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- Queenswood is a leading boarding and day school, set in beautiful surroundings, about 20 minutes from central London. An all-round education equips girls with the life skills required of women in the 21st century. Girls follow a dynamic academic curriculum, supported by diverse extra-curricular activities in a nurturing environment.
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Queenswood is a community where girls achieve outstanding results, both in and beyond the classroom. The opportunities for growth and development for boarders and day girls are extensive, exciting and fun.
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Queenswood is a leading boarding and day school, set in beautiful surroundings, about 20 minutes from central London. An all-round education equips girls with the life skills required of women in the 21st century.
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Year 7-8 follow a common curriculum that includes art, computing, design & technology, drama & dance, English, French, geography, history, Latin and classical civilisation, mathematics, music, physical education, religious studies and science. More unique features of the curriculum include practical cookery, popularly known as 'Haute Quisine', and ...
As well as being the leading school for girls' tennis in the UK (the Queenswood tennis team have won the national independent schools’ trophy for five successive years), the school has sporting success in hockey, fencing, athletics, netball and cricket. The offers an enviable scholarship programme for talented tennis players. Tennis scholars are tr...
Both day students and boarders have full access to a programme of over 70 co-curricular clubs and activities, as well as a diverse programme of house outings and excursions. The majority of students in Year 10 take part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
In 2021, 81.3% of grades were A*-B (compared to 80.7% in 2020). Girls went on to some of the UK’s most prestigious universities, including Durham, Imperial College London, SOAS, Bristol, Kings College, London, Manchester and Leeds. In the same year, GCSE results were equally strong. Overall, 67.2% of grades were 9–7 (equivalent to A*/A under the fo...
Queenswood offers full, weekly and flexi boarding, and girls stay in four separate houses: Stamp (Years 7-8), Centre (Years 9-11), Trew (Year 12) and Senior (Year 13). Girls are encouraged to board, even for just a few nights, and they are cared for by a team of full time resident staff members. All boarders share rooms until Year 11, when students...
Queenswood has a vast 120-acre parkland estate in the Hertfordshire countryside; located north of London, it is three miles north of the M25. In addition to sport and arts facilities, Queenwood is proud of its Pauline Edgar Library at the very heart of the school. Originally the swimming baths, the building is now home to an ever-expanding collecti...
Most students join at 11+ and must sit either the ISEB Common Entrance Examination or the school’s entrance papers in English, mathematics and verbal reasoning at Queenswood in the November prior to entry. Students joining in the Sixth Form typically achieve at least six Grade 6 at GCSE, with Grades 7-9 in the subjects to be studied at A Level. Gir...
Queenswood is a leading boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18. For more than 125 years, we have been delivering a truly progressive education in the most idyllic of environments.
Queenswood School is a girls-only private school located near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, twenty miles from London. It offers admission at ages 11, 13 or 16 (for sixth form). The Good Schools Guide 2013 described Queenswood as "a girls' school to which others should aspire."
Queenswood is a community where girls achieve outstanding results, both in and beyond the classroom. 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 all-round school with an impressive academic track record; it has a reputation for excellence in Music, Drama, Dance, Art and Sport. The school is known for its exceptional pastoral care and happy, purposeful atmosphere.
