La Retraite Swan, Salisbury

The Convent of Christian Education is first mentioned in the 1915 directory at Leehurst in Campbell Road. Later the name Leehurst Boarding and Day School for Girls was used, with the address being The Convent, Campbell Road. In 1952 the school was taken over by Sisters of La Retraite and the school became La Retraite Convent School. A preparatory department was opened at Bower Hill in St. Martin's Avenue.

In 1996 the school was joined by the Swan School for Boys under the name La Retraite Swan. There are two preparatory schools, with over 200 pupils, which are becoming co-educational in 2003, and over 100 pupils in a co-educational senior school. The school is on a five acre site on the north eastern outskirts of Salisbury. The original buildings are late 19th century with other buildings having been added up to the present day.