Queen Anne Grammar School Explained

Queen Anne Grammar School for Girls was a single-sex 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 -acre site in Clifton.^[1] The school was officially opened on 18 January 1910 by the Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang.^[2]

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.^[3]

The school became a co-educational comprehensive in 1985 and was renamed Queen Anne School.^{[4] [5]} It closed in June 2000^{[6] [7]} and in 2001 St Olave's School moved to the site.^[8]

Headmistresses

• 1910–1938 Miss Emily Netherwood
• 1938–1942 Miss Doris J. Milner
• 1942–1960 Miss Joyce Aspden
• 1960–1985 Miss Irene Whittaker ^{[9] [10]}

Notable former pupils

• Kate Atkinson, author^[11]
• Barbara Hulme, botanist.^[12]
• Janet McTeer, OBE, actress^[13]
• Frances Morrell, Labour politician, Leader from 1983 to 1987 of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA)
• Lynn Picknett, writer, researcher and lecturer

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: A History of the County of York: the City of York – Schools and Colleges. British History Online. 9 August 2015.
2. Book: Lloyd . Jean . The Story of a School Brook Street to Queen Anne . 1985 . 0951038605 . 2.
3. Book: Lloyd, Jean. Brook Street to Queen Anne. 1985. The Ebor Press. York, England. 0-9510386-0-5.
4. Book: Lloyd. Jean. The Story of a School Brook Street to Queen Anne. The Ebor Press. 0951038605. 24.
5. Web site: Former Queen Anne Grammar School Head.... York Press. 18 November 2016.
6. Web site: Department for Education EduBase. EduBase. 3 November 2016.
7. News: Sad farewell to York school. York Press. 1 July 2013.
8. Web site: History of St Olave's . St Olave's School . 23 November 2016.
9. Web site: Former Queen Anne Grammar School headmistress Irene Whittaker dies . The Press . 15 July 2024.
10. Book: Lloyd . Jean . The Story of a School Brook Street to Queen Anne . 1985 . The Ebor Press . 0951038605 . 30-39.
11. Web site: Atkinson. Kate. Kate Atkinson. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 April 2017.
12. News: 9 February 2021. Barbara Hulme Obituary. The Guardian.
13. The Dynamism of Janet McTeer. The New Yorker. 2 April 2017.