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Latest News Daisy pulls it off
There were high jinks at The Queen's School when the school's senior drama club performed "Daisy Pulls It Off' by Denise Deegan. Read More..
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Latest News Getting Ratty at School
Pupils at The Queen's School celebrated Chinese New Year this week in a variety of ways. Year 7 pupils, who are learning Mandarin as part of their curriculum, came to school dressed in Chinese clothes. On Thursday (the actual New Year) all pupils took part in a special assembly when they learned how to wish each other a Happy New Year in Mandarin and which animal represents the year of their birth. At lunch time there was the option to enjoy Chinese food instead of their usual lunch. This year is the Year of the Rat. Read More..
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Queen's pays musical tribute to Amy
The Queen's School, Chester, paid tribute to the memory of a past student at their annual Festival of Music on 24 February. A stunning new crystal trophy, presented in the name of Amy Underhill, was added to the selection of awards handed out for musical achievement. Read More..
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Queen's girls take a bite of the Big Apple
A party of 23 girls from The Queen's School, Chester, has returned from a trip to New York with bulging bags and stories of a superb visit to the "Big Apple'. Read More..
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Queen's Ski 2007
A group of 26 students from The Queen's School, Chester, recently returned from a fabulous skiing expedition to the stunning Ziller Valley in Austria. Three staff members accompanied the group, which was made up of girls of all ages. Read More..
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Award-winning Queen's girls inspired to succeed
The Queen's School, Chester, held its annual prize giving evening on Monday 10 December 2007. Sonia Beldom, a motivational trainer and the creative brains behind popular TV shows such as Victoria's Empire with Victoria Wood, presented the prizes at the event. Read More..
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Queen's Eco-Angels commit to a greener future
The resourceful young pupils at The Queen's Lower School, Chester, have been showing their eco-friendly side by introducing a number of initiatives to address climate change. Read More..
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Arts Week
The Queens Lower School celebrated their annual Arts Week recently with a diverse range of cultural events. An African sculpture exhibition inspired the girls to begin mask making and creating 3D paper sculpture. Read More..
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Portraits of the artists as young girls
Distinguished portrait painter Peter Edwards RCA spent a day at The Queen's School, Chester giving a master class to sixth form art students and then demonstrating his portrait-painting skills at a soirée for parents and friends of the school. Read More..
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Three's company
Girls at The Queen's School could have been forgiven for rubbing their eyes when they welcomed new Year 7 pupils this term. Joining the school this September were not only one set of twins, but two sets of triplets. Read More..
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Queen's School GCSE results: Top ten students in the country
Girls at The Queen's School were celebrating excellent GCSE results this week. Almost half of all pupils achieved at least 8 passes at A* or A, or better, with eleven students being awarded straight A* grades in 8 or 9 subjects. Read More..
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The Queen's Art Show
Staff and pupils at The Queen's School, Chester, are currently enjoying the creative efforts of Year 11,12,13 in their GCSE and AS/A level art exhibition. The show is the culmination of many hours of hard work, with each pupil developing imaginative ideas and exploring her artistic potential. Read More..
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Shakespeare, Shocks and Showgirl
Forty-five students from Years 9 and 10 of The Queen's School enjoyed a busy and varied three-day trip to London during the half-term holiday. Read More..
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Steam Train Transports Queen's "Evacuees'
In the first few months of World War 2, one million children were removed from their homes, parents and schools and sent away to safety - these children were evacuees. Youngsters from The Queen's Lower School, Chester, were recently given a fascinating insight into how an evacuee would have felt nearly seventy years ago. Read More..
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Floating on Air
The Queen's School Young Enterprise company Air is celebrating yet another victory after being selected to represent Cheshire in the North West finals of the schools' business competition. Read More..
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Victorian Visit Brings History to Life
Victorian times were brought to life for pupils from The Queen's School, Chester, when they visited the town of Blists Hill at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum. Costumed staff gave the girls a warm welcome and a fascinating insight into how life was lived in the 19th century. Read More..
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Queen's School GCSE results - superb achievements
Pupils and staff at The Queen's School are celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results with 74% of papers being awarded an A* or A grade . The pass rate was 99.2%. Read More..
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Queen's School A-level results: better than ever
The Queen's School, Chester, is celebrating A-level results which show a further improvement on the high standards achieved last year by the school's sixth formers. Read More..
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A very fine art show
Staff and pupils at The Queen's School, Chester, are currently enjoying the creative efforts of Year 11's GCSE art exhibition. The show is the culmination of two years hard work, with each pupil developing imaginative ideas and exploring their artistic potential. Read More..
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Inventors of the future
Young programmers in Year Four at Queen's Lower School recently spent a day with Andy Dodds of Impact Educational Services learning about control technology. Read More..
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GCSE Result Statistics August 2005
The Queen's School, Chester, Cheshire has followed hot on the heels of its excellent A-Level results with outstanding GCSE results, confirming its place as one of the country's leading schools. 41.5 % of the results were A*, with 80.2 % A* and A grade and 95.5% A*,A and B grades. 99.6% gained grades A*-C. Read More..
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Queen's School A-Level Results: a superb all-round achievement
The Queen's School, Chester, Cheshire has published A-level results which underline yet again the high standards achieved by the school's students . In academic A-level subjects, 76.9% of results were awarded grades A or B, with 94.9% achieving A, B or C, and an overall pass rate of 100%. Read More..
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About The Queen's School, Chester, Cheshire

The Queen’s School, Chester, Cheshire is one of the country’s leading independent schools offering the highest standard of education for girls from ages 4 – 18.

Since their inception, The Queen’s School has always been at or near the top of the league tables. In the latest Government league tables published in January 2005, Queen’s is again ranked as the top school in Cheshire based on both GCSE and A/AS level results.

Academic success is only one aspect of life at Queen’s. The Queen’s School and its staff encourage all girls to participate in a wide range of extra-curricular activities; these include drama clubs, plays and musicals, cabaret evenings, choirs and orchestras, a variety of sports such as tennis, lacrosse, football, athletics and gymnastics as well as a science club, an equine club and the Friday club which involves girls helping in the community. There is also the chance to travel with the school on adventure holidays, foreign treks, scientific research expeditions, French and German exchanges and skiing trips.

Founded in 1878, the school was given its name four years later by command of Queen Victoria and is proud to remain the only school in the country to have been granted the name The Queen’s School by royal decree. The school has a number of bursaries available to students. Mrs Catherine Buckley is the present headmistress of The Queen’s School. Mrs Felicity Taylor is head of the Lower School on Liverpool Road.

Past pupils include Beth Tweddle, Olympic Gymnast, Sarah Kelly founder of the UK’s Neuromuscular Centre for muscular dystrophy and Vivienne Faull, the first woman to become Dean of an English Cathedral.

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Other topics for discussion: AS Levels & the Baccalaureate, exam standards, the league tables, private/public education, university admissions, school uniforms, teaching methods, single sex education, continuous testing.

School Contacts: Catherine Buckley MA(Oxon) Headmistress E-mail: Click here to email us Tel: 01244 312078 Fax: 01244 321507

The Queen’s School City Walls Road Chester CH1 2NN The Queen’s Lower School 55 Liverpool Road Chester CH2 1AW

 

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