Scott Thomas was educated at private schools, Cheltenham Ladies'College and St. Antony's Leweston School for Girls, in Sherborne, Dorset and on leaving school, she moved to Hampstead, London, and worked in a department store.
Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies'College and St. Antony's Leweston School for Girls in Sherborne, Dorset, both independent schools. On leaving school she moved to Hampstead, London, and worked in a department store.