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The Queen's School, Chester, Cheshire

Latest News Record-breakers at Queen's celebrate double success

GCSE students at The Queen’s School have matched the success of the school’s sixth formers this summer by again smashing all school records and achieving the best results in the history of Queen’s.

Latest News The Queen's School - Top of the class

Girls and teachers at The Queen’s School are celebrating outstanding A level results – the best ever achieved in the school’s history. With a pass rate of 100%, almost 91% of all papers were awarded grades A or B, ranking the Chester girls’ school amongst the best in the country. 99% of all papers achieved grades A to C.

A notable experience

Budding young composers at The Queen’s School have given a live performance of their work to an appreciative audience of parents and friends at the school’s first Composition Evening.

Queen's girls enjoy a taste of Spain

Spanish students from The Queen’s School, Chester, have enjoyed an action-packed holiday in one of the world’s most vibrant cities. Barcelona was the destination of choice, and the Queen’s girls got plenty of opportunity to practise their language skills as they explored one of Spain’s cultural jewels.

Literary ladies

A team of bookworms from The Queen’s School has won this year’s Cheshire Inter-School Book Quiz with the highest score seen by judges in the 30 year history of the competition.

Olympic superstar opens new pool

Girls at The Queen’s School were delighted when Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies MBE joined them for the day as she opened the school’s new swimming pool.

Chester goes to China

Chester went to China when headmistress of The Queen’s School, Mrs Catherine Buckley, was part of a delegation of headteachers from across the European Union invited to visit schools in the People’s Republic.

Teacher Tucker exhibits work of weather and light

A Chester art teacher is preparing his artwork for inclusion in a number of high profile exhibitions across the UK. Head of Art at The Queen’s School, Alistair Tucker will first display his work during April in the Architects Gallery in London. He will also exhibit at the Wrexham International Print exhibition and the Chapel in Llangollen. In July he will be exhibiting alongside two other artists in the Lichfield Arts Festival.

From Queens to quarks

A group of A level physics students at The Queen’s School have been getting to grips with the origins of the universe after a visit to the Swiss city of Geneva.

Students cement their interest in local industry

Year 9 students from The Queen’s School, Chester, were faced with an explosive experience during a recent field trip to support their GCSE chemistry studies.

Queen's girls demonstrate their maths magic

A team of maths wizards from The Queen’s School, Chester, proved they could work magic with numbers by taking the top prize out of 40 schools at The University of Chester’s Mathamagic competition.

Queen's girls pay their respects to heroes

GCSE students from The Queen’s School, Chester, have returned from a moving and fascinating trip touring the World War One battlefields of France and Belgium. Today these regions have become open air museums, scattered with hundreds of memorials, cemeteries and trenches.

Parents give a lift to school

After two years of energetic fund-raising, parents at The Queen’s School have presented the school with the keys to a new minibus. As soon as the Queen’s School Parents’ Association had decided on the target of providing the pupils with additional transport, a committee of parents began planning their fund-raising activities.

Golden girl leads from the front

Queen"s School sixth former, Libby Anderson, has made history by becoming the first ever female Cadet Company Sergeant Major in the King"s and Queen"s Combined Cadet Force. Five years after she joined the contingent, Libby will now lead the Army Section of the CCF- the first time that a young woman has held that position in the more than 20 year existence of the schools" cadet force.

Students in Dublin"s fair city

Twenty four sixth formers from The Queen"s School, together with their teachers, enjoyed a lively cultural weekend exploring the historic landmarks of Ireland"s capital city.

Happy "niu" year

Monday 26th January was the first day of the Spring Festival, better known in the West as Chinese New Year. Girls at Queen"s Lower and Senior Schools learned about the legend behind the 12 animals in the zodiac and about the characteristics they themselves are meant to display, depending on the year they are born. Girls who are studying Mandarin also performed a traditional song to celebrate the occasion. In the Chinese calendar the year is 4707.

Queen"s girls take a bite of the big apple

A party of 20 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”. Accompanied by two members of staff, the Year 12 students embarked on a tightly planned schedule that allowed them to see as much of the exciting city as possible.

The Magnificent Seven

Seven members of the sixth form at The Queen"s School are celebrating after being offered places at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Following rigorous interviews and additional tests as part of the admissions process, the students have gained places to read subjects ranging from mathematics and medicine to music, modern languages and philosophy.

Top businesswoman goes back to school

The Queen"s School was delighted to welcome leading businesswoman and former pupil Dr Louise Makin as guest of honour at its annual prize giving.

Sing, Choirs of Angels!

The Queen"s School Chamber Choir under their conductor Rebecca O"Keefe gave an outstanding performance at an evening of Christmas music and readings to raise funds for the NSPCC. Held by kind permission of their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Westminster at Eaton Chapel, the evening also marked the world premiere of “Gloria” by Jeanette Healey, a piece written especially for Queen"s Chamber Choir.

Queen"s join firefighters

Year Two girls at the Queen’s Lower School recently took on the roles of junior firefighters at the Chester Fire Station. Everyone took their turn to climb aboard a fire engine and pretend they were off on a ‘shout’. The girls were fascinated to see all the protective clothing which is required to keep fire fighters safe and all the equipment that is carried for emergencies.

Chester goes to China

Students from two Chester schools spent an exhilarating half-term break in China, studying Mandarin and learning about Chinese culture. Pupils from The Queen"s School and Upton High School flew to Beijing where they met up with other groups from the UK for an Autumn Camp and spent three days visiting the main sights of the Chinese capital. As well as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, they were also able to admire the buildings designed specially for this summer"s Olympic Games. The Bird"s Nest Stadium and the Water Cube are now firmly established as part of the tourist trail and the students were able to enjoy a stunning light and water spectacular in the Water Cube.

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