St Mary's Independent School, Southampton

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St Mary's Independent School, Southampton
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St Mary's Independent School, Southampton
57 Midanbury Lane
Bitterne Park

Southampton
,
Hampshire
,
SO18 4DJ

England
Coordinates 50°55′11″N1°22′05″W / 50.9197°N 1.3681°W / 50.9197; -1.3681 Coordinates: 50°55′11″N1°22′05″W / 50.9197°N 1.3681°W / 50.9197; -1.3681
Information
Type Private day
MottoSemper Paratus
(Always Prepared)
Established1922
Closed2020
Local authoritySouthampton
GenderCo-educational
Age3to 16
Enrolment283
Colour(s)Original : Dark brown, gold
  
2017 : Dark blue, gold
  
Former pupilsOld Simmarians
Website http://www.stmarysindependentschool.co.uk

St Mary's Independent School, formerly named St Mary's College, was an independent day school for boys and girls in Southampton, Hampshire, England.

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The school was located on the site of a former a country house called Bitterne Grove, built c1790 by Richard Leversuch. In 1910 it was bought by the French order of the Brothers of Christian Instruction and renamed as St Mary’s House. Initially it was a centre for students who were exiled from France due to anti-clerical laws passed there in 1903 and training for the Brotherhood, until the centre was relocated to Highlands College, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.

In 1922 it became the first Secondary School for Catholic boys in Southampton, under the name of St Mary’s College, and opened with five Brothers and 30 pupils. [1] During the Second World War rapid expansion of the school took place; the number of pupils passing from 200 at the start of the War to 400 at the end.[ citation needed ] In 1992 the junior department started taking girls and in 2000 the senior department was opened to girls, and latterly approximately 25% of the pupils were girls.[ citation needed ] Former pupils are known as Old Simmarians. [2]

From 1925 to 1964 Rev Brother Maurice worked at the school. [3] Before WWI he had been sent as a teacher amongst the Blackfoot Indians in Montana and Eskimos on the Yukon River. During the war he served with great distinction in the French Medical Corps. He was twice wounded and also mentioned three times in dispatches for gallantry. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm and two stars, as well as the Médaille Militaire and, for his bravery on the battlefield of Verdun in 1916, the Legion of Honour Military Medal . He was twice headmaster of St Mary’s (1928–31 and 1937–43) and later head of its prep-school, Charlton.[ citation needed ]

In 2013 Ofsted judged the school as 'Good'. [4] In 2018 another inspection judged it to 'Requires Improvement'. [5] In 2019 it was reinspected and judged 'Inadequate'. [6]

In 2020 the school went into administration following financial difficulties which had been "significantly impacted" due to the coronavirus pandemic. [7] The school was acquired and refurbished by private investors and re-opened in Sept 2021 as a school for children aged 7–16 with social, emotional and mental health needs, under the new name of Yarrow Heights School. [8]

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References

  1. The original school badge: The upper-half is from the logo of the Brotherhood – Deus Solus/God Alone. The left quartering is from the arms of Edward the Confessor and was used for the English schools of the Brotherhood. The right quartering is the emblem for the school, being a gold (French?) marigold on a dark brown field.
  2. St Mary's Independent School website. Retrieved 10 May 2017
  3. Pierre Allory, born 29 October 1984 in St. Malo, Brittany – died 14 January 1988, aged 103, in Josselin, Brittany.
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