- Queen Margaret’s School for Girls, in York, has a host of accolades to its name. In 2024 it was a finalist in the equity, diversity and inclusion category of the Talk Education Awards for Innovation in Education. Before that it won the titles of Small Independent School of the Year 2023 and Independent School of the Year for Student Wellbeing 2021 in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards.
- A new sixth form study centre opened in 2022. The brainchild of former students, it allows pupils to hot-desk, study in individual cubes or collaborate around a boardroom table to simulate life in the workplace.
- The extracurricular provision is wide-ranging and student-led, and includes an environment council and societies for gardening, coding, photography and enterprise, as well as the inclusion club Beyond Allies.
- Sporting and music groups cover the usual and unusual, from lifeguarding to a funk and soul band.
- Means-tested bursaries are available, plus a range of scholarships.
Results
A-level 2024 rank: 285
Grade
%
A*
8.6
A
25.8
B
27.2
A*/A
34.4
A*-B
61.6
GCSE 2024 rank: 219
Grade
%
A*/9/8
37.1
A/7
17.3
A*/A/9/8/7
54.4