Queen Mary's High School
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Queen Mary's High School, situated on Upper Forster Street, Walsall, is the sister school of the nearby Queen Mary's Grammar School, both of which are a part of the Queen Mary's Foundation.
The school is selective and entry into Year 7 is by passing an entrance exam. The main body of the school is girls only, but the Sixth Form is open to applicants of both genders and is conditional on a minimum grade achievement at GCSE.
The school is a Language College[1] and it is compulsory for girls to take two languages to GCSE out of French, German, Spanish and Japanese. The school has recently been awarded another specialist status and is now a Mathematics and Computing College as well.
Average class sizes in lower school are about 20 girls.
The school is divided into houses named after famous 19th-century female authors - Austen (after Jane Austen), Bronte (after Charlotte Bronte) and Eliot (after George Eliot)
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[edit] School events
Annual prize giving, Christmas carol concert, House Dance Competition, House Netball, Murder Mystery Evening, Various charity events including fundraising for BBC Children in Need. [1]
[edit] Staff
- Diana Woods - Head Teacher
- Ros Garner - Deputy Head Teacher
- Veronica Simpson - Deputy Head Teacher
- Jane Rutherford - Language College Director
- Christine Burton - Deputy Language College Director
[edit] Famous Students
- Actress and writer Meera Syal
[edit] References
- ^ Specialist Schools Home. DfES (July 2006). Retrieved on August 2, 2006.
[edit] External links
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