Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool

Notre Dame Catholic Academy is a Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Everton, Liverpool, England.[1] Founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, it was a girls' school for most of its history but became coeducational from September 2012. From June 2024, the school joined St Joseph’s Catholic Multi Academy Trust, becoming Notre Dame Catholic Academy.

Notre Dame Catholic Academy
Address
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180 Great Homer Street

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L5 5AF

England
Coordinates53°25′51″N 2°58′21″W / 53.430883°N 2.972382°W / 53.430883; -2.972382
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TypeVoluntary aided comprehensive
MottoAh Quil Est Bon Le Bon Dieu (How good is the good God)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1869
FoundersSisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Local authorityLiverpool City Council
Department for Education URN104706 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherVictoria Taylor
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment979
DioceseLiverpool
Former nameNotre Dame Collegiate School
Former nameNotre Dame Catholic College
Websitehttps://notredameliverpool.com/

Admissions

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The College became coeducational from September 2012, admitting boys into Year 7 for the first time. Boys were already undertaking Sixth Form education at Notre Dame Catholic College.

History

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It was founded in February 1869. The Notre Dame Catholic College was originally the residence of the Sisters of Notre Dame 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

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It was known as Notre Dame Collegiate School at Everton Valley, and became a direct grant grammar school in 1946 as a result of the Education Act 1944.[2]

Comprehensive

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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 2001, the school added the word 'Catholic' to its title to become Notre Dame Catholic High School, but in 2002 it became a specialist Performing Arts College.

The former all-girls' college started to accept boys into Year 7 from September 2012. Boys were already enrolled in the sixth form.

In September 2013, the college moved to a new building next to Everton Park sports centre on Great Homer Street as part of the wider Project Jennifer scheme. Construction had begun on the new building in July 2012.

 
School buildings

Notable former pupils

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Notre Dame Collegiate School

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Mary Mulligan MSP in October 2012

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