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St Mary's School
St Mary's School
Address
	Curzon Street; Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0DF; England
Coordinates	51°26′28″N 2°00′29″W / 51.441°N 2.008°W
Information
Type	Private day and boarding school
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1873
Founder	Canon John Duncan
Department for Education URN	126513 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head	Anne Wakefield
Chaplain	Rev. Jonathan Beach
Staff	90~
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	350~
Houses	3 (Junior); 4 (Senior);
Colour(s)	Navy, Light Blue and White;
Companies	Edmund Rich; Grosstete; Moberly; Osmund; Poore
Website	www.stmaryscalne.org

St Mary's School is a private day and boarding school in Calne, Wiltshire, England, for girls aged 11 to 18. The school is a registered charity.^[1]

In 2023, the school's A Level results ranked third in the UK^[2] and joint second in the south-west of England.^[3]

History

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.^[4]

Performance

In the 2017 ISI report, the school received a double 'excellent' – the highest possible grade.^{[citation needed]}

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 and the end of their A Level studies, compared to similar students across England.^[5] St Mary's Calne scored 'well above the national average', to be in the top 4% of schools in England with this value added score.

Houses and Companies

The school is divided into five companies, named after bishops with local connections: Edmund Rich, Grossetete, 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 quizzes, public speaking, and maths challenges.^[6]

There are seven boarding houses, for each year group from LIV to UVI. The houses are School House, St. Prisca's, St. Cecilia's, Gibbins, Joyce Walters, Florence Dyas, and Helen Wright. The newest house is Florence Dyas, the LVI house, which was opened in September 2014.

Facilities

Around 80% of the girls board, and day girls can sleep over. Between the ages of eleven and fourteen, girls sleep in dormitories in three junior houses, each of which has a Housemistress and a Deputy Housemistress, and a Day Housemistress. After the age of fourteen, girls have their own single study room in one of four senior houses. In the sixth form, rooms are en-suite.^[7]

During a £10.5 million boarding refurbishment programme, the Lower Sixth Form house won the 2016 West of England LABC Building Excellence awards for Best Educational Building. A new, multi-million pound sports complex was opened in 2018.^{[citation needed]}

The school has a dining room, 12,000+ book library,^[8] chapel, and theatre.

Headmistresses

Miss Richardson 1873–1876
Miss Jones 1876–1883
Miss Pells 1883–1885
Miss Leeson 1885–1888
Miss Florence Dyas 1888–1911
Miss Rachel Donaldson 1911–1915
Miss Marcia Matthews 1915–1945
Miss Joyce Field 1945–1946
Miss Elizabeth Gibbins 1946–1972
Mrs Joyce Walters 1972–1985
Miss Delscey Burns 1985–1996
Mrs Carolyn Shaw 1996–2003
Dr Helen Wright 2003–2012
Dr Felicia Kirk 2012–2023
Mrs Anne Wakefield 2024–

Notable alumnae

Laura Bechtolsheimer – gold medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Nicola LeFanu – composer, academic, lecturer and director
Arabella Dorman – War Artist and portrait painter
Lucy Hughes-Hallett – author, winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction
Lady Emma Herbert – circus trapeze artist and stuntwoman^[9]
April FitzLyon – biographer and translator^[10]
Etelka Leadlay – conservationist
Sara Maitland – author
Elizabeth Moir – educationalist
Belinda Stewart-Wilson – actress
Tara Sutton – war correspondent

Bibliography

Kay Stedmond (1986). St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986. B. A. Hathaway. ISBN 0-948640-10-3.

References

^ "309482 – St Mary's School (Calne)". Charity Commission.
^ "Girls' Boarding Schools by A Levels and Pre U". best-schools.co.uk. Education Advisers Ltd. 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Griffiths, Sian (1 December 2023). "Best schools in southwest England 2024". The Times. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Kay Stedmond (1986). St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986. B. A. Hathaway. ISBN 0-948640-10-3.
^ "Compare school performance". National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "The Companies". School website.
^ "Boarding". School website.
^ "St Mary's Calne Library / Woods Bagot". 28 February 2021.
^ Jack Grimston; Julia Llewellyn Smith (14 December 2003). "Focus: Orf to the circus". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
^ John Calder (24 September 1998). "Obituary: April FitzLyon". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.

External links

Official website
Profile on MyDaughter
ISI Inspection Reports – St Margaret's Prep & Senior School
St Mary's School – Charity Commission

[1] "309482 – St Mary's School (Calne)". Charity Commission.

[2] "Girls' Boarding Schools by A Levels and Pre U". best-schools.co.uk. Education Advisers Ltd. 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[3] Griffiths, Sian (1 December 2023). "Best schools in southwest England 2024". The Times. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[4] Kay Stedmond (1986). St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986. B. A. Hathaway. ISBN 0-948640-10-3.

[5] "Compare school performance". National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[6] "The Companies". School website.

[7] "Boarding". School website.

[8] "St Mary's Calne Library / Woods Bagot". 28 February 2021.

[9] Jack Grimston; Julia Llewellyn Smith (14 December 2003). "Focus: Orf to the circus". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.

[10] John Calder (24 September 1998). "Obituary: April FitzLyon". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.

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PROFILPELAJAR.COM

St Mary's School, Calne

History

Performance

Houses and Companies

Facilities

Headmistresses

Notable alumnae

Bibliography

References

External links

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