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: 200
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £8,820 - £19,635; Boarding £22,800 - £26,805 pa
- Open days: Friday 13 and Saturday 14 November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The equestrian centre, at the end of the delightful Rhododendron Walk running beside a ha-ha, stream and wild flowers, is a relaxing world apart: horses (boarders and day girls can bring their own) peer over stall gates and the manager's dogs run around... Saturday morning school controversial, as not all parents and older girls feel it is worth coming in if it just amounts to two academic lessons and the Eucharist service, but ...
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 BA MA (education) PGCE NPQH FRGS ('ancient but young at heart'). Geography degree from Reading; also studied at Nottingham and the Open University. Various roles in state schools plus abroad, including the Cayman Islands; head of Highfield Prep, Harrogate; deputy head Queen Margaret's, York. Teaches PSHE and some English. Two adult daughters, educated in the Caribbean and at Queen Margaret's. Interests include travel, choral music and walking.
She took over in difficult circumstances involving a premature departure, and an interim year under the aegis of a previous much-loved head who returned from retirement, so has had to make her mark with care and flexibility. Her conventional suit, shoes and pearl necklace and courteous, unassuming manner accompany a steely commitment to raising standards of teaching, which she 'won't...
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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 | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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