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About Queen's College London
Welcome to the Queen's College website.
Queen's is an independent day school for girls between the ages of 11 and 18, and occupies four large houses on Harley Street. We are academically selective, but not narrowly so, and we place very great importance on the nurture and development of the talents of each individual girl. This is not a school to force anyone into a mould, and we are very proud of that. Our size allows for small classes and close relations between the well qualified staff and pupils, but we are large enough to be able to offer a wide range of subjects and subject combinations.
Being situated at the heart of the capital, we are able to take full advantage of the cultural life of London, and to draw upon the museums, galleries, theatres and concert halls around. And while Queen's girls come from a huge range of different backgrounds and traditions, they share a self-confidence and open-mindedness which enables them to embark upon their university courses and future careers with vigour and success.
Queen's is a unique institution - with an exceptional history behind it and a distinctive approach to the education of girls and young women in the 21st century. Please come and visit us.
Mr Richard Tillett
To read our entry in 'The Good Schools Guide' please click here.
Queen's College occupies an extraordinary position in the history of education. It was founded in 1848 by Frederick Denison Maurice, professor of English Literature and History at King's College London and Christian Socialist thinker. His ambition was to provide a means by which girls and young women could gain a serious education, and Queen's was the first institution in Great Britain where they could study for and gain academic qualifications. In 1853 Queen's received a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria which established much of the organisation of the College. Following this early royal patronage, the Patron of the College has always been a queen, and our current Patron is Her Majesty The Queen.
In keeping with its radical and pioneering past, Queen's has maintained a liberal and self-confident tradition throughout its history. It has educated young women who have gone on to become leaders in the professions and who have blazed trails in just about every walk of life.
Queen's College, which comprises both the senior school and Queen's College Preparatory School, is a registered charity (no 312726). It is governed by the Council of Queen's College under the terms of the Royal Charter of 1853.
HM The Queen
The Rt Revd and Rt Hon the Lord Bishop of London
Members of Council
Professor Alison While BSc MSc PhD (London) RGN RHV - acting chairman
Mr Matthew Hanslip Ward MA (Cantab) - vice-chairman**
The Revd Charlotte Bannister-Parker BA MA (Durham)*
Mr Richard Ford BSc (LSE)**
Mrs Alexandra Gregory BA (Exeter) ACA
Mr John Jacob BSc (Southampton)
Ms Holly Porter MA (Cantab) MA (RCA) RIBA FRSA**
Mr Paul Reeve**
Mrs Danielle Salem BA (Farnham)* **
Mr Michael Sharman BSc (Southampton)**
Mrs Rhiannon Wilkinson MA (Oxon) MEd (Manchester)
* denotes Old Queen
** denotes current or former parent
The Chairman of the Council may be contacted by writing to:
The Bursar
Queen's College
43-49 Harley Street
Staff list
Principal Mr RW Tillett MA (Cantab)
Senior Tutor Mr MJ Wardrop MChem (Oxon) FRSC
Pastoral Deputy Head Dr SJ Abbott BA MA PhD (Reading)
Assistant Head Mr EA Wilkins MA (Oxon) MA (Cardiff)
Teaching staff
* denotes head of department
Dr SJ Abbott BA MA PhD (Reading) History
Mr MR Amherst Lock MA (Cantab) English
Mrs R Argent BSc (Northumbria) Director of Sport*
Mrs SC Atkins MA (Oxon) Classics
Mrs ES Azis BA (London) English
Mrs JK Baker BA (Leeds) MA (Warwick) Economics
Miss FB Barrett MA (St Andrews) French
Miss C Billard MA (ÉNS Louis Lumière) French Assistant
Miss R Bor BSc (Birmingham) Mathematics
Miss LE Borck BA (Waikato) PE
Mrs SLS Bottaioli BA (London) Italian
Mr FJS Burgess BEng (Glasgow) Physics
Miss LV Catlin BA (Ulster) MA (Royal Central School) Drama
Mrs S Cerasale BA (Milan) Italian
Ms CE Curtis BA (Sheffield) MA (London) Learning Support
Miss IW D'Arcy BMus (RAM) Music
Dr P Davies BSc MA PhD (London) FRSB Science*
Mrs EF Delany MA (Cantab) Geography*
Ms Z Dharsi BA (Durham) MA (UCL) English*
Mr JT Donovan BSc (Imperial) Mathematics*
Miss CE Forsey BMus PGDip (RCM) Director of Music*
Mr RV French BSc (Hatfield) Biology
Dr JP Gray MA (Cantab) PhD (London) History of Art*
Mrs DF Gumpert BD (London) Religious Studies*
Miss EI Halstead BA (Oxon) Religious Studies
Mrs D-AP Hammond BSc (Surrey) DipCG Careers
Mrs SE Harrison MA (Oxon) Classics*
Miss SJ Keogh BA (Nottingham) Spanish
Ms ES Lane BA (York St John) Computing
Miss CV Loftus BA (Bristol) Mathematics
Mrs P Martinez Romero BA (University of Chile, Santiago) MA (UNI) MA (UNED), Spanish Assistant
Mrs HA McCall BSc (Durham) Mathematics
Ms AER Morse BA (UAL) Director of Drama*
Miss N Murugan MChem (Manchester) MSc (London) Chemistry
Mr JPW Oakley BSc (Leeds) Physics
Mrs LMT Penny MA (Oxon) Classics
Dr SM Perry BA (Stirling) MA PhD (Sheffield) Librarian
Mrs L Randall BSc (Chichester) PE/Head of the School
Miss LN Robinson BSc (Nottingham) Biology/Head of the Junior College
Miss EJ Sims BA (Bath) PE
Mrs PHO Sperling BA (London) FRGS Geography
