True to the ideals of the enlightened...



Surrounded by mature woodland and gardens, unmatched by any other school in the area, St Mary's has been established in Hampstead since 1926. The school was founded by the Congregation of Jesus (formerly known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary).

As a Roman Catholic School for girls, the school today remains true to the enlightened foundress of the I.B.V.M., Mary Ward.

In the early seventeenth century, Mary Ward said 'There is no such difference between men and women that women may not also do great things.'

She believed in the provision of a thoroughly grounded academic and spiritual education for girls as a foundation for an enriched and confident adulthood.

St Mary's continues this tradition.

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