QUEENSWOOD SCHOOL
In Hortis Reginae
In the Gardens of the Queen
Queenswood is a community where girls achieve all that they dream of and more. The opportunities for growth and development for boarders and day girls are extensive, exciting and fun. Most importantly, Queenswood girls are happy – and happy girls are successful girls. Queenswood is an extraordinary place with extraordinary people.
Queenswood is the #1 tennis school in the UK (LTA rankings), but there is no doubt that Queenswood girls excel academically as well. The grades they achieve at GCSE are consistently around one grade higher in every subject than predicted based on the assessments made as soon as they enter the School. Or, as the Good Schools Guide puts it, Queenswood is ‘at the pinnacle of Hertfordshire’s value-added tables’. This is something of which we are immensely proud. Likewise, they thrive in our truly progressive Sixth Form, and proceed to a wide range of prestigious courses at top universities. In the future, our girls will be leaders in their chosen fields. They will need to be able to try, and fail, and try again with a positive attitude. These are qualities that Queenswood girls develop through their time here and take with them for the rest of their lives.
We understand boarders, their emotional and well-being needs, and those of their families too! We’ve been looking after boarders for nearly 130 years and we are especially experienced in caring for international boarders and their families. Before your daughter joins us she will be contacted by her buddy, a current “Q girl”, who reaches out to welcome her to school. Once at school, there are many staff looking out for your daughter: her Housemistress, Boarding Assistants, Head of Boarding, Head of Year, Tutors, Counsellor, Nurses and Chaplain. We will make sure she settles in quickly and establishes friendships in the early days. Girls can choose to stay with their guardians at the weekends or remain in school. If they remain in school there is an exciting programme of in-school activities and excursions every weekend, which makes the most of our lovely grounds and proximity to London.
We are ideally located in semi-rural Hertfordshire countryside on a beautiful 120 acre campus, 50 minutes from Heathrow airport and just 20 minutes from central London by fast train from nearby Potters Bar Station.
Queenswood is an Oxford Scholastica Partner School. This means that our students receive additional support to the Oxbridge application preparation from our Head of Sixth Form. Oxford Scholastica provides access to current undergraduates and recent graduates from relevant courses who coach our students on the most successful university interview techniques to adopt. Oxford Scholastica also provides a wide range of online materials devised specifically for those applying to Oxford or Cambridge.
We offer a modern, dynamic approach to personalised learning in which we deliver tailored support by subject teachers to our girls, often while they remain in their classrooms. This is in addition to 1-1 support to stretch those at the top end of academic achievement as well as those requiring support in certain subject areas. The 1-1 teacher-pupil time is provided by Personalised Learning teachers and takes place outside of the girls’ classes. This means greater flexibility and a tightly tailored learning provision for each girl. Not only is this an enriching experience for the girls, it forms the basis for strong public exam results. This is why we achieve such added value for the girls, enabling them to achieve consistently at least one grade higher in every GCSE subject than would be expected at an average independent school. We also offer expertise in supporting girls with various learning differences such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia.
We offer scholarships in Tennis, Hockey, and a General Sports scholarship. These programmes provide tailored coaching such as strength and conditioning, dietary advice for enhanced performance, sports psychology and opportunities to compete at a high level.
Queenswood has a long and distinguished musical heritage which continues to this day. We offer an attractive scholarship package for young instrumentalists and singers who show real passion, talent and potential. Students can study virtually any instrument and we promote an exciting “ music enjoyment for all” approach which covers classical music making, jazz, musical theatre and DJing , to name but a few.
Around eight shows a year are staged at Queenswood. In addition to public performances of our superb practical exam work at GCSE and A-Level, there are whole schol plays, an annual dance extravaganza, and an inter-House Performing Arts competition.
We have an inclusive policy for school plays and never turn a pupil away at audition. Cast and crew for large scale productions are often in excess of 100 students, and during the week of the school play we perform to an audience of approximately 1000 people. We are very proud of our 250 seat theatre which is complemented by a smaller drama studio, which is named for one of our famous former students, the actor Helen McCrory.
The Leith’s Two Term Diploma is the industry leading cookery course designed for those with a passion for preparing good food and is offered to our Year 12 students. Throughout the course, the students undertake comprehensive professional training to empower them with a rounded knowledge of food and wine, a broad range of culinary styles, practical menu planning, and a series of budgeting techniques.