Mrs EJ Stafford BA (Durham) French
Dr CAF Stephens MA (Oxon) LLB PhD (London) Government and Politics
Ms RJ Stewart BA (Central St Martins) Art
Mrs IKR Stonham BA (Durham) English
Miss DNJ Suri BA (Durham) MA (London) Modern Languages*
Miss REM Thomson MA (Edinburgh) Art*
Ms EJ Thonemann BA (Oxon) MA (London) History
Mr RW Tillett MA (Cantab) History
Miss LM Walker BA (Oxon) English
Mr MJ Wardrop MChem (Oxon) FRSC Chemistry
Mr EA Wilkins MA (Oxon) MA (Cardiff) History
Mr D Willows BA (York) MA (London) History*
Miss RL Wilson MChem (York) MSc (London) Chemistry
Visiting staff
Miss RM Bentall BA MA (Huddersfield) PGDip LRAM Singing
Mr RC Bottriell BA (Exeter) PGDip LRAM Piano
Miss C Bridge BMus (London) LRAM Singing
Miss M Carroll BMus MMus (London) LRAM Piano
Mr JD Clarkson MA (Cantab) Singing and Music Theory
Miss G Dafydd Diplôme (École Normale de Musique de Paris) LRAM MA (RAM) Harp
Dr AL Fredrick BMus (Northwestern) MMus PhD (RAM) Singing
Mr JR Gale MEng (Leeds) Physics
Mrs F Hamilton BMus (London) LRAM Singing
Miss R Hinton BMus (London) DipABRSM Violin
Ms M Lo BA (Birmingham City) Mandarin Chinese
Mr DA McCormick Gymnastics
Miss T McKoy-Patterson Dip (London Studio Centre) Dance
Ms HE Meehan Cert (AACCA) Cheerleading
Miss K Mehmet Cert (Santosha Yoga Institute) Yoga
Miss EL-M Mitchell LRAM Trumpet
Miss K Mount BA (Rose Bruford) Speech and Drama
Miss R Palmer LRAM Violin and Viola
Miss M Ridd BA (Oxon) PGDip (RAM) Cello and piano
Mrs KC Scott Dip (Brunel) Dance
Mr B Sharpe BMus (LCM) Guitar
Mr LS Tucker BMus (RCM) MMus (Guildhall) Woodwind
Mr M West BMus MMus (RCM) Percussion, Drums and Music Theory
Mr SN Turner (also Secretary to the Council)
Director of Development
Ms C Buswell BA MA (Durham)
Miss FA Murdoch BSc (Portsmouth)
Principal's PA
Miss GL Nicholson BA (Canterbury Christ Church)
Assistant Bursar
Miss EC Austin BA (Oxon)
Office Manager
Miss R Archer
Administrative Assistant
Miss L Stileman
Database and Academic Administrator
Miss N Robinson
Finance department
Miss J Holmes BA (Brunel)
Mr D Pretorius BA (Pretoria)
College Nurse
Mrs AL Donnelly RN
Miss AG Pendias BSc (LSE) MSc (UCL)
Support staff
Mr Anderson Senior Laboratory Technician
Mrs M Narauskas BSc (Szczecin) Laboratory Technician
Mr MS Gray BA (London) Network Manager
Mr GID Hutchinson ICT Support Officer
Mr HS Lau BSc (Portsmouth) ICT Assistant
Miss M Moor BFA (Oxon) Art Technician
Miss E Pegler Clerical Assistant
Mr S Kumandan Caretaker
Mr P Venesiani Caretaker
Please follow the links below to view selected policy documents. Other policies are available on application to the College Secretary.
- Admissions policy
- Anti-Bullying Policy
- Behaviour management, discipline and exclusion policies
- College regulations
- Complaints policy
- Cookies policy
- Equal opportunities policy
- First aid policy
- Health and safety policy
- Safeguarding and child protection policy
- Sex and relationships education policy
- Special educational needs and learning difficulties and disabilities policy
Prep school
Queen's College Preparatory School, which educates girls between the ages of 4 and 11, was founded in 2002 on Portland Place. The school has grown very rapidly and is one of London's most successful girls' prep schools. There is a close relationship between QCPS and the College, and both are governed by the Queen's College Council.
To enter the QCPS website, please click here.
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The Queen's College Annual Gathering 2014 took place in glorious sunshine on Thurs 3 July. The girls looked stunning in their white dresses, and we were pleased to welcome as guest speaker the Revd Rosemary Lain-Priestley. We enjoyed wonderful piano music played by Tabitha (IJR), Isabelle (1G), Greta (3A) and Ellie (IJR); the A cappella group sang 'Lift Thine Eyes' from Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'; and Teodora (2D) played Ennio Morricone's piece 'Gabriel's Oboe' on her oboe. The Principal spoke as follows:
Chairman, Members of Council, Ms Lain-Priestley, Ladies and Gentlemen
It is my very great pleasure to welcome you all to our Annual Gathering. We have this year broken with a long tradition – a tradition of more than 150 years – in gathering not in the College but here at All Souls and we have done this for the very good reason that it enables more of us to gather. It is wonderful to have been able to invite for the first time in many years every girl in the College, all College parents, and a very good number of Old Queens. It is doubly wonderful that so many of you are here as we celebrate the end of our school year and all that has happened in it. On your behalf, I should like to welcome the Reverend Rosemary Lain-Priestley who will speak to us later and who acts as the representative of our Visitor, the Bishop of London. Rosemary currently works as the Dean of Women's Ministry in the Two Cities area of the London Diocese, and has had a wide-ranging career involving broadcasting (you may have heard her on 'Thought for the Day'), writing, parish ministry at St Martin-in-the-Fields, and serving as chair of governors at a large girls' comprehensive school in Tulse Hill. Rosemary, we are honoured to have you with us at the Queen's College Annual Gathering and greatly look forward to hearing you speak to us a little later.
