{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox school | logo = Logo_of_St_Leonards_School,_Fife.svg | logo_size = 120px | logo_alt = The Logo of St Leonards School, Fife | image = Bishopshall House at St Leonards School.jpg | alt = | caption = | motto = {{Langx|la|Ad Vitam}} | motto_translation = For Life | town = St Andrews | county = Fife | postal_code = KY16 9QJ | country = Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|56.3390|-2.7904|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | former_names = St Andrews School for Girls, St Leonards and St Katharines School | type = {{Unbulleted list|Private school (UK)|Boarding school}} | established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1877}} | founders = Professors from the University of St Andrews, including Lewis Campbell<ref>{{cite web |last1=Craik |first1=E. |title=Professor Lewis Campbell |date=18 August 2014 |url=https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/lewis-campbell |publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |access-date=13 February 2022 |quote=Emeritus Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews...advocated higher education for women. As to the latter, he was closely involved in the foundation of St Leonard’s School for women and was the chairman of the school council for many years.}}</ref> | chair = Colonel Martin Passmore | head = Simon Brian | head_label = Head | staff = | gender = Co-educational | age_range = 4–19 | enrolment = 565 | enrollment_as_of = | ratio = | campus_size = | campus_type = | houses = Bishopshall, Ollerenshaw, St Rule | colours = {{Color box|#e10600||}}{{Color box|#00205b||}} Red and navy | accreditation = <!-- or | accreditations = --> | publication = ''The Gazette'' | fees = {{Unbulleted list|£9,552–£15,474 (day) (pa)|£24,651–£37,452 (boarding) (pa)}} | alumni = St Leonards Seniors | website = {{URL|www.stleonards-fife.org}} | picture = Wordmark of St Leonards School, Fife.svg <!-- | footnotes = Source: [https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/st-leonards-school-st-andrews The Good Schools Guide] | lastupdate = 28 March 2020--> }}
'''St Leonards School''' is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged 4–19 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.<ref name="Good Schools Guide">{{cite web |url=https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/st-leonards-school-st-andrews |title=St Leonards School, St Andrews |website=The Good Schools Guide |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> Founded in 1877 as '''St Andrews School for Girls Company''', it adopted the St Leonards name upon moving to its current premises, the site formerly occupied by the University of St Andrews’ St Leonard's College, in 1883.
The school emerged from the St Andrews Ladies' Educational Association which was established in 1868.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Lewis |title=Speculum Universitatis [St Andrews and Girton]|year=1887 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzJAAAAAYAAJ&dq=st+andrews+ladies+educational+association&pg=PA84 |pages=84–87|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> One of the school's founders was Lewis Campbell, chairman of the college council for many years and a Classics professor at St Andrews University who advocated for higher education for women.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Craik |first1=E. |title=Professor Lewis Campell |date=18 August 2014 |url=https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/lewis-campbell |publisher=E.M.Craik, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |access-date=13 February 2022 |quote=Emeritus Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews...advocated higher education for women. As to the latter, he was closely involved in the foundation of St Leonard’s School for women and was the chairman of the school council for many years.}}</ref> Consequently, from its earliest days, the college's senior students were encouraged to prepare to matriculate<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bierman |first1=J. |title=Fire In The Night |date=2000 |publisher=Pan |isbn=1743511353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rcMDAAAAQBAJ&dq=st+leonards+school+fife+matriculation+girls&pg=PT62 |access-date=28 September 2021 |quote=...she to her matriculation studies at St Leonard's School for Girls in Fife...}}</ref> and enjoyed close links with various courses offered at the University of St Andrews; in 1892, the ''Fifeshire Journal'' asked its readers: "Who is to enjoy the proud distinction of being the first matriculated girl-student of St Andrews?"<ref>{{cite news |title=Point-to-Point Races |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=st%20leonards%20school%20matriculation&county=fife%2C%20scotland&from=1891&to=1897&page=1 |access-date=19 March 2022 |publisher=Fifeshire Journal Fife, Scotland |date=17 March 1892 |quote=...question. Who in St Andrews is going to have the honour of first finding houseroom for the girl-graduates that are to be? To which this also may be tagged on—Who is to enjoy the proud distinction of being the first matriculated girl-student of St Andrews!