St Mary's School (Gerrards Cross) A GSG School
- St Mary's School (Gerrards Cross)
Packhorse Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8JQ - Head: Mrs Patricia Adams
- T 01753 883370
- F 01753 890966
- E registrar@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
- W www.stmarysschool.co.uk
- An independent school for girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Buckinghamshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 430; sixth formers: 60
- Religion: Multi-faith
- Fees: £10,110 - £20,610 pa
- Open days: See website for details
- 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..
School promotes resilience in the pursuit of excellence but it’s the value placed on relationships and the individual approach which really sums up St. Mary’s. ‘Sport has improved dramatically over the past few years. There’s a bigger department, better facilities and frequent success on the playing fields. The head has...' Girls here are spirited and embrace challenge but also have a good sense of fun. One year 6 told us that her favourite time of the week was Fri-yay which is music and dancing around the classroom. ‘We get to be silly and get our bodies moving to music.’ And it doesn’t stop in prep…
What the school says...
St. Mary’s fosters an environment for each and every girl to reach their full academic and personal potential, with a focus on generating a love of learning and enquiring minds. A wide variety of subjects allows girls to pursue their talents with Drama, Art and Music available at A level, alongside all the traditional subjects. Academic success means that girls progress to a range of universities from Oxford, Exeter and Imperial College London to Royal Holloway and the Central School of Speech and Drama. All of this is achieved within an environment that considers, and works with, the individual to enable them to reach their goals; combined with an outstanding system of pastoral care this means each girl develops the confidence and self esteem to thrive and succeed. A broad selection of co-curricular activities ensures that the girls emerge as genuinely well rounded, self-assured young women. ...Read more
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Other features
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
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Patricia Adams MA PGCE. BA in French and Spanish at St Catherine’s, Oxford, MA in applied linguistics at University of Essex and returned to Oxford for PGCE in modern languages. Previously academic deputy head at Blackheath High. Unusually, first teaching position was head of Spanish at Oxford High and there realised her ambition to be a headmistress. Then from head of department to head of modern languages at Headington School and director of studies at Norwich High. Still teaches some Spanish. Hobbies include walking, reading and creating textile art. Loves renaissance art although favourite gallery is not Uffizi in Florence but the National Gallery. She tells us, ‘I love the paintings and it’s closer to home.’ A pragmatist, by all accounts!
The head’s study is pure delight. Octangular in...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
St Mary's aims to support girls with special educational needs to achieve their potential, and to boost their confidence and self esteem. A learning support teacher offers guidance to girls who have sought help themselves, or have been recommended for such help by parents, teachers or educational psychologists. This teacher acts as a channel communication between these parties, as well as providing specific help. It may take the form of class support, individual or group sessions, covering: spelling, a wide range of study skills- including organisation skills, time management, question analysis and planning an answer, effective reading and note taking advice, revision and examination techniques, and counselling.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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