Queen Mary's Prep School
Queen Mary's Prep School
Queen Mary's Prep School
Queen Mary's Prep School Thirsk, North Yorkshire Visit
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Queen Mary's Prep School
Thirsk
204 pupils, ages 3-11 (girls) and 3-8 (boys)
Girls only
Day and Boarding

Queen Mary's Prep School

Small but perfectly formed, this all-girls school in North Yorkshire has just a few hundred pupils. Juniors and seniors share the same beautiful period building, which was once a family home – and it still exudes a sense of homeliness, with log fires, wellies lined up in the porch and happy pupils everywhere you look. The best thing about it? ‘You make the strongest friendships,’ our pupil guide told us. Set in 40 acres of parkland next to the River Swale, Queen Mary’s is as rural as it gets, with a sweeping drive leading up to the main school building and its view...
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  • Fees and bursaries

    Day fees per term

    Nursery-
    Reception£3,460
    Year 1£3,787
    Year 2£3,787
    Year 3£6,266
    Year 4£6,266
    Year 5£6,266
    Year 6£6,266
    Boarding fees per term

    Nursery-
    Reception-
    Year 1-
    Year 2-
    Year 3 £9,041
    Year 4 £9,041
    Year 5 £9,041
    Year 6£9,041


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School Updates

  • Queen Mary’s School Announces New Head for 2025

    Queen Mary's School is thrilled to announce that Fe Beadnell will become Head in Summer 2025.
    Queen Mary’s School Announces New Head for 2025
  • Queen Mary’s School Celebrates Outstanding Success in ISI Inspection

    Queen Mary's is thrilled to announce the results of the recent Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) inspection, confirming that the school has met all standards fully.
    Queen Mary’s School Celebrates Outstanding Success in ISI Inspection
  • Queen Mary’s School Riders Qualify for Hickstead and Royal Windsor Horse Show

    Queen Mary's Sweeps the Board to Qualify for Hickstead and Royal Windsor Horse Show. In every class the school entered, a Queen Mary’s team or pupil won first place.
    Queen Mary’s School Riders Qualify for Hickstead and Royal Windsor Horse Show
  • Queen Mary’s Recognised as one of the Top Six Schools in the UK

    Queen Mary’s School is delighted to have been named as one of the top six fee-paying schools with no sixth form in the UK.
    Queen Mary’s Recognised as one of the Top Six Schools in the UK
  • Queen Mary’s School Pupils Shine at the Ripon Young Musician of the Year

    Queen Mary's pupils shine at Ripon Young Musician of the Year with Evalyn being awarded Most Promising Instrumentalist playing Faure. Queen Mary's music scholarship applications are open.
    Queen Mary’s School Pupils Shine at the Ripon Young Musician of the Year
  • See Queen Mary's in our Town & Country Prep Schools Guide

    From bucolic country preps to schools on the edge of buzzy market towns or slap bang in the centre of a city, there are a myriad of prep school options up and down the UK and within a daily minibus-ride of the Big Smoke. Use our guide to help with your search.
    See Queen Mary's in our Town & Country Prep Schools Guide

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Essentials

Address
Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3BZ

Contact
admin@queenmarys.org
01845 575000

Website
queenmarys.org

ISI Report

Fees

Term Dates


Open Days

Open days and how to visit View Open Days Register for open Day

Open Day
01 February 2025
Open Day
14 March 2025


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