Meanwhile I am pleased to present my report on the work of the College for the school year 2013-14.
We pride ourselves at Queen's on knowing our pupils very well indeed and in helping each girl to begin to find her path in life. We work hard to foster the girls' awareness of others, both within their immediate community and beyond; and we hope that both their conventional academic, sporting and creative achievements and the habits of heart and mind that they acquire here will provide a rock of support to them as they embark upon their adult lives in an uncertain and unpredictable world.
Our academic successes are easily measured and we continue here on a hugely positive trajectory. The departing II Seniors last summer achieved excellent A-level results with nearly three-quarters of the grades achieved being A*, A or B. Particular mention must go to those who achieved three A grades or better: Lottie Aspinall, Teddy de Jasay, Ellie Harte, Evangeline Henry, Jess Lotter, Allegra Naldini, Sabiha Sabur, Kitty Saunders, Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare, Laura Smithson and Margaux Stockwell. The leavers went on to a range of demanding university courses with Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds and UCL the most popular for the year. And for those wishing to pursue a creative path for the future, there were places won on the most competitive degree courses in both Acting and Fine Art. There is upcoming talent too. At GCSE, last year's II Juniors gained record results for us with over two-thirds of exams being graded A* or A, and just over a fifth of the girls achieving seven or more A* grades apiece. I would never wish our success as a school to be judged solely on our examination performance, but it is of course wonderful that teaching and learning at Queen's have such confidence-inspiring outcomes and that our students as a result have many options open to them as they look to higher education and beyond.
Behind our results of course lies the dedicated work of our teaching staff, and at the end of a busy year I should like to salute their energy and commitment in all that they do. I would particularly like today to extend our thanks to those who are leaving or who have left in the course of the year. Rose Martinez first arrived at Queen's in 1987 and has taught Art and History of Art with rare distinction. She will be remembered by generations of students and their parents perhaps most of all for her tireless pastoral work in the Junior College and School, and her kindness and support to anyone in any kind of difficulty. Rose will be sorely missed – she is one of those people who helps to define a place, not because she is constantly grabbing the headlines but because she really does commit heart and soul to those around her. We wish her our warmest good wishes for a happy and fulfilled retirement. We have farewells in the Music department too. Christine Lax, who retired at Christmas, was like Rose appointed during the 1980s. She has taught countless Queen's girls to sing and play the piano, and has overseen more choir rehearsals and informal concerts than it is possible to conceive of. She has in addition played an invaluable role over the years in the administration of the Music department, managing the timetables of the peripatetic teachers with immense skill and patience. Michael Ashcroft, this morning's organist, also leaves us at the end of this term. Having spent many years as the director of Music at Dulwich College, Michael came to Queen's in 2005 on a part-time basis and has provided wonderful support to Mr Rose in the teaching of GCSE and A-level Music and in the conducting of the choirs. Our top musicians have benefited enormously from his expertise and guidance, and his calm assurance will be much missed by our performers.
Sandrine Paillasse has spent eight years at Queen's, teaching French with vitality and rigour. She is a consummate professional in all she does, and has for the past four years had a major pastoral role as Head of the Junior College. In this position Sandrine has worked phenomenally hard to support girls and staff – no problem has been too large or too small for her, and in our regular heads of section meetings Sandrine will always be able to cut her way through the knottiest of problems with a clear plan of action. We will miss her greatly but she now moves on to a well-deserved deputy headship at Southbank International School which I know will prove a great success. The languages department also at the end of this term loses Sakae Osakabe, our much-loved Japanese teacher, as she retires after just over ten years at Queen's. Sakae has introduced a significant number of girls to Japanese language and culture, and for some this has gone on to become a life-long interest. She will be remembered for her quiet attentiveness to her pupils and her persistence with those who found studying Japanese a quite considerable linguistic challenge (who often went on to get outstanding grades in the subject). Other loyal and conscientious teachers who are moving on from Queen's are Lynne Erasmus, Eva Adler and Jen Cruickshank. Lynne has taught A-level Psychology with Maths to the younger girls for six years, and now moves on to a full-time position at Bullers Wood School in Chislehurst. She has inspired many Seniors to take their study of Psychology on to university level, and has established firm friendships here amongst both staff and pupils. Eva came to Queen's as a newly qualified teacher of ICT and has transformed what is offered to the girls in this area. More recently she has worked as one of the team of Class 3 Form Tutors, responsible for settling our youngest pupils happily into the school, a job which she has done with unfailing good sense and reassurance. Eva moves now to a bigger role at Bexley Grammar School where I am sure there will be a great career ahead of her. Jen Cruickshank has covered Miss Slingsby's maternity leave in the PE department with enthusiasm and professionalism this year, and I am delighted that we are able to send her off as second in charge of girls' PE at St Anselm's Catholic School in Canterbury.
We also say farewell to our College Nurse, Pru Dulley. Pru has contributed hugely to the care and welfare of the girls over the past four years, and many here this morning will recall occasions on which her quietly expert sympathy has made a bad day so much better. Pru has for some time felt the calling to ordination as an Anglican priest and we were delighted for her when, earlier in the year, she was accepted for training. Our loss is very much the Church's gain.
Although she is not leaving, we have a timely opportunity this morning to express our thanks to Dr Seymour who has been Head of the Senior College for the past six years and who is now stepping down from her pastoral responsibilities. Dr Seymour has been a rock of support for the Seniors in so many ways, and has seen them through their final years at school with a firm but kindly hand. She has extended their cultural awareness with numerous trips to theatres, galleries and opera houses, and has guided them with immense care and sensitivity. I am delighted that she will continue to be involved in the Senior College in her new role, that of Universities and Higher Education Co-ordinator.