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Elizabeth Margaret|date=2014|title=TO WALK UPON THE GRASS: THE IMPACT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS' LADY LITERATE IN ARTS, 1877–1892|url=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/5570/ElisabethSmithPhDThesis.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|access-date=30 June 2021|website=St Andrews Research Repository|page=37|type=PDF,2.3 MB}}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/our-school/history |title=History |website=St Leonards |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> St Leonards remained an all-girls school until 1999, upon which it became fully co-educational.<ref name="Prospectus 65">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=65 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> As an IB World School,<ref name="IB Profile">{{cite web |url=http://ibo.org/en/school/002276 |title=St Leonards School |website=International Baccalaureate |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> St Leonards offers the International Baccalaureate's Primary Years, Middle Years, Career-related and Diploma programmes alongside the English-system GCSE/IGCSE.<ref name="Senior Curriculum">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/senior-school/curriculum |title=Curriculum |website=St Leonards |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> It is one of only two schools in Scotland to teach an IB curriculum throughout.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business/the-lunch/294817/a-lesson-over-lunch/|title=A lesson over Lunch|last=Gordon|first=Katy|date=4 September 2016|website=The Courier|access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>
==History== The school was established in 1877 by the St Andrews School for Girls Company whose Articles of Association were drawn up on the lines of Bristol's Clifton College, the public school for boys.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Lewis |journal=The Journal of Education |date=1891 |pages=593–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZJIAAAAYAAJ&dq=st+leonards++school+girls+ulewis+campbell&pg=PA593|title=St Leonards School |access-date=19 March 2022 |quote=...The Articles of Association which were drawn up on the lines of Clifton College for boys...}}</ref> The school's administrative and commercial ventures utilised the company's name until at least 1894.<ref name="google.com.au">{{cite journal |title=The Council for St Andrews School For Girls Co. Ltd. |journal=Journal of Education |date=1 February 1894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZZFAQAAMAAJ&dq=english+professor+St+Andrew%27s+school+for+girls+company+fife&pg=PA74 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> Madeline Daniell, the educationalist and campaigner for women's right to higher education, was one of two founding secretaries of the company.<ref name=":1">{{cite ODNB |last=Begg |first=Tom |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/56167 |title=Daniell [née Carter], Madeline Margaret (1832–1906), educationist |year=2004 |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/56167}}</ref>
Dame Louisa Lumsden was appointed the School's first Headmistress in 1877. The belief of the school was that "a girl should receive an education that is as good as her brother's, if not better" and Lumsden was "determined to establish a veritable Eton for girls".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mc Crone |first1=K. |title=Sport and the Physical Emancipation of English Women |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317679639 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBJxAwAAQBAJ&dq=eton+st+leonards.+school+lumsden&pg=PT88 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tatler.co.uk/Schools/2006/Details.aspx?Type=Public&Area=North%20and%20Scotland&ID=363&List= Tatler Schools Guide 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311010001/http://www.tatler.co.uk/Schools/2006/Details.aspx?Type=Public&Area=North%20and%20Scotland&ID=363&List= |date=11 March 2007 }}</ref> Although her role as principal ended in 1882, her connection to the school remained strong for "forty-five years": During her time as a member of staff of the University of St Andrews' University Hall and in the years after, "Miss Lumsden returned many times to St Leonards to give lectures".<ref>{{cite book |title=St Leonards School −1877-1927 (50 years) |page=14|date=1927 |publisher=Blackie & Son|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq-gAAAAMAAJ&q=st+andrews+st+leonards+school+girls+lectures |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
