Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School
Academy converter secondary school in London (Southwark).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in London, Southwark. The school caters for girls pupils aged 11 to 16 and currently has 445 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 620. It is part of the St OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Ms Blon Byrne.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Social Pages
- Learning English
- Students
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Key facts
- URN
- 149369
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body (5 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Charlotte Town | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Simon Hughes Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip Charalambos | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| William Farren Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Thelma Essein | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Hawa Koker | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Headteacher Blon Byrne Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Charlotte Town Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Dr Simon Hughes Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record