At the end of each year we award just a few prizes to those who have excelled in particular subject areas or in their contribution to the life of the College. This year the Lambert Award for Biology has been won by Katie O'Keeffe, the Handford Award for Classics by Ellie Phillips, the Tyrell Award for Geography by Chloe Holgate, the History Prize by Saoirse Cussen, the Harvard Book Prize by Etienne Stoller, the Zoe Jacobs Award for Italian by Sara Samaha, and the Art Cup has been shared between Kitty Hollamby and Annabelle Jordan. The Boyland Award for Service has been shared between Juliet Howes and Farah al Adsani, and the Betty Johnson Award given to Hannah Sharman. The Anne Smith Award for Service, traditionally presented to a Class 1 girl, has been won by Chantal Raissis. Our Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award has been awarded to Sana Bakkali and the Outstanding Contribution to Dance Award to Thea Stevens. I also feel it is right to mention here the students who have given generously of their time in positions of responsibility. Until January our Senior Student was Juliet Howes and the prefects were Chloe Holgate, Katie O'Keeffe, Hannah Sharman, Etienne Stoller and Lilly Werth. For the first time we adopted a system by which each prefect took a particular year-group under her wing, and I was pleased to see how this provided real links between the years and of course excellent role models for the younger girls. I should also like to commend Georgie Levine who as Music Prefect has given Mr Rose a great deal of help over the course of the year. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the editors of our student magazine, The Mews, that is Isabel Chenciner, Sahra Khaneghah, Tatyana Isaac, Selin Musillo Ates, Grace O'Flaherty, Paris Vinton and editor-in-chief Miss Woodhouse.
Putting together a retrospective on the year at Queen's is a tough assignment. So much goes on in so many different areas of College life, that a report such as this one necessarily only scratches the surface. To help myself with the task this year I thought I might try to take a theme to help pull together the threads, and the theme which came to mind was 'getting involved'. Queen's girls are not usually content to sit back and let life happen to them, and we can boast this year a huge amount of positive engagement in all kinds of ways. Students have got involved in the work of many different charities and have launched more fund-raising initiatives than ever. We have supported some old favourites such as Plan UK's 'Because I am a Girl' campaign, but have also on the instigation of individual pupils or forms donated worthwhile sums to Footprints Zambia, the Ministry of Stories and Give a Cow a Lollipop – to name but a few. Grace O'Flaherty in I Seniors raised our awareness of mental health issues with a day devoted to the Time to Change charity. Dr Gray organized a series of activities for an inspired 'Selfies and Sunflowers' day aimed at raising funds to keep Van Dyck's final self-portrait in Britain. And our Parents' Association has certainly got involved too. Under the spirited and warm-hearted leadership of their chair, Mrs Lovegrove-Werth, the QCPA organized their first Christmas Fair, joining in the Marylebone community's fund-raising for the Teenage Cancer Trust. A glittering evening ensued, launching us all on the festive season with wonderful food, great activities for the girls, and superb raffle prizes. The QCPA have also this year used their enhancement fund to support various projects in the College, most notably the new (bright blue!) gym floor and the purchase of Raspberry Pi's for the ICT department, as well as contributing generously in so many ways towards social events and parenting education. I was particularly delighted that as a community we responded so rapidly to Mrs Goodier's call for coats to be given to Kids Company for children in our own city who had no warm coat for the winter. Our final tally of 169 coats achieved on the collection day was impressive, with the Front Office more or less disappearing beneath them all.
Within our own College community girls have many opportunities to get involved in all kinds of creative ventures. Our whole College production back in November was Lionel Bart's 'Oliver!' and this involved nearly sixty girls as actors, singers, musicians, stage managers and backstage crew – all wonderfully directed by Mr Rose and Mrs Hope. More recently the whole of Class 3 have been involved in the production of a film, 'The Featherstone Crystal'. Shot on location at Featherstone Castle in Northumberland and at home in Harley Street, this Harrison/Rose production took the world of sci-fi thrillers by storm at its world premiere on Tuesday. There have been Informal Concerts every half term, and the concert programme has been extended this year with regular Open Mic events in the Lower Common Room, an opportunity for girls to stand up and sing or play the guitar or saxophone in front of a supportive audience. And the Jazz Concert in the Lent Term saw a sparkling display of talent from singers and musicians of all ages. We have more girls learning instruments and playing together than ever before and our orchestra has grown in both scale and confidence over the year.
For those who are looking to get involved, a fruitful starting-point is always our clubs and societies. Meeting before school, during the lunchbreak, and after school, these allow girls to explore a huge range of different activities and to take specific academic disciplines beyond the confines of the classroom. There is currently a fuller list than ever before, with well over thirty clubs meeting regularly covering everything from A cappella to Zumba. The PE department has perhaps taken the top spot this year in terms of varied and endlessly innovative provision. They have got a swimming squad meeting twice a week at the Marshall Street Leisure Centre, have launched our first ever competitive cheerleading group, the Queen's Cannons, and hosted a gymnastics competition for local schools in the Somerville Hall at which our own Gymnastics Club performed admirably. There has in the last couple of weeks been a polo taster session offered for those with equestrian leanings. And our squads for all the main team games have been training regularly and engaging in a record number of fixtures with other schools. A particular triumph was perhaps the College's first ever rugby match, from which we emerged victorious against City of London School for Girls; and our runners, fighting fit from their exertions at Tuesday evening's Running Club, have had great successes in competition, with the high point of the year perhaps being our intermediate team of Maisie Barnes, Tabitha Bullen, Thea Stevens and Genevieve Weston, winning the Westminster Schools Cross-Country event over a 4km course. Our Classics department has run clubs devoted to preparing for the London Classical Association Latin and Greek reading competition and the annual Latin Play competition. I am delighted to say that we won the competition with this year's play 'Mutatio Mundi' ('Climate Change') which featured a stubborn mule, a cardboard car, and some gloriously silly dialogue, and that the cup is happily spending a second year on my mantelpiece.
