St Mary's School (Calne)
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| Established | 1873 |
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| Type | Independent day and boarding school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmistress | Dr Felicia Kirk BA (University of Maryland), MA (Brown University), PhD (Brown University) |
| Chaplain | Rev. Jonathon Beach |
| Founder | Canon John Duncan |
| Location |
Curzon Street Calne Wiltshire SN11 0DF England Coordinates: 51°26′28″N 2°00′29″W / 51.441°N 2.008°W |
| DfE number | 865/6016 |
| DfE URN | 126513 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 90~ |
| Students | 350~ |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 3 (Junior) 4 (Senior) |
| Colours | Navy, Light Blue and White |
| Companies |
Edmund Rich Grosstete Moberly Osmund Poore |
| Website | School homepage |
St Mary's School is an independent day and boarding school in Calne, Wiltshire for girls aged 11 to 18. The school is a registered charity. In figures published in January 2017 by the Department for Education (DfE) regarding 2016 A Level results, St Mary’s Calne got the top score for its ‘value added’ – that is how much progress students who studied A Levels made between the end of Key Stage 4 (at the end of Year 11, after GCSE Levels) and the end of their A Level studies, compared to similar students across England. St Mary’s Calne scored 'well above the national average', to be in the elite group of only 4% of schools in England with this value added score. (DfE school comparison chart can be found here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/) In A Level league tables published by The Telegraph in January 2017 (based on DfE figures for 2016 A Level results) St Mary's Calne was the top performing school in the Region (out of 32 schools). Girls consistently achieve outstanding examination results and go on to selective universities in the UK, USA and other destinations. Fees are £9,050 per term for day pupils and £12,150 per term for boarders.
St Mary's was founded in 1873 by Canon John Duncan, Vicar of Calne, who worked for over thirty years to establish it as an 'outstanding' girls’ school.
The school is divided into five Companies, all named after bishops with local connections: Edmund Rich (sometimes called Ed Rich), Grosseteste, Moberly, Osmund, and Poore. Each girl remains in the same Company throughout her time at the school. The Companies are similar to houses in other independent schools, except that they have nothing to do with the house a girl sleeps in. The Companies compete in sport, drama, music, and other activities such as public speaking and maths challenges. There are currently seven boarding houses at St. Mary's. Each year group from LIV to UVI stay in their respective houses. The houses are School House, St. Prisca's, St. Cecelia's, Gibbins, Joyce Walters, Florence Dyas and Helen Wright. The newest house among all is Florence Dyas, the new home to LVI girls, which was opened in September 2014.
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