Pupil meets HRH Prince of Wales at local art exhibition

This week one of our VIS pupils was delighted to meet HRH Prince of Wales at the Creative Aberdeenshire Exhibition in Inverurie.

Camille painted...

Success for pupil at the British Dressage National Championships

Congratulations to Hilary (VS) who competed in the British Dressage National Championships recently.

The event was held near Manchester and Hilary...

Former pupil is finalist in BBC Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2021

Former pupil, Nicola Wordie, from the class of 2016, is a finalist in the BBC Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2021.

Nicola left school in...

Former pupil wins BBC Young Composer of the Year 2021

St Margaret’s School for Girls is celebrating the accomplishment of recent school leaver, Jenna Stewart, who has won the prestigious BBC Young Composer of The Year Award 2021...

School features in Nostalgia section of Press and Journal

We were delighted to see the school featured in the Press and Journal's Nostalgia section, looking back at our 175 year history.

You can read...

"Be your own boss" - St Margaret's joins with Women's Enterprise Scotland for online career event

We are delighted to be partnering with the Women's Business Centre (Women's Enterprise Scotland) as we set out to explore starting up your own...

Whole school open day, 18th September 2021

Join us for our next whole school open day on Saturday 18th September at 10.00am. Register your place here...

New Head Girl Team, 2021-22

Introducing our Head Girl Team for session 2021-22: (L to R): Emma (Head Girl), Ashanee (Deputy Head Girl), Emily, Jane, Aliyah and Sophie.

The...

Summer sun!

We think the playground looks lovely with the sun beaming down and the flowers in full bloom. It's a lovely sheltered environment for plants - and...

St Margaret's celebrates another year of record results

Congratulations to everyone who received their results today! We are exceptionally proud of our senior pupils’ achievements following a very challenging...

VIS String Quartet musical compilation

Enjoy this video of our 2020/21 VIS string quartet compilation of some familiar songs:

Over £11,700 raised by online auction

Our online auction in the summer term raised over £11,700 for our Bursary Programme. Thank you to everyone who donated to the auction and congratulations...

Retirements!

At the end of term we said a fond farewell to three of our wonderful colleagues - Mrs Lynch, Mrs Smith and Mrs Slater. Together, they have worked at...

Duke of Edinburgh, June 2021

The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is all about going the extra mile – gaining new skills, pushing oneself physically, helping others and exploring...

Pupils enjoy Dance Resilience workshop with former pupil

I Senior enjoyed taking part in a Dance Resilience workshop in the final week of term. We were delighted to welcome back Rosie Mackley, a former pupil...

Final week of our online auction!

It is the final week of the online auction and prize draw, raising funds for our Bursary Programme! Bid, donate or enter the prize draw before the auction...

Online coaching opportunity!

Lucy Russell is a former pupil, class of 2002, based in Dubai who works as an executive coach for women. Lucy has kindly donated 6 individual coaching...

Inspirational Women webinar highlight from 3rd June

huge thank you to Miranda Richards and Julie Hutchison from Aberdeen Standard Capital who joined us on Thursday as our guest speakers in our latest Inspirational...

Inspirational Women webinar - Louise Macdonald and Briana Pegado

Join us on Thursday 10th June at 5pm for the final webinar this term in our Inspirational Women series. This week we will be speaking with Louise Macdonald...

Malcolm Appleby Primrose Bangle featured in our prize draw

Our online auction and prize draw features three beautiful items of jewellery – a stunning Malcolm Appleby Primrose Bangle, an 18ct gold Roberto...

Family experiences - bid now in our online auction!

We have some fantastic family experiences in our online auction!
Family polo lesson with Kinross Polo Club
Fishing for two on the River North...

Online auction live!

From 28th May to 17th June St Margaret's School for Girls will be holding an online auction to raise funds for our Bursary Programme. We have some...

Next Inspirational Women Webinar – Thursday 3rd June at 5pm

We are delighted to welcome Miranda Richards and Julie Hutchison, Charities Specialists from Aberdeen Standard Capital as our next speakers in our Inspirational...

Virtual open day on Saturday 22nd May 2021

St Margaret's School for Girls will hold a virtual open day on Saturday 22nd May 2021 at 10.00am

Please join us to find out more about the school...

