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St Mary's School

Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, South East · SL9 8JQ

Founded in 1872, St Mary's is a small Anglican day school for girls in Gerrards Cross, educating around 440 pupils from age 3 through to the sixth form. Its intimate scale is reflected in a sixth form of just 52, and the school's pastoral character is borne out by an Independent Schools Inspectorate judgement of "excellent" for both education quality and personal development, with all compliance standards met. A notably high proportion of pupils, over 44 per cent, receive some form of SEN support, suggesting a school attentive to individual learning needs. Day fees range from around £13,000 to £26,700 a year.

440

Pupils

excellent

ISI

£26,676

Day fees / yr

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Overview & data

Gender: Girls
Type: independent (fee-paying) school
Age range: 3-18
Pupils: 440
Location: Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, South East
Website: www.stmarysgx.co.uk
Telephone: 01753 883370

Entrance & admissions

Entry age: 11

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Headteacher

Head Mrs Patricia Adams

Latest results

Attainment 8

37.6

National average 46.9

GCSE grade 5+ (English & Maths)

National average 47%

GCSE grade 9-7

50%

A-level A*-A

64%

Teaching & academics

Results sit below national benchmarks at GCSE, with an Attainment 8 score of 37.6 against a national average of 46.9 and 2 per cent achieving grade 5 or above in English and Maths, though half of grades fall in the 9-7 band. The sixth form looks stronger, with 64 per cent of A-level entries graded A*-A and popular choices including Sociology, Psychology, Mathematics and Economics. Alongside GCSEs and A-levels the school offers the EPQ, and languages on offer are French and Spanish.

Sixth form

Sixth-form pupils: 52

Popular A-level subjects

SociologyPsychologyMathematicsEconomics

Qualifications offered

GCSEA-levelEPQ

Learning support & SEN

SEN support: 44.42%
EHC plans: 2.28%

Arts & extracurricular

Scholarships

Academic scholarshipsArt scholarshipsMusic scholarshipsDrama scholarshipsSport scholarshipsDance scholarships at 16

Languages

FrenchSpanish

Popular GCSE subjects

SpanishReligious StudiesPhysicsPhysical Education/Sports StudiesMedia/Film/TV StudiesHistoryGeographyFrenchEnglish LiteratureDrama & Theatre StudiesD&T Food TechnologyChemistryBusiness StudiesBiologyArt & Design

Sport

Main sports

NetballGymnasticsBadminton

Beyond the classroom

Netball, gymnastics and badminton lead the sporting programme, and the breadth of scholarships, spanning art, music, drama, sport and dance, signals a school that values pursuits beyond the classroom.

Ethos & heritage

Founded: 1872
Religious character: Anglican
Boarding: No

Mobile phone policy

No mobile phones allowed in prep. Senior house students must hand phones in at the beginning of each day and collect at the end. Sixth form allowed to use phones in certain areas in designated Sixth Form centre but nowhere else in school.