St Mary's School Shaftesbury

What can you expect?

• To live in a Boarding House in the Lower Sixth, helping to run the house and mentor younger girls.
• To live with your own year group in the Upper Sixth, preparing for University life and taking reponsibility for planning your study and leisure and shouldering responsibility within the community.
• The opportunity to contribute to the ethos of the school by conducting tours for prospective pupils and assisting with study for the junior and middle school.
• A wealth of extra curricular opportunities.
• More flexibility with exeats for boarders as you progress through the Sixth Form.
• Personal academic mentoring and guidance on Higher Education and UCAS applications.
• Excellent value added from GCSE to A2.
• Opportunities for prayer, reflection and meditation as well as formal worship.
• Delicious, healthy food on all occasions.
  

Why?

‘Great teaching, great friends, safe and positive relationships, sport, Dof E, debating, plays, concerts, socials, theatre visits, shopping trips, Wine Society, St Cecilia’s, St Nick’s, Chapel Choir, House Christmas Parties, Bonfire Night Games, Trick or Treat on Halloween, Cooking with Margot, Sixth Form Entertainment, The Staff Pantomime, Food Glorious Food, Retreats, Night Prayers, Juniors on scooters, T.V and hot homemade apple cake in Mary Ward………………..Why Not?’

‘In the all girls' environment, I felt my voice was heard and my contribution valued. I never felt pressured to impress people.’

‘Mary Ward House is the most fantastic thing about St Mary’s Sixth Form; coming together with girls of your own age to prepare for A2 exams and for university life was the most memorable time of my school life. There was almost too much fun! The friendships I made are one of the most precious things in my life.’

‘Strangely, it was not difficult to work and focus on my studies; everyone in the Sixth Form wanted to do well and studied in a very businesslike way. I got my great results and felt incredibly proud of what I had done.’

‘I have great memories of summer evenings, coming back from a dance class and enjoying a leisurely swim.’