The school was, until 1894, operating primarily as a senior school, the junior school remaining informally structured until after that date.<ref name="google.com.au"/>
In 1884, ground was feued [granted] from the University of St Andrews to the school which had also commenced the lease of a field from the university for recreational use.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Lewis |journal=The Journal of Education |date=1891 |pages=593–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZJIAAAAYAAJ&dq=st+leonards++school+girls+ulewis+campbell&pg=PA593 |access-date=19 March 2022 |quote=... ground was feued from the university to the school...a large field was taken on lease from the University [of St Andrews]...|title=St Leonards School}}</ref> In 1894, Old Tom Morris laid out a 9-hole golf course for the girls at St Leonards.<ref>{{cite news |title=Young Golfers Step Back In Time |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20120329/281642482136724 |access-date=12 March 2022 |publisher=The Courier and Advertiser (Fife edition) |date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
To ensure that the teaching of Chemistry to the girls at the school was rigorous, in 1885, Dame Frances Dove, the principal, employed Thomas Purdie, Professor of Chemistry at St Andrews University as an external examiner for the school's senior students.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rayner-canham |first1=M. |title=Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions – Chemistry at Pioneering Girls' Schools |date=30 December 2019 |publisher=World Scientific |page=45 |isbn=9781786347701 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsPKDwAAQBAJ&dq=miss+dove+st+andrews+university&pg=PA45 |access-date=14 April 2021 |quote=...rigorous...Miss Dove [St Leonards Girls School, St Andrews] had Thomas Purdie, Professor of Chemistry at St Andrews University as an external examiner...}}</ref> From its earliest decades, the school's sixth formers "had the pleasure of attending lectures" in various subjects including Political Economy and Music at the University of St Andrews whilst others attended the university's Gifford Lectures.<ref>{{cite book |title=St Leonards School. 1877–1977 |date=1977 |publisher=Blackie & Son |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xC1GAAAAMAAJ&q=st+leonards+girls+gifford+lectures |access-date=14 April 2020 |quote=... two girls preparing for the Cambridge scholarship examination...took the bold step of sending them to lectures in Political Economy at the University of St Andrews...Other sixth formers were sent to Dean Inge's Gifford Lectures [delivered at the University of St Andrews during 1917–18]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=J. |title=St Leonards School −1877-1927 (50 years) |date=1927 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq-gAAAAMAAJ&q=st+andrews+st+leonards+school+girls+lectures |quote=This year St. Leonards girls have had the pleasure of attending lectures given by the Director of Music of the University of St. Andrews, and if this privilege is accorded to them in the future a more intelligent knowledge should be ...}}</ref>
In 1999, St Leonards Sixth Form and St Katharines Prep School opened their doors to boys for the first time; the school soon became completely co-educational.
===St Katharines and St Leonards-New Park===
'''St Katharines School''' was the original prep school of St Leonards. It was established in 1894 "in connection with and under the same council as St Leonards School".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Preparatory School for Girls - St Katherines School, St Andrews, Fife |journal=The Spectator |date=21 April 1900 |page=496 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ne0hAQAAMAAJ&q=St+Katherine%27s+school+fife+1894 |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref> It made full use of St Leonard's campus and facilities while retaining a degree of autonomy. In March 2002 it was announced that the prep school would be relocated to the main building and renamed St Leonards Junior and Middle Schools. Following a further announcement in March 2005,<ref>[http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2005/03/08/newsstory6887030t0.asp St Andrews schools to merge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312085031/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2005/03/08/newsstory6887030t0.asp |date=12 March 2007 }}, ''The Courier'', March 2005</ref> St Leonards Junior and Middle schools merged with New Park School, also located in St Andrews, operating as one unit under the name '''St Leonards-New Park'''. In June 2011 it was announced that the Junior School would be known in future as St Leonards Junior School. At the same time, work commenced on a £2.5m redevelopment of the junior school. Today, St Leonards is an all-through, coeducational school, from Year 1 through to Year 13.
