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Headmistress: Mrs J A Ross Bursar: Mrs Jan Wilson Admissions: Mrs C Pearcey - Registrar
A Word from the Head
Music is particularly strong, with several Choirs and much instrumental teaching. Art and Theatre Studies are popular subjects; school plays and art exhibitions flourish. The extra-curricular programme is full and varied, including the Duke of Edinburgh, Young Enterprise and Step Into Sport schemes, and trips abroad.
The age range is 3 to 18. Entry to the School is by assessment and interview for younger pupils and St Mary’s Entrance Examination for older girls. Most Junior children move on automatically into Senior House at 10. Scholarships are available at 7+, 11+ (including one for Music) and in the Sixth Form for academic excellence.
Annually the public examination results are excellent and all girls go on to Higher Education. At least 20 subjects are offered at both GCSE and A level. There is a comprehensive Careers Service in the Senior School, with vocational guidance tests and interviews, visits and talks. The Careers Room is equipped with up-to-date computer software to enable girls to make University choices. Most girls study four subjects at AS level, continuing three or four subjects through to A2. In addition, all Sixth Formers take Key Skills Music, Physical Education, General Studies, Ethics and Careers.
There is specialist provision in Learning Support throughout the school and programmes of support/opportunities for Gifted and Talented pupils.
The watchwords at St Mary’s are ‘caring’ and ‘excellence’. St Mary’s is a School where each girl is known and valued, where talent is nurtured and confidence fostered but, beyond this, real academic success is within each girl’s grasp. Girls leave St. Mary's as strong, confident, happy individuals, fully prepared for the next stage in their adult lives.
Pastoral Care: Caring underpins education at St Mary’s; the atmosphere of warmth and ease is almost palpable; staff and girls alike exude friendly co-operation; compassion and concern for others is a guiding principle. The level of care for pupils was graded 'outstanding' in the most recent school inspection.
School news and stories
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Researcher in Residence switches schoolgirls onto science St Mary's School, Buckinghamshire Sixth formers and children on the Gifted and Talented Programme at St Mary’s School, Gerrards Cross, have been learning about the bacteria that cause tuberculosis as part of an exciting new collaboration with Birkbeck, University of London. The Researchers in Residence (RiR) programme benefits re... more... added 22 September 2011 |
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School details
Age range: 3 - 18
Day pupils: 325 girls
Annual day fees: £3,195 - £11,475
TOTAL PUPILS: 325 girls, including 41 girls in the 6th form
Staff numbers: 32 full time and 20 part time
Method of entry: Entry test or exam, GCSE results, Scholarship exam
Accreditations and affiliations: AHIS, GSA, ISC, AGBIS
Religious affiliation: Church of England
Teaching languages: English
School facilities
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Scholarships
The school offers: Other bursaries, Clergy/Ministers, Academic, Siblings, Music, Financial need, Senior school entry, 6th Form
Curriculum, exams and 6th form
Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR
% pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 99%% pass rate (exams at age 18): 100%
20 courses are offered for age 18 exams
100% of pupils went on to Higher Education or took a Gap Year
Special needs
This school provides for individual pupils with these needs:
Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
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