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St Mary's School, Shaftesbury
St Mary's School was an independent Roman Catholic day and boarding school for girls, founded in 1945 in a rural setting near Shaftesbury, England. The school had a sixth form and was a member of the Girls' Schools Association. After operating at a loss for some time, the school closed in July 2020. Although the school's postal address was in Dorset, its site lay just over the county border in Wiltshire, within the parish of Donhead St Mary. History St Mary's was founded in 1945 by the nuns of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as the Sisters of Loreto) whose principles are based on the life and works of Mary Ward. Hence it had the same motto as its sister schools in Ascot and Cambridge. The school became a registered charity in 1995. It was managed by a board of governors, but retained its strong Catholic ethos. In 2018, the charity had income of £4.7 million. This was £866,000 less than its expenses, which included £943,000 in bursaries and scholarshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent School (UK)
In the United Kingdom, independent schools () are fee-charging schools, some endowed and governed by a board of governors and some in private ownership. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum, although, some schools do. They are commonly described as 'private schools' although historically the term referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 12–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term "public school" derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion (while in the United States and most other English-speaking countries "public school" refers to a publicly-funded state school). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Baccalaureate
The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is a school performance indicator in England linked to the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results. It measures students' attainment by calculating an average score from specified subject grades. The EBacc includes subjects which are studied in many subsequent university programmes. In order to have an EBacc score for any student, they must take the following subjects at GCSE level: * English Language and English Literature * Mathematics * Either Combined Science or three of (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics) * Either a Modern or an Ancient Foreign Language * Geography or History The EBacc concept emerged months after the 2010 general election, and has been modified and reduced in ambitions and scope but is still in place in 2020. Its intentions then were; to ensure all age 16 students left with a set of academic qualifications, to strengthen the position of 'core subjects' in schools and to increase social mob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Schools In Wiltshire
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Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Schools Council
The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is a non-profit lobby group that represents over 1,300 schools in the United Kingdom's independent education sector. The organisation comprises seven independent school associations and promotes the business interests of its independent school members in the political arena, which includes the Department for Education and has been described as the "sleepless champion of the sector." History The ISC was first established (then as the Independent Schools Joint Council) in 1974 by the leaders of the associations that make up the independent schools. In 1998, it reconstituted as the Independent Schools Council. Schools that are members of the associations that constitute ISC are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Since December 2003, ISI has been the body approved by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for the inspection of ISC schools and reports to the DfE under the 2002 Education Act. ISI was part of IS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MyDaughter
MyDaughter was a British website set up by the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) offering advice to parents of daughters on all aspects of raising and educating girls. Advice was provided by headteachers from the member schools of the Girls' Schools Association and other specialists in fields such as nutrition, psychology, health education and business. History MyDaughter.co.uk was launched in January 2009 following a survey of a thousand parents of daughters, which highlighted a range of topics that were a cause of anxiety to parents. The research revealed that parents wanted help and advice on how to deal with these issues. This led the Girls' Schools Association to develop the MyDaughter brand as a source of online advice for parents. The Girls' Schools Association was approached by the Friday Project, an imprint of Harper Collins who were to publish "Your Daughter", a book of the site, in January 2011. The website closed in 2014 with its functionality integrated into the GSA w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bradford
Sarah Mary Malet Bradford (''née'' Hayes; born 3 September 1938) is an English author who is best known for her royal biographies. Early life and education Bradford was born in Bournemouth in 1938, the daughter of Brigadier Hilary Anthony Hayes . She was educated at St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, Dorset. She won a State scholarship to Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, but met Anthony Bradford, a real estate developer, at Oxford, and abandoned her degree to marry him. The couple lived in Barbados, Lisbon, and Sardinia; they had two children, but divorced. Sarah Bradford then worked for the manuscript department of the auctioneer Christie's in London, where she met her second husband, William Maxwell David Ward; the two married in 1976. Writing career She began her career as a writer with her first book, ''The Englishman's Wine'', written while she lived in Portugal. She has now published more than a dozen major works. Her husband became 8th Viscount Bangor in 1993. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Kinsella
Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, is an English author. The first two novels in her best-selling Shopaholic series, ''The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic'' and ''Shopaholic Abroad'', were adapted into the film '' Confessions of a Shopaholic'' (2009). Her books have sold over 40 million copies in more than 60 countries, and been translated into over 40 languages. Early life Madeleine Sophie Wickham is the eldest sister of fellow writers Gemma and Abigail Townley. She was educated at Putney High School, St Mary's School near Shaftesbury, Sherborne School for Girls, and New College, Oxford, where she initially studied Music, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics ( PPE). She worked as a financial journalist (including for ''Pensions World'') before turning to fiction. Life and career At the age of 24, Kinsella wrote her first novel, which was published when she was 26. ''The Tennis Party'' was immediately hailed as a succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Fiennes
Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes () is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film '' Onegin'' (1999), which starred her elder brother, Ralph, and her subsequent film ''Chromophobia'' (2005). Career Fiennes made her directorial debut with the film '' Onegin'' – an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel ''Eugene Onegin'', which starred her brother Ralph in the title role. The film received much praise, and she won the Best Director Award at the Tokyo Film Festival and the Best Newcomer at the London Film Critics' Circle. Following ''Onegin'', Fiennes wrote her second feature film, ''Chromophobia'' – an original multi-stranded drama, which comprised an all star cast and which closed the Cannes Film Festival of 2005. Personal life Fiennes was born in Suffolk, England to photographer Mark Fiennes (1933–2004) and novelist Jennifer Lash (1938–1993). Her siblings are actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes, documentary fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Chancellor
Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is a British actress who has received nominations for BAFTA and Olivier Awards. Background and early life Chancellor was born in Richmond, England to barrister John Paget Chancellor, eldest son of Sir Christopher Chancellor, and Mary Jolliffe, a daughter of Lord Hylton. The Chancellor family were Scottish gentry who had owned land at Quothquan since 1432. Chancellor was brought up in Somerset and educated at St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, which was a Roman Catholic boarding school for girls in Dorset, but left at sixteen to live in London, later describing her early years there as "quite wild".Tim LewisAnna Chancellor: 'My life was chaotic. But it's turned out OK'dated 21 August 2011 at theguardian.com. Retrieved 23 October 2016 In her early twenties she married the poet Jock Scot (1952–2016), with whom she had a daughter in 1988 while still studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She separated from Scot a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Smales
Clare Smales (born 30 August 1975) is a British journalist. She was educated at St Mary's School, Shaftesbury and University College, Durham (English Literature). She worked at the ''Mail on Sunday'' newspaper from 1998 until 2003 as a feature writer and as the deputy property editor. This was followed by a spell as deputy editor and Managing Editor of Vogue magazine at Condé Nast. She is now a freelance property and travel journalist, living in Cornwall. She is married to former Olympic Gold medallist Ed Coode Edward Coode, MBE (born 19 June 1975) is a British rower, twice World Champion and Olympic Gold medalist. Early life Born in Cornwall in 1975, Coode boarded at Papplewick School and Eton College. He studied marine biology at University of New ... and has two daughters Beatrice and Ottilie & two sons, Johnny and Wilf. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smales, Clare Living people 1975 births People from Shaftesbury English journalists People educated at St Mary's S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Flora McDonnell
Flora Mary McDonnell, as the daughter of an Earl also known as Lady Flora McDonnell (born 7 November 1963) is an artist, illustrator, and prize-winning author of children's books. Early life McDonnell is the eldest daughter of Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim, the sister of the 10th Earl, and a niece of the artist Hector McDonnell.Susan Morris, ed. '' Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019'' (2019)p. 1554/ref> McDonnell was educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury, an independent Roman Catholic girls’ school Gresham's School, a mixed independent school in Norfolk, and Exeter College, Oxford,oems by Ted Hughes, illustrated by Flora McDonnell(Knopf Books, 2000) *''The Cat and the Cuckoo'' [by Ted Hughes, illustrated by Flora McDonnell] (Roaring Brook Press, 2003) *''Sparky'' (Candlewick Books, 2004) *''Giddy up! Let's Ride!'' (New Line Books, 2006) *''Out of a Dark Winter's Night'' (Thames and Hudson, 2020) Other *''Threads of Hope'' d. Flora McDonnell(Short Books, 2003) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Lopes
Laura Rose Lopes (' Parker Bowles; born 1 January 1978) is an English art curator. She is the daughter of Queen Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles, and the stepdaughter of King Charles III. Biography Early life Laura Parker Bowles was born on 1 January 1978, the second child of army officer Andrew Parker Bowles and Camilla Shand. Ten years after her divorce from Andrew, Camilla married Prince Charles and later became queen consort upon his accession to the throne. She grew up at Bolehyde Manor in Allington, and later Middlewick House in Corsham, both in Wiltshire. She and her older brother Tom were raised as Roman Catholics. Their father is Catholic, as was their paternal grandmother, Ann. Lopes was educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury, a Catholic girls boarding school in Dorset. In the 1980s, she and her brother attended Heywood Preparatory School in Corsham. She later attended Oxford Brookes University, where she studied History of Art and Marketing. Career In 2001, Lopes spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
