St Margaret’s British School for Girls, was founded in Viña del Mar, Chile, the year 1941.During that time, a group of British residents met with the purpose of creating an English speaking school to educate their daughters as they already had a proper place for their sons.

When the moment came to choose what it should be called, the name St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, was considered.  The name reflected Christian values, such as kindness, nobility and strength, standards which they aimed to establish as pillars in the development of the girls who would be educated here.

The school badge was designed by inspiration on the “War of the Roses”, battle in which the Lancaster and York heirs fought over the England throne. The house of York was represented by a white rose and the House of Lancaster by a red rose. After 30 years, York defeated Lancaster, but they merged as a result of the marriage of Edward IV of York to Elizabeth Woodville from Lancaster, becoming enthroned as King and Queen of England.  The pink rose was then introduced as a symbol of England´s unity. 

The school first opened in “Calle Limache», a Viña del Mar neighborhood, and taught 64 pupils.  The school grew in number and in 1948, a huge villa with  an imposing mansion served as premises for a great number of generations.  After the 1971 earthquake which damaged the house seriously, it was demolished to give birth to the building which hosted the school until 2004 with  around one thousand young girls.