===Lacrosse === The school is believed to be the first place in the world to have played women's lacrosse after it was introduced by Louisa Lumsden<ref name="hhhh">{{cite book|title=Yellow Leaves: Memories of a Long Life|last=Lumsden|first=Louisa Innes|publisher=William Blackwood & Sons|year=1933|location=Edinburgh and London|pages=1, 16–25, 26, 42, 62, 81,170}}</ref><ref>[http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382 History of Lacrosse at St Leonards]{{webarchive|url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080506160603/http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382 |date=6 May 2008 }}, official website</ref> in 1890.<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Stewart, Josephine Katherine (1870–1934), schoolmistress and golfer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-57977|access-date=21 August 2020|year = 2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57977|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref>
===St Leonard's Chapel=== Situated in the grounds of the school is St Leonard's Chapel, owned by the University of St Andrews. Regulations outlined by the University of St Andrews stipulate that "funerals for both alumni of the university and members or former members of St Leonards School may take place in the university's St Leonard's Chapel".<ref>{{cite web |title=St Leonards Chapel |url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/policy/chaplaincypolicyandguidelines/chapels/ |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=18 April 2021 |quote=Funerals Funerals, including thanksgiving services closely following the death, may take place in the university chapels for the following people: Current students; Current members of staff if they have a strong Chapel connection or have made an exceptional contribution to the University or public life; Regular Chapel-goers; Members or former members of St Leonards School (in St Leonard’s Chapel)}}</ref> Weekly Compline takes place in the chapel at 10pm on Thursday nights during the university term.
== Academics == At St Leonards, year groups are named following the system used in England and Wales (Year 1 to Year 13). Years 1–7 form the Junior School, Years 8–11 the Senior School and Years 12–13 the Sixth Form.
The IB's Primary Years Programme (PYP) is taught from Years 1–6, while the IB's Middle Years Programme (MYP) is introduced in Year 7 and continues through Year 9.<ref name="Prospectus 19">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=19 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Junior Curriculum">{{cite web|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/junior-school/curriculum|title=Curriculum|website=St Leonards Junior School|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> Therefore, the MYP overlaps across the Junior and Senior years.
In Year 10, pupils begin a two-year course in preparation for their GCSE/IGCSE exams at the end of Year 11.<ref name="GCSE and IGCSE">{{cite web|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/senior-school/curriculum/gcse-and-igcse|title=GCSE and IGCSE|website=St Leonards Senior School|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref> Students are given a degree of choice as to which subjects they take, however a number remain compulsory: English, Maths, Science and a foreign language.<ref name="GCSE and IGCSE" />
As an alternative to the above for pupils who join the school in Year 11, St Leonards offers a one-year Pre-IB course.<ref name="Prospectus 35">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=35 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> These students sit IGCSE exams only.<ref name="GCSE and IGCSE" />
In Years 12–13, St Leonards pupils may undertake one of two programmes: the IB Diploma Programme (DP) or the IB Career-related Programme (CP).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=69 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> A large majority choose the DP, with the latter being available for those who would prefer a more vocational qualification.<ref name="Prospectus 83">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=83 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> Academic study is still very present for CP students alongside the practical aspect, as this programme incorporates at least two DP courses.<ref name="Prospectus 83" />
The average IB Diploma points score for St Leonards pupils from 2015 to 2019 is 33/45,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=104 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> compared to a global average of 29/45 points for the same period.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibo.org/contentassets/bc850970f4e54b87828f83c7976a4db6/dp-statistical-bulletin-november-2019.pdf |title=The IB Diploma Programme Provisional Statistical Bulletin, November 2019 Examination Session. |website=International Baccalaureate |access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> St Leonards has been recognised as the "Top Independent Secondary School Sixth Form in Scotland for IB/A Level Results" in 2016, 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/773243/st-leonards-in-st-andrews-named-scotlands-top-independent-school/ |title=St Leonards in St Andrews named Scotland's top independent school |last=Smith |first=Craig |website=The Courier |date=28 November 2018 |access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> In 2019, St Leonards was named "Top Independent Secondary School in Scotland" by The Sunday Times Parent Power guide.
