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Queen Anne Grammar School

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Queen Anne Grammar School for Girls was a single-gender female state grammar school in the city of York, England. It began in 1906 as the Municipal Secondary School for Girls and was based in Brook Street. At the end of 1909 the pupils were transferred to a new 5½ acre site in Clifton. The school’s name was changed in 1920 and Queen Anne was chosen as it was situated on Queen Anne’s Road. The school emblem was a sphinx underneath which was a furled ribbon reading the school motto Quod Potui Perfeci.

The school became a co-educational comprehensive in 1985. It closed in June 2000 and in 2001 St Olave's School moved to the site.

Notable former pupils

  • Kate Atkinson, author
  • Janet McTeer, OBE, actress
  • Frances Morrell, Labour politician, Leader from 1983-87 of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA)
  • Judy Pearsall, first editor of the Oxford Dictionary of English
  • Lynn Picknett, writer, researcher and lecturer
  • Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive since 2008 of Dignity in Dying
  • References

    Queen Anne Grammar School Wikipedia


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