What is the name of the charity school in 'Jane Eyre'?

The charity school in Jane Eyre is called Lowood. Jane is sent there as a child after her aunt, Mrs Reed, removes her from Gateshead.

Lowood is a harsh boarding school for orphaned and impoverished girls. Its pupils endure cold rooms, inadequate food, strict discipline and poor clothing. The institution is run by the hypocritical Mr Brocklehurst, whose religious preaching contrasts sharply with the school's neglect and deprivation.

Charlotte Brontë drew partly on her own experiences at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge, where her sisters Maria and Elizabeth became ill and died. In the novel, the death of Jane's friend Helen Burns from illness exposes the consequences of Lowood's conditions and prompts public scrutiny.

Lowood is not the same place as Gateshead, where Jane spends her early childhood, or Thornfield Hall, where she later works as a governess. Marsh End is another house in the novel, associated with St John Rivers. The school is fictional, though its setting reflects real nineteenth-century institutions.