Almost all St Leonards graduates go on to university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/senior-school/careersuniversity|title=Careers/University|website=St Leonards Senior School|access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> Approximately one third of the graduating class studies in Scotland, one third studies elsewhere in the United Kingdom and the remaining third studies overseas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/uploads/St-Leonards-Prospectus-2020-SPREADS_yEJGAtx6.pdf |title=St Leonards School Prospectus 2019–20 |website=St Leonards |page=79 |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>
==Headmistresses and headmasters== For the first 124 years, (when the school was an all-girls school) the Head of St Leonards was always a woman. The first Headmaster was appointed in 2003. * 1877–1882: Dame Louisa Lumsden * 1882–1896: Dame Frances Dove * 1896–1907: Julia Mary Grant * 1907–1921: Mary Bentinck-Smith * 1922–1938: Katharine Howard McCutcheon * 1938–1955: Janet A. Macfarlane * 1956–1970: Janet S. A. Macaulay * 1970–1987: Martha Hamilton (Mrs R Steedman) * 1988–2000: Mary James <ref>{{cite news |last=Crawford |first=Stuart |url=http://www.swcrawford.co.uk/publications/stleonards.htm |title=Stuart Crawford Associates Publications, St Leonards |access-date=4 August 2007}}</ref> * 2001–2003: Wendy Bellars <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/st_leonards_principal_resigns_1_159309 |title=St Leonards Principal Resigns |date=26 May 2003 |access-date=21 April 2011 |publisher=Fife Today}}</ref> * 2003–2008: Robert A. J. Tims * 2008 – April 2021: Michael Carslaw <ref>[http://www.st-leonards.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=6867 School ready to welcome Carslaw family] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928221417/http://www.st-leonards.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=6867 |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref> *April 2021 – August 2021: Dawn Pemberton-Hislop (Acting Headmistress) <ref>{{cite web|title=St Leonards School Headmistress' welcome Apr 2021|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/our-school/headmasters-welcome|website=St Leonards School}}</ref> *From August 2021: Simon Brian <ref>{{cite web|date=7 December 2020|title=APPOINTMENT OF A NEW HEAD, FROM SEPTEMBER 2021|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/appointment-of-a-new-head-from-august-2021#:~:text=The%20Council%20of%20St%20Leonards,of%20the%20Spring%20Term%202021.|website=St Leonards School}}</ref>
== Fees == School fees at St Leonards for the 2020–2021 academic year ranged from £9,552 to £15,474 for day pupils and £24,651 to £37,452 for boarders.<ref name="Good Schools Guide" /> These fees include tuition, lodging for boarders, meals (lunch for day pupils, full-board for boarders) as well some textbooks and the majority of extra-curricular activities. However, there are some additional extras not included and charged at a supplementary rate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/admissions/fees|title=Fees|website=St Leonards|access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>
The school does offer financial assistance to a limited number of Senior and Sixth Form pupils who demonstrate sufficient financial need – covering up to 100% of fees.<ref name="Assisted Places">{{cite web|url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/admissions/assisted-places|title=Academic Bursaries|website=St Leonards|access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> While St Leonards does award scholarships to pupils who've demonstrated excellence in a variety of fields, the scholarship is based on merit and does not result in a reduction of fees.<ref name="Assisted Places" />
== Notable alumni == thumb|Head Boys at St Leonards School in St Andrews Former St Leonards pupils are known as St Leonards Seniors.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.stleonards-fife.org/our-school/former-pupils/about |title=Former Pupils – About |website=St Leonards |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> St Leonards organises various reunions and events for Seniors in St Andrews and select cities around the world, while also providing online networking tools.<ref name=":0" />