Queenswood is the number one tennis school in the UK according to LTA rankings. We recently won the prestigious Aberdare Cup . Queenswood’s U18 tennis team made history beoming national champions in the last week of June 2023, as they won the Aberdare Cup in Nottingham for the 28th time. This victory, coming just six months after our teams won the national schools championships at U13 and U15, means that Queenswood currently holds the national title in all age groups. Queenswood has more tennis courts than Wimbledon.
Queenswood is known affectionately as ‘the purple bubble’ because our school colour is purple and we have a warm, nurturing community.
Pastoral care is exceptional. We are very proud of our nurturing culture and there are many professional s looking out for each and every girl, especially the international boarders whose families are so far away. Our pastoral team comprises: Housemisstress, Boarding Assistants, Chaplain, nurses, two tutors per form, the Head of Year, Head of House, Head of Boarding, Independent Listener and the Deputy Head Pastoral, plus a residential Counsellor.
The phased renovation of our main teaching block commenced in summer 2023 and will continue for a further 12 months during the school holidays. The renovation of our Science labs also commenced in Summer 2023 and will continue during the holidays for the next 12 months. We are very proud of the recently opened sixth form flat on the school campus. This enables all sixth former s to spend a week with three of their school friends enjoying a taste of university- style independence.
From September 2023, as part of our digital teaching strategy, we are introducing one device for all students in Years 7-11.Each student will use a Chromebook. Chromebooks offer many new technical possibilities such as the use of augmented reality. This will enable a much more varied and exciting approach to teaching and learning.
Three are more than 70 co-curricular clubs offered each week. These cater for all interests, including coding club, horse-riding, polo, chess, knitting, and ancient Chinese history. We have recently introduced the martial art Krav Maga. There is of course tennis too. While we cater for elite tennis players we are also very encouraging of tennis for all, no matter what level of ability.
Queenswood was originally located in Clapham, London. The school moved to its current site in Hertfordshire in 1925, taking over the country house of a distinguished local family. In 1936, the main building suffered a terrible fire one night. Fortunately no-one was hurt and the headmistress marched all the sleepy girls outside to wait for the fire brigade. It was big news in 1936 and even made it on to a Pathe News news reel shown in cinemas across the country.
QUEENSWOOD SCHOOL
In Hortis Reginae
In the Gardens of the Queen
Queenswood is a community where girls achieve all that they dream of and more. The opportunities for growth and development for boarders and day girls are extensive, exciting and fun. Most importantly, Queenswood girls are happy – and happy girls are successful girls. Queenswood is an extraordinary place with extraordinary people.
Queenswood is the #1 tennis school in the UK (LTA rankings), but there is no doubt that Queenswood girls excel academically as well. The grades they achieve at GCSE are consistently around one grade higher in every subject than predicted based on the assessments made as soon as they enter the School. Or, as the Good Schools Guide puts it, Queenswood is ‘at the pinnacle of Hertfordshire’s value-added tables’. This is something of which we are immensely proud. Likewise, they thrive in our truly progressive Sixth Form, and proceed to a wide range of prestigious courses at top universities. In the future, our girls will be leaders in their chosen fields. They will need to be able to try, and fail, and try again with a positive attitude. These are qualities that Queenswood girls develop through their time here and take with them for the rest of their lives.
We understand boarders, their emotional and well-being needs, and those of their families too! We’ve been looking after boarders for nearly 130 years and we are especially experienced in caring for international boarders and their families. Before your daughter joins us she will be contacted by her buddy, a current “Q girl”, who reaches out to welcome her to school. Once at school, there are many staff looking out for your daughter: her Housemistress, Boarding Assistants, Head of Boarding, Head of Year, Tutors, Counsellor, Nurses and Chaplain. We will make sure she settles in quickly and establishes friendships in the early days. Girls can choose to stay with their guardians at the weekends or remain in school. If they remain in school there is an exciting programme of in-school activities and excursions every weekend, which makes the most of our lovely grounds and proximity to London.
We are ideally located in semi-rural Hertfordshire countryside on a beautiful 120 acre campus, 50 minutes from Heathrow airport and just 20 minutes from central London by fast train from nearby Potters Bar Station.
Queenswood is an Oxford Scholastica Partner School. This means that our students receive additional support to the Oxbridge application preparation from our Head of Sixth Form. Oxford Scholastica provides access to current undergraduates and recent graduates from relevant courses who coach our students on the most successful university interview techniques to adopt. Oxford Scholastica also provides a wide range of online materials devised specifically for those applying to Oxford or Cambridge.
