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Queen Margaret College25457
(Founded 1919)
Principal
Carol Craymer
PYP coordinator
Kathleen McDonnell
Diploma coordinator
Dr Susan Watterson
Status Private
Boarding/day Day
Gender Female
Language of instruction
English
Authorised programmes
PYP, Diploma
Number of pupils enrolled 685
Address
53 Hobson Street
PO Box 12274
Thorndon
Wellington
6144 | new zealand
tel +64 4 473 7160
fax +64 4 471 2773
Email
enrolments.registrar@
qmc.school.nz
Website
www.qmc.school.nz
Queen Margaret College is an independent Presbyterian
school for girls. Four ‘schools’ in one college it provides
continuity in education from pre-school to Year 13.
Queen Margaret College is located in Thorndon, a gracious
suburb of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city. It is close to
the country’s national museum, the University of Victoria and
Wellington’s finest theatres. Queen Margaret is also near the
‘best of nature’ with the white sands of Oriental Bay within
walking distance along with the Botanical Gardens and the
hiking tracks in the nearby hills.
Founded in 1919, Queen Margaret College continues to be at
the forefront of education innovation in New Zealand. It has
an impressive record of academic achievement and girls also
achieve outstanding results in an extensive range of sporting
and cultural activities.
The college is a candidate school for the IB Middle Years
Programme (MYP) and is authorized to offer the IB Primary
Years Programme (PYP) and the IB Diploma Programme.
Senior students choose from a dual qualifications pathway
leading to the IB diploma or the National Certificate of
Educational Achievement (New Zealand) with opportunities
for both pathways to enter the New Zealand scholarship
examinations.
Diploma subjects offered: group 1- English SL/HL; other
languages with the Principal’s approval; group 2- French
SL/HL, Japanese SL, Spanish ab inito SL, English B; group 3history
SL/HL, geography SL/HL, economics SL/HL, business
and management SL/HL, psychology SL/HL, environmental
systems SL; group 4- chemistry SL/HL, physics SL/HL, biology
SL/HL; group 5- mathematics SL/HL, mathematical studies SL;
group 6- film SL/HL, music SL/HL, theatre SL/HL, visual artspainting,
design, photography and materials SL/HL.
Queen Margaret balances academic opportunities with an
extensive visual and performing arts programme, and sport
for all year levels.
Queen Margaret’s special character is nurtured by a
religious education programme, assemblies and services
where respect for spirituality and different beliefs is
encouraged. Emphasis is placed on participation in
community service. Traditional values are further enhanced by
the House system, which fosters involvement, camaraderie
and lively competition.
Queen Margaret has links with the international body of
Margaret Schools and Independent Schools of New Zealand.
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