Mount St Mary's Convent School

Mount St Mary's Convent School

Address
Wonford Road Exeter , Devon , EX2 4PF England
Information
Type	Private day and boarding school
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Closed	31 August 1997
Gender	Girls
Age	2 to 19

Mount St Mary's Convent School was a private school for girls in Exeter, England. The building is Grade II* listed.^[1]

History

Mount St Mary's closed on 31 August 1997 following the 1997 general election when it failed to re-open within the state sector under the new Labour leadership.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notable former pupils

Vanessa Whitburn OBE (born 1951), British radio producer and former editor of The Archers^[5]

References

^ MOUNT ST MARY’S CONVENT. Savills.
^ Ward, Lucy (30 April 1997). "Bad timing holds schools in deep freeze". The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ Mount St Mary's Convent School. Gov.uk
^ Independent schools yearbook : girls' schools. 1991. London: A & C Black. 1991. p. 474. ISBN 0713634162.
^ Who's who 1997 : an annual biographical dictionary. London: A & C Black. 1997. p. 2072. ISBN 9780713644951.

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