.

The school was closed in 1975.^[1] The site was bulldozed in 1979 and replaced with a row of shops.

Nearby today is the headquarters of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, situated close to the north. The building next door to it is now BBC Radio Northampton.

Schools in Northamptonshire
Primary	Caroline Chisholm School Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village The Duston School Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering Science Academy
Secondary	Abbeyfield School Bishop Stopford School Brooke Weston Academy Campion School Caroline Chisholm School Chenderit School Corby Business Academy Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village The Duston School Elizabeth Woodville School The Ferrers School Guilsborough School Huxlow Science College Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering Science Academy Kingsthorpe College Kingswood Secondary Academy Latimer Arts College Lodge Park Academy Magdalen College School, Brackley Malcolm Arnold Academy Manor School and Sports College Montsaye Academy Moulton School and Science College Northampton Academy Northampton School for Boys Northampton School for Girls The Parker E-ACT Academy Prince William School Rushden Academy Silverstone UTC Sir Christopher Hatton School Southfield School Sponne School Thomas Becket Catholic School Weavers Academy Weston Favell Academy Wollaston School Wrenn School
Independent	Bosworth Independent College Northampton High School Oundle School Overstone Park School Pitsford School Potterspury Lodge School Quinton House School St Peter's School Spratton Hall School Wellingborough School
Defunct schools	Daventry UTC Kettering Grammar School Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School Notre Dame High School Unity College Northampton

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