Queen Victoria School

Queen Victoria School
Location
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FK15 0JY

Scotland
Information
TypeMOD boarding school
MottoIn Defens
Religious affiliation(s)Church of Scotland services every Sunday (compulsory attendance)
Established1908
Local authorityStirling Council
HeadDonald Shaw
GenderCo-ed
Age5 to 18
Enrolment260~
Former pupilsOld Victorians
Websitewww.qvs.school

Queen Victoria School (QVS) is a non-selective, co-educational, boarding school predominantly for children of Scottish Servicemen/women (but see full admissions criteria, below) aged 10/11 to 18. It occupies a Scottish Baronial-style building on a rural campus just outside Dunblane, a short distance away from the city of Stirling, Scotland. It is the only school in the United Kingdom managed and funded by the Ministry of Defence (Duke of York's Royal Military School in Kent is now managed by the DfE).[1]

The school is an agency of the MOD.[2] Education Scotland categorises QVS as an independent school.[3]

  1. ^ House of Commons Defence Committee (2006). Educating Service Children: Eleventh Report of Session 2005-06; Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence. The Stationery Office. p. 34. ISBN 9780215030627.
  2. ^ "Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence (ESC 40)". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 October 2024. Queen Victoria School is unique in Scotland as a Ministry of Defence Government Agency.
  3. ^ "Summarised inspection findings Queen Victoria School Independent 9 May 2023" (PDF). Education Scotland. Retrieved 27 October 2024.