School Photos 1948 - 2018

Alumni Q&A: Claire Smith, 1989-1991

Alumni Q&A: Claire Smith 1989 – 1994 After Claire shared some lovely memories on the ‘Old Maggies’ Alumni Facebook group, including trips to France, we got in touch to find out about what she’s been up to since leaving St. Margaret’s. When were you at St. Margaret’s?  1989 to 1994 Where did you study afterwards? Hedingham School and then Colchester Sixth Form College. What jobs

Alumni Q&A: Dilesh Patel 1989-1993

When were you at St. Margaret’s? 1989 - 1993   Where did you study afterwards? Felsted 1993-2002, then University.   What do you do now? I work as a Senior Manager within a US Financial Services Bank   Do you still live locally? Yes! I live in Colchester My most favourite memories are of the Sports Days.   Dilesh's self portrait features

The Early Days

We found some old letters and flyers in the archives from the very early days of St. Margaret's! Letter from Mr Coulborn announcing his successor Mr Williams Letter from Mr Williams, 1988

Alumni memories: Rosalind Smith, 1950’s

We were delighted to hear from former pupil, Ros Meacock (then Smith) with some lovely memories of her time at St. Margaret’s in the early 50’s, including the ever popular Sports Day. Ros is pictured in the back row, second from the right. Imprinted on my memory in particular is the rest after lunch on the floor on mats but there was a girl called

Alumni Q&A: Lydia Turner 1991-1998

Alumni Q&A: Lydia Turner 1991-1998 Lydia lives in the U.S. so when she joined the 'Old Maggies' Alumni Facebook group, she was able to reconnect with friends from her early school days. Lydia has lots of great memories from her time at St. Margaret's, including dissecting fish and making ginger beer! When were you at St. Margaret’s? 1991-1998 Where did you study afterwards? Colchester County

Staff Memories: Mrs O'Connor, 1998-2009 & 2013-2016

Mrs Dianne O'Connor has been a familiar face at St. Margaret's over the years and she has lots of stories from her time as a teacher. It is lovely to hear her memories of the St Margaret's pupils, showing their fun and kind nature. When were you at St. Margaret’s? I started at St. Margaret's in Transition at the beginning of the Summer Term 1998.

Alumni Q&A: The Blackburne's 2000-2011

Mrs Blackburne is our SENco and Year 6 Form tutor, but before she joined the teaching team here at St. Margaret's, she was a parent. Both her children, Imogen and Oscar, attended St. Margaret's and have gone on to study Masters degrees. We're delighted to hear about their successes and enjoy seeing them when they come back to visit. Imogen Blackburne When were you at

Staff Memories: Mrs Cant, 2000-2006

Debbie Gould, previously Cant, shares her memories of her time teaching at St. Margaret's. The Cant Family 2000 "I was a teacher at St. Margaret’s from September 2000 to August 2006. I was lucky enough to be offered the experience of teaching in various year groups and taught in Year 6 for a few years before moving to Year 4 and

Alumni Q&A: Sophy Jones, 2003-2008

We were delighted to welcome former St. Margaret’s pupil, Sophy Jones, back to school in January 2020 to hear about her fundraising challenge for Dig Deep, a charity which provides sanitation and clean water to schools in Kenya and about here studies in Zoology at the University of Sheffield. We asked Sophy about her time at St. Margaret’s. When were you at St Margaret’s? I

Timeline of Headteachers

St. Margaret's has been owned and led by lots of headteachers over 75 years since it was founded. 1946 – Mrs Lowe and Commander Lowe owned Gosfield Hall, applied for planning permission to convert the stables into residencies and a school. Opened the school for their two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth, and 8 other pupils. 1961-1988 – Mr Colbourn bought the school from the Lowes.