page_title: St Margaret's School, Edinburgh
section_title: Miss Matthew, World War Two and Independence 1929–1960
hierarchical_section_title: St Margaret's School, Edinburgh / History / Miss Matthew, World War Two and Independence 1929–1960
caption_attribution_description: English: Matthew House at St. Margaret's school in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
context_page_description: St. Margaret's School was an independent school in the Newington area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The curriculum was based on the Scottish education system. The school was one of three all-girls, private, fee-paying schools based in the Edinburgh district. The school was a private boarding school to cater for students staying from home was offered and often housed a small group of students. The school competed alongside other female-dominated private schools in the country.
context_section_description: Prior to buying the school and taking on the role as Principal, Miss Matthew was already established at St. Margaret's, being a Housemistress and a teacher of Latin.  It was she who came up with the school's motto, Fortiter Vivamus, which translates from Latin as Let us Live Bravely.
  The Second World War meant that most of St. Margaret's, like many other schools, had to leave Edinburgh.  From the academic year 1939/40 all the boarders and many of the day girls decamped to Strathtay.  The school moved to Dunkeld seven months later then to Auchterarder in July 1944.  When the war finished in 1945, there was no longer enough space to house all the pupils at East Suffolk road.  As such, the division of the school continued until 1956.
  The school celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 1950.
  In 1960, Miss Matthew decided to transfer the school from private ownership to a Company Limited by Guarantee, to be administered by a Board of Governors.  This came into effect on 1 January 1961, and the school became an independent fee-paying school for upper-class families based in Scotland.
caption: Matthew House, finished in 1972 and named after Miss Matthew
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