Now we can focus on what really matters

When it was announced that Centre Assessed Grades would be awarded for GCSEs, Head, Sue Baillie, wrote to the QM Family; “Now we can focus on what really matters, which is supporting our tremendous girls in developing their academic confidence and personal skills to prepare them for their lives beyond QM.” The School is looking to the future with optimism following the turmoil surrounding this year’s results.

Despite the cancellation of their examinations, the QM girls worked diligently throughout their GCSE courses, right up until the end of term. The excellent results they’ve been awarded are reflective of their commitment to learning and provide a springboard for their further studies. The School is proud it has been able to support this generation of QM girls through such a challenging experience; Mrs Baillie commended her students for the resilience and self-belief they have shown, and the way they have responded to the ever-changing situation.

The vast majority of girls who have received their GCSE results this year will remain a part of the close-knit QM community and go on to study A Levels at the School. They can choose from no less than 29 subjects and had chance to get a taster of what life in the QM Sixth Form would be like when they embarked upon pre-A Level courses before the summer holidays. The School is well prepared for the start of the new academic year when the physical School can recommence. It will offer a ‘blended’ timetable of both physical lessons and remote learning via its digital platform – QM Connect – should girls find themselves having to isolate or in another lockdown scenario.

Although it will be a little different to the QM life they know and love, everyone is eagerly looking ahead to the start of the new term in September when the QM Family can safely reunite.