Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate incorporates four boarding and day schools for girls and boys from 3 months to 19 years old, located in Thorpe Underwood, near Little Ouseburn, close to York and Harrogate, England.

The School foundation stone was laid on 21 October 1910 by Viscountess Mountgarret, its inscription was 'Pro deo et ecclesia' – For God and the Church.

[4][failed verification][5] Queen Ethelburga's College was ranked tenth by The Daily Telegraph, for A*/A A-Level Results, in their 2015 UK Independent School League Tables.

[8] In 2019, Queen Ethelburga's College was ranked second in the country with 85.7 per cent of students getting three A-levels at grades AAB or higher.

[11] Results have remained consistently strong over the last few years and in 2021, students in the academically focused college achieved 85% percent A*/A at A-Level (96 per cent A*/B),.

[15] As well as providing a facility for students and visiting schools, it has also hosted Newcastle United and a number of other sports teams for summer training.

[22] In July 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Suva Ma'asi was signed by The Cornish Pirates Rugby Team.

[23] In April 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Joseph Sawdon was selected to represent the 2019 ISRFC Lambs South Africa Touring Squad.

[24] In 2021, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Jason Qareqare made his professional debut for Castleford Tigers Rugby League Team.

[32] In 2018, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Dominic Leech was selected to represent England U19 Squad, and in August 2020 made his first-class debut with Yorkshire Country Cricket Club.

[33] In June 2021, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Harry Crawshaw made his debut for Durham in the 2021 T20 Blast.

[34] Crawshaw was selected to represent England and Wales Cricket Board U19 Young Lions on their tour to Sri Lanka in November 2021.

In December 2021, King's Magna students Lily-May Horn won the Independent School Association (ISA) National Clay Pigeon Shooting competition in the Senior women's category scoring 46/50.

Queen Ethelburga's is an international school with students from over 50 different nationalities, and inspectors appreciated the atmosphere of tolerance and understanding across the Collegiate.

[52][53] In 2018 staff member Thomas Ball, who held a junior role at Queen Ethelburga's, was arrested on a series of charges including three counts of making indecent images of children as well as downloading child pornography.