Queen Mary's High School

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Queen Mary's High School
Address
Queen Mary's High School
Upper Forster Street

Walsall
,
West Midlands
,
WS4 2AE

England
Coordinates 52°35′22″N1°58′34″W / 52.5895°N 1.976°W / 52.5895; -1.976
Information
Type Grammar school;
Academy
MottoSemper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
Established1893
Local authority Walsall Borough Council
Department for Education URN 136777 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsT.J. Normanton
Head TeacherMrs N Daniel
GenderGirls ('mixed' sixth form)
Age11to 18
Enrolment930
Houses  Austen
  Brontë
  Eliot
  Shelley
Colour(s)   Green, yellow,
Website http://www.qmhs.org.uk/

Queen Mary's High School, situated on Upper Forster Street, just outside Walsall town centre, is an all-female grammar school, with entry in Year 7 decided by the 11+ and entry into the Sixth Form decided by GCSE results. [1] It is twinned with Queen Mary's Grammar School, and like the Grammar School is part of the Queen Mary's Foundation. [2]

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The main body of the school is a girls’ school, but the Sixth Form is coeducational. [3]

The school gained an outstanding level in the Ofsted report when it was last inspected in 2021. [4]

The school was a Language College [5] and historically required students to study two languages to GCSE standard.

Class sizes in the lower school are currently around 30 girls. Sixth-form classes have a minimum of about 8 students and a maximum of 25.

The school is divided into houses named after famous 19th-century female authors - Austen (after Jane Austen), Bronte (after Emily Brontë), Eliot (after George Eliot) and Shelley (after Mary Shelley), the latter being a new house in the 2012/13 academic year. Each house has a member of staff in charge of it, a captain from Year 13 (upper sixth form) and a vice-captain from Year 12 (lower sixth form).

Alumni of the school include Meera Syal.

Notable staff

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References

  1. ↑ website, Queen Mary's High School. "Admissions Arrangements". Queen Mary's High School. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "QUEEN MARY'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION - Charity 1175360". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. ↑ website, Queen Mary's High School. "Welcome from the Headteacher". Queen Mary's High School. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  4. ↑ enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (22 April 2023). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
  6. ↑ Beddoe, D. (2004-09-23). Foxley, Barbara (1860–1958), educationist and campaigner for women's rights. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 Jan. 2018, see link
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