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| Queen Mary's High School | |
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| Address | |
| Upper Forster Street Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 2AE England | |
| Coordinates | 52°35′22″N 1°58′34″W / 52.5895°N 1.976°W / 52.5895; -1.976 |
| Information | |
| Type | Grammar school; Academy |
| Motto | Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful) |
| Established | 1893 |
| Local authority | Walsall Borough Council |
| Department for Education URN | 136777 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | T.J. Normanton |
| Head Teacher | Mrs N Daniel |
| Gender | Girls ('mixed' sixth form) |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 930 |
| 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. It is twinned with Queen Mary's Grammar School, and like the Grammar School is part of the Queen Mary's Foundation.
The main body of the school is a girls’ school, but the Sixth Form is coeducational.
The school gained an outstanding level in the Ofsted report when it was last inspected in 2021.
The school was a Language College 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
- Barbara Foxley was head here
References
- website, Queen Mary's High School. "Admissions Arrangements". Queen Mary's High School. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- "QUEEN MARY'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION – Charity 1175360". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- website, Queen Mary's High School. "Welcome from the Headteacher". Queen Mary's High School. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- 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.
- "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
- Beddoe, D. (23 September 2004). Foxley, Barbara (1860–1958), educationist and campaigner for women's rights. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 January 2018, see link
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