St Marylebone Educational Foundation

the st marylebone educational foundation’s purpose is to promote the education of young people with a connection to the city of westminster with a preference to those with a connection to the parish of st marylebone. originally set up in 1750 as the st marylebone charity school, its first charitable act was to educate ten orphaned girls into service. the charity changed over the following 184 years, becoming a girls’ school with many students, a uniform and boarding provision; it was co-educational for a time and finished as a girls’ school. the st marylebone educational foundation was formed in 1934, from the st marylebone charity school, when schooling was taken over by the government and state schools first began. the st marylebone c e school is the modern version of the st marylebone charity school. today the foundation makes grants to promote the education of young people under the age of 25 by awarding bursaries, providing financial assistance for outfits, clothing, tools, in