Cherry blossom!

This beautiful photo was taken this morning of the cherry blossom tree outside school.  How lovely does it look in the sunshine today!

St Margaret's 175 Challenge

This year St Margaret’s is celebrating 175 years of educating and inspiring women. In a year like no other the last school Charity Committee event...

Annual School Reunion, 29 May 2021

Former pupils and staff are warmly invited to join us for our annual school reunion on Saturday 29th May at 10.30am. The event will be held online via...

Inspirational Women webinar - Jordan Brooks, Thursday 29th April

We are pleased to introduce the next speaker in our Inspirational Women webinar series - Jordan Brooks, former Deputy Director of the Council on Women...

Tribute to Lori Houlihan (Manders)

Lori Manders was a governing Council Member of St Margaret’s School during the whole period of my headship there, from 2007 to 2010. She was there...

Dramatic Club, 1931

Last night we enjoyed a virtual trip down memory lane finding out about the history of St Margaret's with Hidden Aberdeen Tours.

Continuing...

Inspirational Women webinar - Melanie Reid

Join us on Thursday to learn more about Melanie’s award-winning career as a writer and columnist. She has held senior positions at the Scotsman,...

History of St Margaret's School with Hidden Aberdeen Tours

As part of our 175th anniversary celebrations join us online on Wednesday 21st April 2021 at 6.00pm for a look back at the history of St Margaret's...

Memories!

As we celebrate our 175th year, former staff and pupils have shared their memories of school days. We would love to add more to our collection so please...

Inspirational Women webinar - Mary Contini

Join us for the next in our Inspirational Women webinar series on Thursday 25 March at 5pm. We will be speaking with Mary Contini, OBE, bestselling author,...

Register now for our Inspirational Women webinars!

Register now for our Inspirational Women webinars here, supported by Aberdeen Standard Capital:

Become a "stepping stone" to a girl's future success

We greatly appreciate the generosity of our donors who support our bursary programme.

Our bursary programme extends the opportunity for an award-winning...

Virtual open day for the Junior School, 18 March

Register now for our virtual open day on Thursday 18th March at 6.00pm. Register now at: stmargaretsevents.com...

Pupils share who inspires them on International Women's Day

Inspirational Women webinar series

Sign up here for our upcoming inspirational women webinar series supported by Aberdeen Standard Capital
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Why is our bursary programme so important?

Our bursary programme extends the opportunity for an award-winning independent education to girls whose families may not otherwise be able to afford it....

Inspirational Women webinar - Dr Nicola Steedman, Monday 8th March 5.00pm

As part of our 175th anniversary celebrations we are delighted to welcome Dr Nicola Steedman, Interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government,...

“Wellbeing in Difficult Times” Webinar Series – Aberdeen Independent Schools

St Margaret’s is delighted to be working together with International School Aberdeen (ISA), Robert Gordon’s College and Albyn School, collectively...

Feature page in Press and Journal, 18 February 2021

For our friends who do not live locally or read the Press and Journal we would like to share this article which featured in the supplement to the paper...

Latest edition of the Chronicle now online

If you would like to read the latest edition of the Chronicle it is now viewable online on...

Inspirational Women webinar - Thursday 25th February

On Thursday 25th February we will be joined by Jude Ower MBE to hear about her award winning career in technology and the positive impact gaming can have...

Latest update on our annual appeal

This weekend the school will hold its annual assessment day where applicants to 6 and 7 Junior, and I Senior undertake their admission assessments. Usually...

Inspirational Women Webinar - Tuesday 9th February

Join us for our next webinar in our inspirational women webinar...

Supporting our pupils resilience and mental wellbeing

St. Margaret’s School for Girls has teamed up with an Aberdeen charity to boost pupils’ mental health and wellbeing as part of Children’s...

Online learning - positive feedback from parents

As we enter the fifth week of remote learning we wanted to share some of the positive feedback the school has received from parents this term:
“School...

Former Pupils' Club AGM - Saturday 30th January

The Former Pupils' Club will hold its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 30th January at 10.30am online. All former pupils are warmly invited to attend....

Our annual appeal

This year our annual appeal is focused on raising funds to support our means-tested...