Queen Mary's School A GSG School
- Queen Mary's School
Baldersby Park
Topcliffe
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 3BZ - Head: Mrs Carole Cameron
- T 01845 575000
- F 01845 575001
- E [email protected]
- W www.queenmarys.org/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 2 to 16. Takes boys from ages 2 - 7.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: North Yorkshire
- Pupils: 232
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £12,870 - £28,668; Boarding £32,181 - £39,519 pa (last updated on 15/01/2025)
- Open days: Senior: October; Prep and Pre-Prep: November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Head says, ‘We punch above our weight both academically and in the co-curriculum, we do that because of the quality of staff relationships.’ From year 8 onwards there is Saturday morning school which includes two lessons and co-curricular activities...
What the school says...
A school of the Woodard Corporation
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Unusual sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2015, Carole Cameron. Educated at a Woodard school in Harrogate and then degree in geography from Reading, PGCE from Nottingham followed by MA in educational leadership from the Open University. She gives every impression of being a very traditional girls’ school head. Don’t be fooled. She has an impressive pedigree of leadership across the state, independent and international sectors in both primary and secondary education. After deputy headship at Garforth Academy, Leeds, she led schools in the Caribbean before returning to Yorkshire as head of Highfield in Harrogate then acting head at Queen Margaret’s, York.
Lives on site, which is just as well as she is the heartbeat of this school. Parents can’t sing her praises highly enough. ‘She leads from the top in a good way.’ ‘She’s on...
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Subject results
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Special Education Needs
Queen Mary's is a friendly, family school and the SfL (Support for Learning) Department sees itself as the hub of that environment. Any girl can visit us at any time during her school life here for whatever difficulty for as long - or short - a time as it takes to set her back on the rails. The most common difficulties are dyslexia, dyspraxia and Asperger's. The department has a literacy specialist, a numeracy specialist and an early years specialist and between us we cover most problems. We also run workshops for the whole school on study skills and revision techniques. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
|
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
|
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
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