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%.
Well over half of all students achieved at least 8 A* or A grades.
A number of students received letters of congratulation from the examination board for gaining one of the top five marks in the country in their papers. Four girls achieved this distinction in Religious Studies, with another two pulling off this feat in French and others in German and Spanish.
Headmistress, Catherine Buckley said: ” I congratulate the girls and their teachers on such excellent achievements. Results of this quality are the product of hard work and study by the girls and superb teaching by our staff. I am delighted that their efforts have received the recognition they deserve from the examination boards.”
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Girls who were congratulated by the examination board for being one of the top five in the country included: Kate McMahon of Chester in French and also in German, Laura Le Brocq, of Farndon, in French, Sally Meekins, of Stapleford, Stephanie Pipe of Clotton, Faye Woodcock, of Mickle Trafford, and Stephanie Kynaston, of Holt, in Religious Studies and Charlotte Gowers, of Chester, in Spanish.
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
Press contact:
Jane Harrad-Roberts Marketing Projects PR Mobile: 07785 395705 Tel: 01244 330000 Email: jane@marketingprojects.co.uk
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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