St Mary's School, Cambridge

St Mary's School, Cambridge is an independent Christian school run in the Catholic tradition, offering day and boarding provision for girls aged four to eighteen. The school occupies two sites within walking distance of Cambridge city centre, close to the University Botanic Gardens, with sports fields a short distance away. There are approximately 160 junior school pupils, 400 senior school pupils and 100 sixth-form students.

St Mary's School, Cambridge
Address
6 Chaucer Road(Junior Sch)
Bateman St (Senior Sch)

Cambridge
,
CB2 1LY

England
Coordinates52.195225°N 0.126891°E / 52.195225; 0.126891
Information
TypeIndependent day and boarding school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Established1898
Local authorityCambridgeshire
Department for Education URN110912 Tables
HeadmistressMiss Charlotte Avery
GenderGirls
Age4 to 18
Enrolment613 (2010)
Former pupilsOld Pastonians
Websitehttp://www.stmaryscambridge.co.uk/

History

St Mary's School, Cambridge, was founded 1898 by the sisters of the Venerable Mary Ward and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who had also founded a school of the same name in Ascot, Berkshire 13 years earlier. The Sisters started out with two day girls and two day boarders. In 1904 the swelling numbers necessitated a change of venue and 'The Elms' on Bateman Street was purchased for £6,000. The house had a tradition that was very much in keeping with Mary Ward's vision. It had previously belonged to Dr B H Kennedy, former Regius Professor of Greek at the University. As the school continued to grow, other premises were added. Paston House was purchased in 1909.[1]

The junior school was part of St Mary's School, Cambridge, until it closed in 1987, when it reopened as St Catherine's Prep School and was governed by a group of parents who became the board of directors. In 2007 St Catherine's became St Mary's School, Cambridge's junior section. Both schools are governed by a single board.

Boarding

The school offers a full, weekly or flexi boarding programme for Years 7 to Upper Sixth.[2] Approximately 20% of Senior School pupils board.[3] In 2016 the school purchased a new dedicated boarding house on Brooklands Avenue, Mary Ward House, to replace the two buildings previously used: Bateman House for Sixth Formers and 'The Elms' for girls from Years 7–11.[4]

Old Girls

Former pupils are known as Pastonians, named after Paston House.[5]

Fiona Barton, nee Thurlow. Best-selling author of The Widow, The Child and The Suspect.

References
  1. History
  2. Boarding Options
  3. Boarding at St Mary's
  4. Accommodation at St Mary's
  5. Alumnae
  6. "Archers actress visits her old school". ITV Anglia. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  7. Greene, Dana. "Ward, Mary Josephine". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45905. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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