Another way that we encourage girls to get involved is to go on one of the many trips that are offered by the College. Again this year there have been yet more opportunities to engage with the world, whether that is by exploiting the incredible resources of central London by going to the Estorick Collection, the Hunterian Museum, the Bank of England, the Royal Institution, IBM headquarters on the South Bank, and international netball at the O2; or by venturing beyond the capital to the Amersham Field Studies Centre, to walk and camp in Essex, to send Roman flag signals along Hadrian's Wall, to study Baroque architecture in Rome, or play tennis in Portugal. I could go on. Mrs Woodcock's master list shows that over seventy different trips and visits took place this year, and these represent a truly imaginative and energetic approach to the education of the girls on the part of the staff who organize and take them.
Finally this morning we have farewells to make to two members of the Council who have served with great distinction over a number of years. Gillian Low joined the Council in 2006, having got to know the College both as a parent and as the headmistress of two London girls' schools, Francis Holland and Lady Eleanor Holles. Gillian brought to her seat on Council a brilliantly astute understanding of the world of education, and particularly the education of girls, and the College has benefited enormously from her wisdom and expertise. Jim Hutchinson joined the Council in 2007 shortly after retiring as Senior Tutor. His unrivalled knowledge of the College, garnered over decades, has been an invaluable asset when planning for the future. Speaking to me about his decision to retire from the Council, Jim said he believed that Queen's was currently flourishing as never before in his 45 year association with the College. Most of us here this morning do not have his unique qualifications to make this judgment, but I hope that some of what I have been saying might persuade you that he was right.
There are always mixed emotions at the end of a school year. Pupils grow up and move on, and people who have played pivotal roles in all our lives depart; but there is also the prospect of a holiday ahead and exciting plans for next year both for individuals and the College. The past twelve months have been busy, fulfilling and endlessly engaging; and I would like to end by offering my thanks to you all - girls, parents, teaching and administrative staff, Old Queens and Council members - for your involvement.
Posted: 30th Nov -0001
Term dates 2017-18
Michaelmas Term 2017
Beginning of term (staff) Mon 4 Sept
I Senior and Class 3 induction day Tues 5 Sept
Beginning of term (pupils) Wed 6 Sept
Half-term Mon 16 Oct - Fri 27 Oct
End of term (pupils) Thurs 14 Dec
End of term (staff) Fri 15 Dec
Lent Term 2018
Beginning of term (staff) Tues 2 Jan
Beginning of term (pupils) Wed 3 Jan
Half-term Mon 12 Feb - Fri 16 Feb
End of term (pupils & staff) and Founder's Day Thurs 29 Mar
Summer Term 2018
Beginning of term (staff) Tues 17 Apr
Beginning of term (pupils) Wed 18 Apr
Bank holiday Mon 7 May
Half-term Mon 28 May - Fri 1 June
End of term (pupils) and Annual Gathering Wed 4 July
End of term (staff) Thurs 5 July
Michaelmas Term 2018
Beginning of term (staff) Mon 3 Sept
I Senior and Class 3 induction day Tues 4 Sept
Beginning of term (pupils) Wed 5 Sept
Half-term Mon 22 Oct - Fri 2 Nov
End of term (pupils) Tues 18 Dec
End of term (staff) Wed 19 Dec
Lent Term 2019
Beginning of term (staff) Mon 7 Jan
Beginning of term (pupils) Tues 8 Jan
Half-term Mon 18 Feb - Fri 22 Feb
End of term (pupils & staff) and Founder's Day Thurs 4 Apr
Summer Term 2019
Beginning of term (staff) Tues 23 Apr
Beginning of term (pupils) Wed 24 Apr
Bank holiday Mon 6 May
Half-term Mon 27 May - Fri 31 May
End of term (pupils) and Annual Gathering Thurs 4 July
End of term (staff) Fri 5 July
This Week
|Chemistry week (ends Fri 24 Nov)
|All years
|I Senior examinations begin (end Wed 22 Nov)
|I Seniors
|Netball skills
|Classes 3 & 2
|Mrs Randall
|History visit to the Imperial War Museum
|II Seniors
|Mr Willows
|Origami club
|Room 26
|All years
|Rachel M-W (Senior)
|Debating club
|Blue Library
|Class 2
|Dr Perry
|Senior instrumental ensemble
|Miss Forsey
|String ensemble
|Classes 3, 2 & 1
|Miss Hinton
|Flute choir
|All years
|Mr Tucker
|Feminist society
|Room 43
|All years
|Ms Halstead
|GCSE Dance
|Miss Sims
|QCPA meeting
|Waiting Room
|Mrs K Greenwood
|Classes 3, 2 & 1
|Debating club
|Blue Library
|Class 3
|Dr Perry
|Class 3 choir
|Class 3
|Miss Forsey
|Class 3 chamber music ensemble
|Class 3
|Miss D'Arcy
|Computer Science IGCSE club
|RS Lab
|Ms Lane
|Holloway Society
|Room 43
|Juniors & Seniors
|Mr Wilkins
|Running club
|Regent's Park
|All years
|History trip to see 'The End of History'
|Tristan Bates Theatre
|I & II Juniors
|Mr Willows
|English trip to see 'Measure for Measure'
|The Cockpit
|II Seniors
|Ms Dharsi
|Netball skills
|Class 1
|Mrs Argent
|Maths conference
|Piccadilly Theatre
|II Juniors
|Mr Donovan
|Book Group
|Kynaston Library
|Class 1 & I Juniors
|Dr Perry
|School choir
|Classes 2 & 1
|Miss D'Arcy
|Class 1 & 2 ensemble
|Classes 2 & 1
|Miss Forsey
|JB Lab
|selected Class 2 & 1
