St Mary's Calne Curzon Street, Calne, SN11 0DF, Wiltshire 01249 857200

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School type	Girls' Day & Boarding Senior & Sixth Form
Founded	1873
Head	Mrs Anne Wakefield
Date Appointed	September 2024
Girls Age Range	11-18 years (boarding from 11)
Number of pupils	350
Number of sixth formers	120
Day fees per annum	£36,600 per annum
Boarding fees per annum	£49,065 per annum
Average Class Size	Max 17, smaller in the Sixth Form
Teacher/Pupil ratio	1:5
Associations	BSA, GSA, HMC, AGBIS, ISC

St Mary's Calne (founded in 1873) is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18. A happy, purposeful and flourishing community of 350 pupils with an 80% to 20% boarding-to-day ratio with around 15% of students coming from overseas.

The school is located in the market town of Calne amidst the Wiltshire Downs, an area of stunning natural beauty and historical significance. The school is within easy reach of Bath, Bristol and Oxford and just over an hour by train from London. This ideal location means that the girls benefit from a huge range of co-curricular opportunities.

High Achievers

St Mary's Calne has a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence. Girls are continually challenged to excel academically to reach their full potential while being supported to thrive in all their endeavours. In the Sunday Times Parent Power Schools' Guide 2023, St Mary's was ranked 1st independent school in Wiltshire and 2nd in the South West. St Mary's is also the first independent school in the UK to be awarded the Platinum Science Mark Award.

In 2023, St Mary's girls went on to study at a range of leading universities including Oxford, St Andrews, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, King's College London (KCL), London School of Economics (LSE), Royal Holloway and Warwick. In recent years, girls have successfully secured places at prestigious universities in the USA.

Focus on the individual

Small by design, St Mary's Calne provides an exceptional all-round education in a warm, nurturing environment where students live and learn together, uniquely boarding in their year group. It is the individualised approach to every aspect of school life that makes St Mary's special.

The pastoral care is outstanding. Every girl has a Tutor to support her through all aspects of school life, from organisational skills and subject choices to university applications.

Opportunities in sport, music, art and drama are plentiful and the facilities are superb, including a multi-million pound sports complex, multiple astro pitches, a purpose-built Theatre, Sixth Form Centre and a state-of-the-art new library, overlooking the school's orchard.

Almost 80% of girls play musical instruments and take part in a wide variety of ensembles with girls performing at events in a myriad of performance venues. High quality dramatic and musical productions take place in the Theatre, with girls encouraged to get involved both on-stage and back-of-house.

In Art, the school hosts a major art exhibition in London every three years, while in school, the walls feature the impressive work created over the past year. Girls have successfully entered their work in many prestigious awards, including the Young Artists' Summer Show at the Royal Academy of Arts. Calne girls are also very active in the local community and regularly help in residential care homes, the community library and in local schools.

Sport plays a very important part in school life and all students are encouraged to participate. Girls have represented England, Ireland and Wales in Lacrosse, trained for the GB Pony Eventing Team, and many have gone through the county development system in Athletics, Hockey, Netball and Swimming. Tennis is hugely popular with more than 200 lessons taking place every week on clay and hard courts from the school's thriving Tennis Academy. A huge range of co-curricular clubs and sports, such as ski racing, indoor cricket, climbing and Pilates are also available.

For further information or to register for an Open Day, please visit: www.stmaryscalne.org.