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Thank you for your interest in Queen Margaret’s School, we look forward to showing you how we exemplify our mission of preparing learners and how we are becoming Canada’s fastest growing independent school.
Applications for the 2025–2026 school year are now open! Please select the grade you are interested in applying for below:
Preschool and Junior Kindergarten
1. Application Form & Required Documents
All Preschool and Junior Kindergarten applicants must submit their application through our Admissions Portal and pay the $250 application fee. Note: application is only considered complete when application fee is paid.
After the application is complete the following items must be uploaded to their online checklist:
2. Meet & Greet
All Preschool and Junior Kindergarten applicants families will be invited for a Meet and Greet at QMS to meet the ECE (Early Childhood Education) team and their class. Junior Kindergarten Meet & Greets will take place anytime beginning September 2024; Preschool Meet & Greets will take place beginning January 2025.
3. Decision
Following the Meet and Greet, the Admissions Committee (comprised of ECE, Junior School, and Admissions Staff) will meet to review applicants.
Applicants will receive one of the following admissions decisions: Offer, Waitpool, or Declined. Those that are declined are invited to apply for the following admissions year.
Kindergarten to Grade 7
1. Application Form
All applicants for Kindergarten to Grade 7 must submit their application through our Admissions Portal and pay the $300 application fee. Note: application is only considered complete when application fee is paid.
After the application is complete the following items must be uploaded to their online checklist:
2. Assessment/Shadow Day
Once the checklist items outlined above in Step 1 are complete, admissions will contact the families regarding an assessment or shadow day.
Kindergarten and Grade 1 applicants will be invited for a one-to-one assessment with one of our Junior School team.
Grades 2 to 7 applicants will be invited to an on-campus shadow day. This will be a full school day experience where the applicant will have a chance to experience a day in the QMS Junior School, and our teachers will have an opportunity to see the applicant with their potential cohort.
3. Parent/Family Interview
Once the checklist items outlined above in Step 1 are complete, admissions will contact the families to arrange a parent or family interview to give the Admissions Team a chance to get to know the applicants family.
Kindergarten to Grade 3 applicant families will be contacted for a parent interview. This interview is for the parents of the applicants only, and will be 45 minutes in length.
Grade 4 to 7 applicant families will be contacted for a family interview. This interview is for the parents and students together, and will be 45 minutes to an hour in length.
4. English Assessment (required for Grade 6 & 7 International applicants)
For all international applicants, whose first language is not English, we require one of the following supplementary English assessments:
5. Decision
Following the interview and assessment/shadow day, the Admissions Committee (comprised of Junior School and Admissions Staff) will meet to review applicants.
Applicants will receive one of the following admissions decisions: Offer, Waitpool, or Declined. Those that are declined are invited to apply for the following admissions year.
Grades 8 to 12
1. Application Form
All applicants for Grade 8 to 12 must submit their application through our Admissions Portal and pay the $300 application fee. Note: application is only considered complete when application fee is paid.
After the application is complete the following items must be uploaded to their online checklist:
2. SSAT (optional)
This year we are inviting our applicants to write the SSAT. While it is not required for our 2025-2026 applicants, we will consider it amongst all application components as part of a holistic admissions picture.
You can register online here: SSAT Online.
3. English Assessment (required for International)
For all international applicants, whose first language is not English, we require one of the following supplementary English assessments:
4a. (Day Students) Shadow Day & Interview
Once all items in Step 1 are complete, applicant families will be contacted to arrange a Shadow Day and Student/Parent interview.
The Shadow Day visit will be an on-campus opportunity for the applicant to spend a morning attending QMS classes to experience the Senior School, while the teachers will have an opportunity to see the applicant with their potential cohort.
At the end of the Shadow Day, the parent(s) and student will meet in the Admissions Office for separate Student and Parent Interviews.
4b. (Boarding Students) Online Interview
Once all items in Step 1 are complete, applicant families will be contacted to arrange a Student/Parent interview. This interview will be completed online and is for both the student and parents.
5. Decision
Following the Shadow Day, interview and completion of application requirements, the Admissions Committee (comprised of Senior School and Admissions Staff) will meet to review applicants.
Applicants will receive one of the following admissions decisions: Offer, Waitpool, or Declined. Those that are declined are invited to apply for the following admissions year.
To begin or continue your application journey please follow the link below
to our admissions portal.