|Dr Davies & Ms Stewart
|History society
|Room 43
|Juniors & Seniors
|Mr Willows
|Linguistics club
|Room H
|Class 1 & II Juniors
|Miss Suri
|Chamber choir
|Classes 2, 1, Juniors & Seniors
|Mrs Hamilton
|Senior string ensemble
|Miss Forsey
|Gymnastics squad
|All years
|Economics RES lecture
|Royal Institution
|Mrs Baker
|I Juniors parents' evening
|I Juniors
|Cheerleading club
|All years
|Ms Meehan
|Queen's Gate School cross-country
|Hyde Park
|Selected Class 3, 2 & 1
|Mrs Argent
|English drop in
|Room H
|All years
|Mrs Azis
|Art club
|Art Studio
|Classes 3, 2 & 1
|Ms Thomson
|Fun club
|Room A
|Class 3
|Marina G (Senior)
|Science club
|JB Lab
|Class 3
|Dr Davies
|MUN club
|Room 43
|Juniors & Seniors
|Mrs Gumpert
|Class 3 Librarians
|Kynaston Library
|Class 3
|Dr Perry
|Senior choir
|Miss Forsey
|Dance Company
|All years
|Miss Sims
|Swim squad
|Marshall Street Leisure Centre
|All years
|Mrs Randall
|Computing club
|RS Lab
|Classes 3, 2 & 1
|Ms Lane
|Chess club
|Room 26
|All years
|Cecilia B (Senior)
|All years
|Miss D'Arcy
|Student magazine
|Kynaston Library
|All years
|Dr Perry
|Big Questions
|Room 41
|All years
|Mrs Stonham
|French film club
|Room 43
|II Juniors & Seniors
|Ms Billard
|Dance trip to Saddlers Wells
|Sdlers Wells
|Miss Sims
|English 'Measure for Measure' talk by Professor Alison Shell
|Senior Library
|II Seniors
|Ms Dharsi
|Debate Mate training for selected pupils
Michaelmas Term 2017
|Mon 4 Sept
|Beginning of term (staff)
|Tues 5 Sept
|I Seniors induction day
|Class 3 induction day
|Wed 6 Sept
|Beginning of term (pupils)
|II Seniors reception for parents and pupils
|Thurs 7 Sept
|II Juniors reception for parents
|Du Pré Society conert trip to BBC Prom (Royal Albert Hall)
|Mon 11 Sept
|I Seniors reception for parents and pupils
|Wed 13 Sept
|QCPA coffee morning (Waiting Room)
|Du Pré Society concert trip to hear the Doric String Quartet (Wigmore Hall)
|Thurs 14 Sept
|Individual portrait photographs
|Alumnae drinks event
|Sat 16 Sept
|I Juniors Bronze Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition (returns Sun 17 Sept)
|I Seniors Art trip to Margate
|Mon 18 Sept
|II Juniors and I Seniors netball vs Portland Place School (Regents Park)
|Iceland trip meeting for parents and pupils
|Tues 19 Sept
|I Seniors Geography trip to King's Cross
|I Juniors reception for parents
|Wed 20 Sept
|Du Pré Society concert trip to hear the Nash ensemble (Wigmore Hall)
|Mon 25 Sept
|Class 3 netball vs St James School (Regent's Park)
|Tues 26 Sept
|Class 2 Art and Science trip to Grant Museum
|Internet safety talk for parents (Somerville Hall)
|QCPA drink reception for all parents (Somerville Hall)
|Wed 27 Sept
|Open evening
|Thurs 28 Sept
|Open evening
|Fri 29 Sept
|II Juniors Geography field trip to Amersham
|Sat 30 Sept
|I Juniors Bronze Duke of Edinburgh assessed expedition
|Sun 1 Oct
|Moor Park fun run
|Mon 2 Oct
|Class 3 football vs Francis Holland School (Regent's Park)
|Class 2 netball vs Portland Place School (Regent's Park)
|Tues 3 Oct
|Seniors lunch and site visit to ISG (Wigmore Street)
|Juniors poetry with Cecilia Knapp
|Council meeting
|Hispanic Theatre Festival for II Juniors & I Seniors (North London Collegiate School)
|Wed 4 Oct
|Class 3 netball vs Queen's Gate School (Regent's Park)
|Classes 3, 2 & 1 & I Juniors netball vs St James School (St James Senior Girls' School)
|Senior College open evening
|Thurs 5 Oct
|Dent lecture (Somerville hall)
|Alumnae lunch (Waiting Room)
|Fri 6 Oct
|PGL activity weekend for Class 3 (returns Sun 8 Oct)
|Mon 9 Oct
|Biology week (ends Fri 13 Oct)
|I Juniors & I Seniors netball vs Queen's Gate School (Regent's Park)
|Class 1 & I Juniors netball vs Portland Place School (Regent's Park)
|Class 3 reception for parents (Somerville Hall)
|QCPA meeting
|Tues 10 Oct
|I Juniors Latin trip to Bath
|I Juniors netball tournament (Battersea Park)
|Athena theatre trip to see 'Jane Eyre' (National Theatre)
|Wed 11 Oct
|Open morning
|Classes 3, 2 , 1 & I Juniors netball vs Francis Holland School (Regent's Park)
|Informal concert (Waiting Room)
|Thurs 12 Oct
|Classes3 & 2 football vs Francis Holland School (Regent's Park)
|Living through the Holocaust': talk by Lady Zahava Kohn for Juniors & Seniors (Witing Room)
|Mon 16 Oct
|Half-term (ends Fri 27 Oct)
|Wed 1 Nov
|Class 3 Westminster football tournament (Paddington Recreation Ground)
|College production: full dress rehearsal
|College production: 'The Sound of Music'
|Thurs 2 Nov
|College production: matinée for Primary schools
|College production: 'The Sound of Music'
|Fri 3 Nov
|College production: 'The Sound of Music'
|Mon 6 Nov
|II Juniors mock examinations (end Fri 17 Nov)
|Chemistry in Action for Senior Chemists (Friends House, Euston)
|Classes 3, 1 & I Juniors netball vs More House School (Battersea Park)
|Tues 7 Nov
|Class 2 Religious Studies trip to Neasden temple
|Senior Mathematics challenge
|ABRSM Theory examinations
|Class 1 reception for parents
|Wed 8 Nov
|I Juniors Geography field trip to Amersham
|Tues 14 Nov
|Class 3 parents' evening
|Wed 15 Nov
|Finance committee meeting
|Thurs 16 Nov
|Open morning
|Fri 17 Nov
|Senior College Scholarship examination
|II Seniors Philosophy and Ethics conference (Bloomsbury Baptist Church)
|Classes 2 & 1 Art trip to Camden Arts Centre
