Our Lady of Fatima Dominican Convent School

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Our Lady of Fatima Dominican Convent School is a girls' school, in Durban North (eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality) founded and supported by the Dominican sisters. The school caters for girls from Gr 0 through to Gr 12.

The school was founded in 1953 by the Newcastle Dominican sisters.

The school follows the IEB syllabus.

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