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.
Twins Sterre and Sophie Heringa met up with triplets Thilini, Shani and Mihari de Soysa and Evelyn, Frances and Grace Whorrall-Campbell on their first day at the leading girls’school.
Catherine Buckley, headmistress of The Queen’s School said:
“In each case the girls have asked to be in a different class from their siblings, so teachers need have no concerns about cases of mistaken identity during lessons. Fortunately we have three forms for them to enter, so we have been able to accommodate the girls’ wishes without any difficulty. Although we have a number of pairs of twins in the school, this is the first time we have welcomed triplets. To have two sets arrive in the same year must be a record. The girls are very talented academically; I am sure that my colleagues will quickly learn to identify them all individually. “
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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 its foundation, The Queen’s School has always been a highly successful academic school. In the latest Government league tables published in January 2007, Queen’s was 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.
Established by a group of prominent Chester citizens in 1878 as the Chester School for Girls, the school was renamed 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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