* Eleanor Acland – British Liberal Party politician, suffragist, and novelist.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McCrone |first1=Kathleen E. |last2=Vellacott |first2=Jo |date=1994 |title=From Liberal to Labour with Women's Suffrage: The Story of Catherine Marshall |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/25143883 |journal=Labour / Le Travail |volume=34 |pages=350 |doi=10.2307/25143883 |jstor=25143883 |issn=0700-3862|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * Betty Harvie Anderson (Baroness Skrimshire) – Conservative politician and peer * Betty Archdale<ref>[http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=reviews&webpage=api_reviews&flexedit=&flex_password=&menu_label=&menuID=homely&menubox=&Review=5330 Review: The Suffragette's Daughter: Betty Archdale], API Network</ref> – early barrister; pioneer of women's education in Australia * Helen Archdale – feminist, suffragist and journalist * Elspeth Barker – author of "O, Caledonia!", formerly married to poet George Barker * Wilhelmina Barns-Graham – leading abstract painter, based in St Ives, Cornwall * Susan MacTaivsh Best - salon host * Hilda Bruce – zoologist, discoverer of the Bruce effect * Agnata Butler (née Ramsay) – classicist, among the first generation of women to take the Classical Tripos examinations at the University of Cambridge * Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford DBE – Shadow Minister for Food and Rural Affairs * Jean Hunter Cowan – artist * Jackie Forster (Jacqueline Moir Mackenzie) – actress, TV personality, feminist and lesbian campaigner * Louisa Garrett Anderson – medical pioneer, social reformer, suffragist * Fiona Gaunt – television actor, mother of Genevieve Gaunt * Elizabeth Girling – Spanish Civil War veteran, political activist and charity campaigner * Kitty McKane Godfree – Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Champion, 1924 and 1926 * Anji Hunter – former Director of Government Relations, 10 Downing Street * Christina Keith (1889–1963) – academic and author * Kristin Linklater – vocal coach to many well-known actors, based at Columbia University * Anne Macaulay (née Russell) – musicologist, antiquarian and author * Chrystal Macmillan – barrister, feminist and pacifist * Catherine Marshall – suffragist and pacifist * Elizabeth Mavor – writer * Anna McElligott – musician * Max McElligott – lead singer of Wolf Gang * Kathleen Ollerenshaw DBE – mathematician and educationalist * Tessa Ransford – founder of the Scottish Poetry Library * Louise Robey – actress, singer, model<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cunneff |first=Tom |date=14 December 1987 |title=On TV's Friday the 13th, It's Robey Who Makes Little Boys Really Howl |journal=People |volume=28 |issue=24 |issn=0093-7673}}</ref> * Sally Shaw, professor of sport managements in New Zealand * Rosabelle Sinclair – honoured in U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Baltimore * Dr. Alice Stewart (née Naish) – pioneering epidemiologist * Josephine Stewart Leading sports person, early Lacrosse and lifer at St Leonards<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Stewart, Josephine Katherine (1870–1934), schoolmistress and golfer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-57977|access-date=22 August 2020|year = 2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57977|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref> * Stella Tennant – supermodel * Margaret Haig Thomas (Lady Rhondda) – founder of political magazine ''Time and Tide'' * Penny Thomson – film producer and former Director of Edinburgh International Film Festival * Fiona Watson – UN official killed in the Canal Hotel bombing, Baghdad * Audrey Withers – editor of ''Vogue'' from 1940 to 1960<ref>Drusilla Beyfus, 'Withers [married names Stewart, Kennett], (Elizabeth) Audrey (1905–2001), magazine editor' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2005)</ref>
==See also==
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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.stleonards-fife.org}} *Education Scotland: [https://education.gov.scot/education-scotland/inspection-reports/reports-page/?id=4615 St Leonards School] *Good Schools Guide: [https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/st-leonards-school-st-andrews St Leonards School] *Tatler Schools Guide: [https://www.tatler.com/school/st-leonards-tatler-school-guide St Leonards School]
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