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.
In academic subjects 78.9% of all results were an A or B grade, showing a strong 2% improvement on the excellent results achieved by last year’s sixth formers.
Headmistress Catherine Buckley said: ” We are delighted at the girls’ success. No one should be in any doubt about the effort and dedication that students invest in their studies. Our girls, supported by their teachers and their parents, have worked very hard for their success and can be rightly proud of their achievements.
At a time when there are national concerns about the quality of students in science and mathematics, our girls have attained very high grades in all these areas. In mathematics, 91% of students achieved A/B grade, followed closely by 90% in chemistry, then 85% in biology and 80% in physics. This is balanced by excellent results across all subjects.”
Student Angel Wong has a special reason to celebrate. The student from Hong Kong who lived with her Aunt in Queensferry whilst studying at The Queen’s School, scooped a stunning five grade As, in physics, mathematics, further mathematics, chemistry and Chinese. She is planning to continue her studies at Warwick University on the much sought-after MORSE Degree Course (mathematics, operational research, statistics and economics).
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Angel Wong, of Central Station Road, Queensferry, achieved 5 Grade A’s, Nicola Arthur of Prenton, Wirral and Eryl Davies of Church Minshall, Nantwich gained four Grade A’s and Rachel Alstead of Wrexham, Ruth Archibald, Laura Barcroft and Rachel Bestow, all of Chester, Judith Butcher of Heritage Park, Wrexham, Laura Evans, of Chester, Sarah Frood, of Manley, Naomi Knight, of Holt near Wrexham, Charlotte Penrhyn-Jones of Carmel, Sophie Rosa of Northwich and Aditi Sinha of Hawarden all achieved three Grade A’s.
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 a 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.
More information available from www.queens.cheshire.sch.uk
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School contact:
Mrs Jane Taylor, The Queen’s School, City Walls Road, Chester CH1 2NN Tel: 01244 312078 Fax: 01244 321507 Email: jtaylor@queens.cheshire.sch.uk
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