St Margaret's School for Girls (Aberdeen)

Since 2014, Anna Tomlinson MTheol from St Andrews, PGCE from St Martin's College Lancaster. Formerly deputy head at St George’s School for Girls. 'After university I had a scholarship to go to Princeton but had a car accident and didn't go. Took six

Individual assessments for the nursery and junior school. Admissions test for senior school – current school reports taken into account too. In the sixth form, places are allocated on the basis of SQA examination results or their equivalent. Latest

Majority study STEM subjects, mostly at Russell Group universities, including Edinburgh and LSE. In 2025 other popular choices included Aberdeen and Glasgow. Regular trickle of medics (11 in 2025). One to Harvard in 2025.

In 2025, 99.6 per cent A-C at National 5; 86 per cent A-B at Higher; 85 per cent A-B at Advanced Higher.

Lovely, vibrant little nursery with three little boys as well as girls. Full-time nursery teachers, manager and nurses. They were taking part in nature studies outside at the front of school when we saw them, very well-protected but next to busy

Support for learning is free to all and regarded as essential to what they do. They have a room where both senior and junior pupils can access support whatever their needs. New head of support for learning who’s brought lots of new ideas. Help with

Drama very popular. Each year there is a junior show at the Lemon Tree performing space in Aberdeen city centre. The senior school puts on a show every November and one of the charms of the school is that it’s so small, if you want to be in it, you

'What do we not offer? Hockey, netball, athletics, tennis, horse riding, yoga, skiing at a nearby dry-ski slope. If there is something that the girls think they would like to do, we go out of our way to provide it. Football is a good example of

Founded in 1846, St Margaret’s is the only girls’ school in the north of Scotland. Situated bang in the centre of Aberdeen, it occupies a collection of Georgian merchant houses set back from the grand but rather busy Albyn Place. Like all schools

'Well-being is absolutely at the heart of the school's ethos. We firmly believe that it’s happy girls who learn best and make the most progress.' And judging by the smiley, confident girls we spoke to, this seems to be working. 'I really feel the

A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.

Many live locally although some travel from quite a distance eg Peterhead and just north of Dundee. Significant number whose jobs are related to the oil and gas industry, although this has taken a nosedive in recent years. There is currently a

They don’t give scholarships but offer means-tested bursaries up to 100 per cent.

This is, we think, an outstanding school with a committed and inspirational head who quietly and firmly leads from the front. Single sex education doesn’t work for everyone, but the girls we saw were confident, unaffected and engaged. No preening, no