Queen Margaret's School
Escrick Park, York, YO19 6EU
This school is closed (it closed in July 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 10 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Anglican
- Head
- Ms Nicola Dudley
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Selby
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 366
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- URN
- 121749
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Queen Margaret's School was an Anglican girls' independent school in York. It taught children aged 10 to 19 and had 194 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Queen Margaret's School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1919, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 41 | 39 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.6 | 40.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.8 |
Trends over time
How Queen Margaret's School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35.6 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.6 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 194 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils on SEN support
- 44
Location
Nearby schools
-
OneSchool Global York Campus4.6 miles
Independent schools · York
-
York Steiner School5.0 miles
Independent schools · York
-
Danesgate Community5.1 miles
Local authority maintained schools · York
-
University of York5.2 miles
Universities · York
-
The Mount School (York)6.0 miles
Independent schools · York
Other schools in York
- Ampleforth College Independent schools
- Bootham School Independent schools
- OneSchool Global York Campus Independent schools
- Pocklington School Independent schools
- Queen Ethelburga's College Independent schools
- Queen Ethelburga's Prep School Independent schools
- St Peter's School 2-18 Independent schools
- Terrington Hall School Independent schools
- The Mount School (York) Independent schools
- York Steiner School Independent schools
- St Paul's Nursery School Nursery
- Acomb Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Queen Margaret's School teach?
- Queen Margaret's School taught children aged 10 to 19. It was an independent school in York.
- Has Queen Margaret's School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Queen Margaret's School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Queen Margaret's School?
- Queen Margaret's School had 194 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 19.
- How have Queen Margaret's School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.6 in 2022/23 and 40.6 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Queen Margaret's School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen Margaret's School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2025.