We offer a modern, dynamic approach to personalised learning in which we deliver tailored support by subject teachers to our girls, often while they remain in their classrooms. This is in addition to 1-1 support to stretch those at the top end of academic achievement as well as those requiring support in certain subject areas. The 1-1 teacher-pupil time is provided by Personalised Learning teachers and takes place outside of the girls’ classes. This means greater flexibility and a tightly tailored learning provision for each girl. Not only is this an enriching experience for the girls, it forms the basis for strong public exam results. This is why we achieve such added value for the girls, enabling them to achieve consistently at least one grade higher in every GCSE subject than would be expected at an average independent school. We also offer expertise in supporting girls with various learning differences such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia.
We offer scholarships in Tennis, Hockey, and a General Sports scholarship. These programmes provide tailored coaching such as strength and conditioning, dietary advice for enhanced performance, sports psychology and opportunities to compete at a high level.
Around eight shows a year are staged at Queenswood. In addition to public performances of our superb practical exam work at GCSE and A-Level, there are whole schol plays, an annual dance extravaganza, and an inter-House Performing Arts competition.
We have an inclusive policy for school plays and never turn a pupil away at audition. Cast and crew for large scale productions are often in excess of 100 students, and during the week of the school play we perform to an audience of approximately 1000 people. We are very proud of our 250 seat theatre which is complemented by a smaller drama studio, which is named for one of our famous former students, the actor Helen McCrory.
Around eight shows a year are staged at Queenswood. In addition to public performances of our superb practical exam work at GCSE and A-Level, there are whole schol plays, an annual dance extravaganza, and an inter-House Performing Arts competition.
We have an inclusive policy for school plays and never turn a pupil away at audition. Cast and crew for large scale productions are often in excess of 100 students, and during the week of the school play we perform to an audience of approximately 1000 people. We are very proud of our 250 seat theatre which is complemented by a smaller drama studio, which is named for one of our famous former students, the actor Helen McCrory.
The Leith’s Two Term Diploma is the industry leading cookery course designed for those with a passion for preparing good food and is offered to our Year 12 students. Throughout the course, the students undertake comprehensive professional training to empower them with a rounded knowledge of food and wine, a broad range of culinary styles, practical menu planning, and a series of budgeting techniques.
Queenswood is the number one tennis school in the UK according to LTA rankings. We recently won the prestigious Aberdare Cup . Queenswood’s U18 tennis team made history beoming national champions in the last week of June 2023, as they won the Aberdare Cup in Nottingham for the 28th time. This victory, coming just six months after our teams won the national schools championships at U13 and U15, means that Queenswood currently holds the national title in all age groups. Queenswood has more tennsi courts than Wimbledon.
Queenswood is known affectionately as ‘the purple bubble’ because our school colour is purple and we have a warm, nurturing community.
Pastoral care is exceptional. We are very proud of our nurturing culture and there are many professional s looking out for each and every girl, especially the international boarders who se families are so far away. Our pastoral team comprises: Housemisstress, Boarding Assistants, Chaplain, nurses, two tutors per form, the Head of Year, Head of House, Head of Boarding, Independent Listener and the Deputy Head Pastoral, plus a residential Counsellor.
The phased renovation of our main teaching block commenced in summer 2023 and will continue for a further 12 months during the school holidays. The renovation of our Science labs also commenced in Summer 2023 and will continue during the holidays for the next 12 months. We are very proud of the recently opened sixth form flat on the school campus. This enables all sixth former s to spend a week with three of their school friends enjoying a taste of university- style independence.
From September 2023, as part of our digital teaching strategy, we are introducing one device for all students in Years 7-11.Each student will use a Chromebook. Chromebooks offer many new technical possibilities such as the use of augmented reality. This will enable a much more varied and exciting approach to teaching and learning.
Three are more than 70 co-curricular clubs offered each week. These cater for all interests, including coding club, horse-riding, polo, chess, knitting, and ancient Chinese history. We have recently introduced the martial art Krav Maga. There is of course tennis too. While we cater for elite tennis players we are also very encouraging of tennis for all, no matter what level of ability.
Three are more than 70 co-curricular clubs offered each week. These cater for all interests, including coding club, horse-riding, polo, chess, knitting, and ancient Chinese history. We have recently introduced the martial art Krav Maga. There is of course tennis too. While we cater for elite tennis players we are also very encouraging of tennis for all, no matter what level of ability.
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