|Mon 20 Nov
|I Senior examinations
|QCPA meeting (Waiting Room)
|Wed 22 Nov
|I Juniors parents' evening
|Thurs 23 Nov
|Queen's Gate School cross-country (Hyde Park)
|Sat 25 Nov
|Debate Mate training for selected pupils
|Mon 27 Nov
|Class 1, Juniors & I Seniors netball vs More House School (Battersea Park)
|Class 2 reception for parents
|Tues 28 Nov
|Informal concert (Waiting Room)
|Wed 29 Nov
|II Juniors & I Seniors netball vs St James School
|I Senior parents' evening
|Thurs 30 Nov
|PE sports awards evening
|Fri 1 Dec
|Class 1A ESB examinations
|Mon 4 Dec
|ABRSM examinations (Waiting Room)
|Class 3 & 2 netball vs More House School (Battersea Park)
|Tues 5 Dec
|Michaelmas Concert (Somerville Hall)
|Wed 6 Dec
|Council meeting (Waiting Room)
|Thurs 7 Dec
|QCPA Christmas Fair
|Fri 8 Dec
|I Junior end of term outing
|Tues 12 Dec
|Class 2 Pompeian elections (Somerville Hall)
|Thurs 14 Dec
|Carol Service (All Souls Church)
|End of term (pupils)
|Fri 15 Dec
|End of term (staff)
News Archive 2009 / 2010
Exam results 2010
Queen's students achieved their best ever A-level and GCSE results this year.
Sports Day 2010
On Fri 25 June the Queen's community participated in the annual Sports Day at Parliament Hill athletics track.
Queen's trip to the Open Air Theatre
On a lovely June afternoon, Class 3 and I Juniors enjoyed a visit to the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.
Hell is other people
Last week a group of eight intrepid I Seniors tore themselves away from the England match in order to attend the last Socratic Club of the year which was led by Mr Skilbeck.
Admissions Queen's College London
At Queen's College we aim for our admissions process to be friendly and transparent, and to provide a real opportunity for both a girl's family and the school to explore whether she would thrive here.
The main points of admission are at 11+ and 16+. However occasional vacancies may occur at other stages, and arrangements can be made to test candidates on application. Please contact the Registrar, Miss Fiona Murdoch, if you would like to discuss this possibility.
If you would like to request a prospectus, please click here, or view it online by clicking here. If you would like to print off an application form, please click here.
Please note that you will need to complete and send us both sides of the form, together with a registration fee and some supporting documentation. Full guidance is given on the form.
To read our entry in 'The Good Schools Guide' please click here.
Open Days
Our open days for entry in September 2018 are listed below. Parents and their daughters are warmly invited to attend, but we do advise that you book a place in advance by contacting the Registrar, Miss Fiona Murdoch, on 020 7291 7070 or by e-mail.
Wed 27 September 2017 at 5.00pm FULLY BOOKED
Thurs 28 September 2017 at 5.00pm FULLY BOOKED
Wed 4 October 2017 at 5.00pm (for Sixth Form entry ONLY)
Wed 11 October 2017 at 11.00am FULLY BOOKED
Thurs 16 November 2017 at 11.00am FULLY BOOKED
Tues 23 January 2018 at 11.00am
Wed 25 April 2018 at 11.00am (for September 2019 entry)
At our open days visitors will be able to meet the Principal, to ask questions and tour the College. Open days starting at 11.00am take place during the course of a normal school day, so that people can see the College in action. Open evenings are held after school has finished, but there will be work on display and opportunities to meet pupils and staff members. Although open days are geared primarily towards 11+ entry, those interested in entry at other levels (including potential Sixth Formers) are very welcome.
Bursaries & scholarships
The inability to pay tuition fees should not be a deterrent to girls who share our ethos from joining Queen's College.
We are very keen to admit any girl who will benefit from the unique education we provide, and we have a number of means-tested bursaries available on entry at both 11+ and 16+. A bursary can provide up to 100% remission of fees, depending on a family's financial circumstances. Bursary applications for entry at 11+ must be submitted by 30 November in the year before entry.
Bursaries can also be awarded if parents' circumstances change dramatically during the course of a girl's time at the College.
Please contact the Bursar for further information.
Academic, Music and Art scholarships are awarded at 11+. In the case of Music and Art scholarships, girls who have indicated that they would like to be considered for an award and who have performed well in the entrance examinations are invited to Queen's for assessment. Candidates for Music scholarships play their instrument(s) to the Director of Music, and those for Art scholarships bring a portfolio of work and undergo a practical test. Results are released with the 11+ entry results.
Academic scholarships are also awarded on entry to the Senior College (Sixth Form). Both internal and external candidates are welcome to apply, and scholarship examinations are held each year in November. Scholarships up to about 20% of the value of the tuition fees may be held for the two years' study up to A-level. At least one Music scholarship and one Art scholarship are usually awarded at this stage too.
