Queen Margaret's School, York
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| Established | 1901 |
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| Type | Independent day and boarding school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head | Jessica Miles |
| Chaplain | Robert Owen |
| Founder | Agnes Body |
| Location |
Escrick Park York North Yorkshire YO19 6EU England Coordinates: 53°52′22″N 1°02′25″W / 53.87291°N 1.04040°W |
| DfE number | 815/6035 |
| DfE URN | 121749 Tables |
| Students | 300 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 6 |
| Former pupils | Old Margaretians |
| Website | www |
Queen Margaret's, York is an independent day and boarding school for girls age 11–18 in Escrick Park near York, England. The school was named after Queen Margaret the Queen of Scotland from c.1070–1093.
QM was established in Scarborough by the Woodard Foundation, an organisation committed to the establishment of boarding schools where teaching would be firmly based on the Christian religion. The founding head was Agnes Body who arrived from Lincoln with some of her former staff. In 1913, when ill health made here retire, it was said that QMS was known as "Miss Body's School". Rosalind Fowler became the send head and she supervised evacuation to Pitlochry during the First World War. Following another evacuation to Castle Howard in the Second World War, QM finally came to Escrick Park, six miles south of York in 1949.
Tatler Schools Guide 2011 stated: "QM is one of those all-girls country boarding schools that is quietly doing great things. Girls are playing lacrosse for the England under-19s, representing Great Britain at skiing, getting ace grades at A-level, performing for the National Youth Theatre and winning places at the London Contemporary Dance School."
Jessica Miles has been the Head since April 2015.
Public examination results in 2011 put QM among the top schools in the country with a 100% pass rate and 86% of entries achieving grades A*-B at A Level and 95% of entries achieving A*-C at GCSE. The School offers a full range of academic subjects at GCSE, AS- and A-level. GCSEs are chosen from twenty four subjects and girls must study English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science and a Modern Foreign Language. In addition, most girls opt to study four other subjects. In the Sixth Form, twenty seven subjects are offered at AS and A2 level. At AS level, most girls opt to study four or five subjects, reducing to three or four at A2 level.
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