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St Margaret's School for Girls/Aberdeen 圣玛格丽特女校 ,17 Albyn Place, Aberdeen AB10 1RU
Tel: 01224 584466 Fax: 01224 585600
Website: www.st-margaret.aberdeen.sch.uk
• GIRLS, 3–18, Day, Boys 3–5 only
• Pupils 376, Higher year 61
• Termly fees £1381–£2409
• GSA, HAS, SHA
• Enquiries/application to the Headmistress

What it’s like
Founded in 1846, it is the oldest all-through girls’ schools in Scotland. It occupies a pleasant landscaped site in the west end of Aberdeen, based on two large 19th-century buildings with other recent additions. Playing fields are two miles away. An integrated education is provided from nursery to the sixth year. A school with a family atmosphere, small enough to care about the individual but large enough to provide a full and varied curriculum. Examination results are very good and girls are prepared for living and working in the 21st century. They are encouraged to aim high, assume responsibility and have fun whilst showing courtesy and self-discipline. There are lively music, drama and art departments. Debating is a strength. A good range of sports is offered and high standards are achieved. A wide variety of extra-curricular activities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

School profile

Pupils & entrance
Pupils: Total age range 3–18; 376 day pupils (2 boys, 374 girls). Senior department 12–18, 211 girls.
Entrance: Main entry ages 3, 5, 11, 12. Own test and interview. No special skills or religious requirements. State school entry, 20% senior intake.

Scholarships, bursaries & extras 2+ pa scholarships, value 25% of a term’s fees: 1–2 academic, 1 music. Some bursaries available in financial emergency. Parents expected to buy some textbooks.

Head & staff
Head Mistress: Mrs Lyn McKay, in post from 2001. Educated at Wales University (French; pg certificate in education and careers education). Previously Deputy Head at Parsons Mead School, Head of Sixth Form at Guildford High.
Teaching staff: 31 full time, 16 part time. Annual turnover 1%.

Exam results
S-grade: On average, 40 pupils in fourth year: all passed 8 subjects.
Highers: 33 in fifth year: 71% passed in 5 subjects.
Advanced highers: 20 in sixth year.

University & college entrance 95% of 2003 sixth-form leavers went on to a degree course. 36% took courses in science & engineering, 34% in humanities & social sciences, 20% in business subjects, 10% in other vocational subjects eg music, hotel management. Others typically go on to nursing, HNDs in leisure, tourism, media studies.

Curriculum S-grades, Intermediate, Highers and Advanced Highers. 17 subjects offered.
Vocational: Work experience compulsory; also offers RSA level 1 and 2 word processing and modules in PE and food technology.
Special provision: Learning support (4 mornings per week). Dyslexic testing available and exam provision made; magnifiers provided for visually handicapped.
Languages: French (compulsory from age 6) and German offered at S-grade, Higher and Advanced Higher. Biennial exchanges to Germany; visits to France.
ICT: Taught both as a discrete subject (2 lessons/week) and across the curriculum (eg material from internet for all subjects; CAD in art). 80 computers for pupil use (access all day), all networked and with e-mail and internet access. Most pupils take a recognised IT qualification.

The arts
Music: 60% of pupils learn one or more musical instrument; instrumental exams can be taken. Some 6 musical groups including choirs, orchestras, woodwind, recorder. Pupils have played with the Scottish Children’s Orchestra, Scottish National Repertoire Orchestra, regularly selected for regional orchestra.
Drama & dance: Both offered (including Highland dancing, modern dance). S-grade and Higher drama. Some pupils are involved in school and house/other productions. Recent productions include The Crucible and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; girls regularly act with local dramatic companies and act and dance with visiting theatre.
Art & design: On average, 8 take S-grade, 6 Higher, 2 Advanced Higher. Pupils’ works selected for annual Scottish independent schools art exhibition, Picture of the Month.

Sport & activities
Sport: Hockey, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, badminton, swimming compulsory. Optional: volleyball, netball, squash, skiing, basketball, cross-country, golf, rowing, horse riding and curling. RLSS exams may be taken. Pupils selected for district hockey teams and national trials; successes at Scottish Schools’ Championship in swimming and athletics.
Activities: Pupils take bronze, silver and gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Pupils help with Riding for the Disabled and with handicapped children. Up to 30 clubs, eg debating/public-speaking, gym, Young Enterprise, Young Investigators, Scottish country dancing, Scripture Union, computer, maths.

School life
Uniform: Uniform worn throughout.
Houses & prefects: Competitive houses for sport. Prefects, head girl, senior prefect and house captains elected by the senior pupils and staff. Pupil Council.
Religion: Compulsory attendance at daily inter-denominational assembly.
Social: Regular debating, public-speaking and sporting fixtures held with local schools; also occasional quiz competitions; instrumentalists participate with other Grampian schools. Biennial ski trip (Europe/USA), cruises (Mediterranean), French visits, German exchange, choir and orchestra (Europe, USA); links with other St Margaret’s schools worldwide. Pupils allowed to drive own car to school (but not park in grounds). Packed lunch. Tuck shop and uniform sales. No tobacco or alcohol allowed.

Discipline Pupils failing to produce homework would not expect any punishment on the first occasion; any pupil caught smoking cannabis on the premises would expect expulsion following an investigation.