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St Mary’s Episcopal
Primary School was founded over 150 years ago, and is still leading the way in education.
It was the first self-governing primary school in Scotland and children
are taught in a family environment where a great deal of emphasis is
still placed on traditional values. In April 2003 St. Mary’s returned
to local authority control.
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The school has been on its present site
since 1850. Previously, it had been situated in Mill Row, in a house
known as ‘Auld Licht.’ The ground for the present school was gifted by
Kippendavie Estate.
During the Second World War the school
building was used by the army and the children and teachers were
decanted elsewhere in Dunblane. Until the 1970’s there were only two
teachers.
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When St Mary’s was founded, there was
no welfare state and Churches were left to fill the gaps as best they
could. In a short memorandum by Henry Malcolm, the first encumbent of St
Mary’s Episcopal Church, he expressed a fervent wish that they should
fund a school for poor children in the parish.
Now, almost a century and a half later,
St Mary’s continues to flourish providing education to children from all
walks of life. After school, there’s a Recorder Club, Art Club, Ceilidh Club,
Chess and Draughts Club, 2 TOPS Sports Clubs and the Web Site Editorial
Team.
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In 1997 a morning nursery was added to
the school. From August 2001 the nursery has operated both in the
morning and the afternoon.
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