Established 1884 (1884) Religion Roman Catholic]] DfE number 208/5400 Founded 1880 | Type Voluntary aided school Head Teacher Mr D Malins Phone +44 20 8673 5644 | |
Location Atkins Road
Clapham Park
Greater London
SW12 0AB
England Address Atkins Rd, Clapham Park, London SW12 0AB, UK Similar Dunraven School, Bishop Thomas Grant Sch, Lambeth Academy, Chestnut Grove Academy, Elmgreen School Profiles | ||
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School is a Catholic secondary school and sixth form for girls, located in the Clapham Park area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.
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History
The school was first established in 1880 by Les Dames De La Retraite, sisters who had traveled from France with the aim of establishing a girls school in South London. The school later expanded into a house previously owned by the family of Philip de László, and then a house previously owned by Dan Leno.
During World War II the school was evacuated to Horndean in Hampshire, and after the war the school returned to Clapham Park. It then became a two form entry grammar school recognised officially by London County Council. In the 1970s, when selective education was abolished in London, the school became a comprehensive school. The school became grant-maintained for a time in the 1990s and opened its sixth form. In 1999 it then returned to local authority control as a voluntary aided school under the trusteeship of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark.
Academics
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Students in the sixth form have the option to study a range of A Levels and further BTECs.