St Leonards-Mayfield School
Address
The Old Palace Mayfield , East Sussex , TN20 6PH England
Information
Type	Independent day and boarding school
Motto	"Actions Not Words"
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1872
Founder	Mother Cornelia Connelly SHCJ (1809–1870)
Department for Education URN	114627 Tables
Headmistress	Miss A M Beary, MA MPhil Cantab, PGCE
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	400
Houses	4
Former pupils	Old Cornelians
Website	http://www.mayfieldgirls.org

St Leonards-Mayfield School is an independent Roman Catholic boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18. It is situated in the village of Mayfield in East Sussex. The current headmistress is Miss Antonia Beary. The school was founded by Mother Cornelia Connelly in 1872, with the oldest buildings dating from the 14th century.

Public examination results

Pupils at Mayfield achieve some of the best in the United Kingdom and each year take up university places at a wide range of leading institutions.^[1]

Location and facilities

The school is located within the village of Mayfield, less than 40 miles from the centre of London. At the heart of the school are the 14th century chapel built for the Archbishops of Canterbury and a concert hall designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The sports facilities include a new all-weather pitch, eight new all-weather tennis and netball courts, an indoor swimming pool and one of the largest outdoor riding arenas in the South East of England.^{[citation needed]} The creative and performing arts are served by a music school, ceramics and arts studios and a dance hall. There is also a purpose built science block.

There are three boarding houses at the school: Leeds House (named after the Duchess of Leeds who donated the Old Palace to the SHCJ), Connelly House (formerly known as St Gabriels) and St Dunstans House providing boarding accommodation in individual rooms for the Sixth Form.

Links with other Holy Child schools

The Society of the Holy Child Jesus still runs a network of schools across its three provinces: Europe, Africa and America.

Mayfield actively maintains and strengthens links with other Holy Child Schools. In 2010 children from the Cornelia Connelly School in Anaheim, California visited Mayfield and the headmistress visited Holy Child College in Ikoyi, Nigeria.

Former pupils

Former pupils of Mayfield and her sister Holy Child Schools which are now closed are known as Old Cornelians, named after Mother Cornelia Connelly who founded the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.

Notable Old Cornelians:

• Ann Leslie
• Lindka Cierach
• Clare McLaren-Throckmorton
• Anouk Aimée
• Ira von Fürstenberg
• Maeve Gilmore
• Caroline Goodall

References

External links

• Official website
• Profile on the ISC website