Academics
Academic excellence
A modern curriculum designed to prepare every Notre Dame Secondary School student for success.
Junior secondary school and senior secondary school
A continuous pathway from foundational learning to specialised, examination-focused study.
Junior secondary school
The foundation years, building core skills across the sciences, mathematics, languages, the arts and social studies.
Admissions information →Senior secondary school
Specialised combinations — science, arts, commercial, technical — preparing students for their external examinations and for university.
Admissions information →Curriculum & departments
Dive into the subjects, examinations and departments that make up our academic programme.
Subject combinations
Browse the subject combinations available across our senior secondary school streams.
Read more →External examinations
How we prepare and register students for their external examinations.
Read more →Departments
Meet the academic departments and the teaching teams behind each discipline.
Read more →
Academic calendar · 2025/2026
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Junior Secondary (JSS 1 to 3). Students follow the Nigerian national curriculum, including English Language, Mathematics, Basic Science and Technology, Social Studies, Christian Religious Studies, Business Studies, Cultural and Creative Arts, French and a Nigerian language. JSS 3 students sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Senior Secondary (SS 1 to 3). Students choose Science, Arts or Commercial subjects and prepare for the WAEC and NECO Senior School Certificate Examinations.
Assessment and reports. Students are assessed through continuous assessment and end-of-term examinations, and parents receive a report card every term, also available online through the school portal.
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Start an application or talk to our admissions team about the right programme for your child.