Queen Mary School
Location
Mumbai , Maharashtra India
Information
Type	Private
Established	1875; 149 years ago (1875)
Founder	Zenana Bible and Medical Mission
Principal	Miss G. Mathias
Grades	Nursery–10
Houses	Edith Cavell, Grace Darling, Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale
Website	Official Website

The Queen Mary School, is a private school for girls in Grant road, Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1875, It operates under the management of Christian Medical Educational Fellowship (C.M.E.F) Trust and is affiliated to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E) Board. Notable alumni include Maniben Patel (the daughter of Sardar Patel).^[1]

History

The Queen Mary School in Mumbai, India, was started in 1875 by the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission, an Anglican Mission, to provide education for girls.^[2] Initially,most of the teachers were of British origin who came to India under the auspices of the Mission to teach. These were gradually replaced by local Indian teachers, primarily Parsis, followed by other Indian ethnicities.

Present

Queen Mary School is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for the class 10 Board exams and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.

Headmistresses

British Principals

• Miss Harley
• Miss Kimmins
• Miss Kelsall
• Miss Wilson
• Miss Nixon
• Miss Heather
• Miss Bevis
• Miss A. K. Groom
• Miss A. E. Lambert
• Miss B. R. Shelton

Notable alumni

• Padmashri Shabana Azmi, actress, National award winner and Rajya Sabha MP^{[citation needed]}
• Shobhaa De, columnist, author, and publisher^{[citation needed]}
• Chandi Bathwala, Indian Representative at the U.N.^{[citation needed]}
• Nargis Dutt, the woman-in-white of the Indian cinema and former Chairperson of the Spastics Society of India^{[citation needed]}
• Dr. Armaity Desai, former Director of the Tata Institute of Social Services and former Chairperson of the University Grant Commission^{[citation needed]}
• Preeti Sagar, playback singer.^{[citation needed]}
• Rajni Iyer, Senior Counsel, Bombay High Court^{[citation needed]}
• Sharda Dwivendi, historian^{[citation needed]}
• Shaina NC, fashion designer^{[citation needed]}
• Soli P Godrej, Former Sheriff of Bombay^{[citation needed]}
• Sooni Taraporevala, international award winner for script writing Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala.^{[citation needed]}
• Aarti Chhabria, Actress^{[citation needed]}
• Ayra Cama, famous poet and writer^{[citation needed]}
• Devita Saraf, Founder of Vu Technologies and Co Founder of Vu TelePresence^{[citation needed]}
• Gautami Kapoor, Actress and model^{[citation needed]}
• Saryu Doshi, Padma Shri awardee^{[citation needed]}
• Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, Former chairman of Godrej Group and Padma Bhushan awardee^{[citation needed]}