A bursary may be awarded in addition to a scholarship if financial support is necessary.
Registration and entry fees
There is a non-returnable registration fee of £150.
When a place is accepted, an entry deposit of £1000 is payable. This will be refunded when a pupil leaves the College provided the appropriate notice has been given.
Tuition fees
For the school year 2017-18, tuition fees have been set at £6135 per term, payable in advance. Individual music lessons are charged at £225 per term.
The Council reserves the right to increase tuition fees without notice in the event of an increase in the approved scale of teachers' salaries.
Fees for extras such as lunches, trips and textbooks are charged in arrears.
A discount of 20% is given on tuition fees for a third sibling attending Queen's whilst her two older sisters are still in the school.
Interest on all fees paid more than one term in advance is paid.
Payment may be made by cheque or bank transfer. Parents wishing to pay fees by direct debit should apply to the 'School Fee Plan' at www.premiumcredit.co.uk/school-fees/parents.
Interest will be charged on any school account which becomes overdue, and the Council may require the withdrawal of a girl whose fees are persistently late. Unfortunately no remission of fees can be granted for absence.
A term's notice in writing must be given before the withdrawal of a girl from the College or a term's fees in lieu of notice will be payable.
Admissions 11+
The main point of admission to Queen's College is at 11+, when there is a three-form entry. Applicants come from all over London, from a wide range of both independent prep schools and state primaries. Girls from Queen's College Preparatory School follow the same entry procedure as other girls.
The selection process
Selection is on the basis of an interview at Queen's College, a reference from the candidate's current school, and examinations in Mathematics and English.
All candidates are interviewed by the Principal or another experienced member of staff, usually in the second half of the Michaelmas Term preceding entry. Each girl is asked to bring with her a piece of work of which she is proud, and this forms the initial basis of discussion.
The Mathematics and English tests are those set by the North London Independent Girls' Schools' Consortium, of which Queen's College is a member (in Group 1). For entry to Queen's in September 2018, these tests must be sat on Fri 19 January.
The deadline for applications for 11+ entry in September 2018 is 30 November 2017.
To download the Consortium's 2018 Code of Practice, please click here. You can also download specimen questions in Mathematics.
For guidance on what we look for in examinations answers, and on how girls can best prepare for the Consortium tests, please click here.
The results of the selection process (offer, waiting-list, or no offer) are released on a date agreed jointly by the Consortium schools. In 2018 this will be Fri 9 February. Parents have just over three weeks in which to accept a place which has been offered, and must respond to the College by noon on Mon 5 March.
Please note that there has been a slight change to the English paper from 2016. In the place of one long creative writing task in the Writing Section, there will now be two compulsory short writing tasks of 20 minutes each, one requiring an imaginative response, and the other asking for a personal, discursive response to an issue related to the passage. In order to ensure that candidates have time to read and plan two tasks, the examination has been extended by just five minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes. There has been no particular change to the Reading Section, which will be fully accessible to all abilities, but there are opportunities for the most able candidates to be rewarded for original and sophisticated insights.The guidance for the Mathematics paper has stayed the same and the time allowed for this paper has remained 1 hour 15 minutes.
A sample English paper in the new format, with the associated reading passage, is available here.
Entrance examinations
The past three years' examination papers can be downloaded below:
Mathematics exam 2015
English exam 2015
English exam 2015 (reading passage)
Mathematics exam 2016
English exam 2016
English exam 2016 (reading passage)
Mathematics exam 2017
English exam 2017
English exam 2017 (reading passage)
11+ selection process for 2019 entry
The process for 11+ entry for 2019 onwards is currently being reviewed by the North London Girls' Schools' Consortium; a statement about these changes can be read here. Please note that these changes do not apply for pupils registered for 11+ entry in 2018.
Admission 16+
There has been a long and successful tradition of girls joining Queen's at 16+ for study in the Senior College (Sixth Form). Admission is on the basis of an interview with the Head of the Senior College and a good reference (with predicted GCSE grades) from the candidate's current school. Occasionally we may ask a girl to sit a short test in a particular subject or subjects, and entry is always subject to a minimum performance at GCSE as follows:
• in Mathematics and English, good passes (grade C or above/5 or above) must be obtained
• in any subject to be studied at A-level, a minimum grade is required. Please click here for full details.
Generous bursaries are available to academically able girls whose families might not otherwise be able to afford our fees.
Academic Queen's College London
Teaching and learning are at the heart of everything that is done at Queen's, and standards are high. At the point of admission girls are selected on the basis of their ability, and there is a further academic hurdle to be cleared later if they are to enter the Senior College (Sixth Form). Almost without exception our leavers proceed to university degree courses, and we are successful in preparing candidates for entry to medical schools and Oxbridge.
Our academic aims are ambitious, and are set out in our formal statement of educational principles:
- we value academic excellence for its own sake, rather than the sterile pursuit of marks.
- we measure our success by the development of each individual.
- we value personal integrity and the discernment to deal responsibly with the wider world.
- we value teaching that inspires pupils and stimulates intellectual curiosity; that encourages intellectual rigour and the ability to make informed judgements; that helps pupils to know how to think, rather than what to think.
- we value in pupils self-reliance and independence of mind; self-discipline and the determination to outstrip expectations; imagination and the courage to take risks.
'...we shall be glad to improve our practice every day, not alter our principle.'
(FD Maurice, founder of Queen's College)
At all levels, the aim at Queen's College is to provide a broad and balanced curriculum with scope for girls to pursue their own interests as these emerge. We do not have a 'blocking system' at GCSE or A-level. The timetable is constructed each year around the girls' choices with the hope that everyone's individual needs can be met.
A recent development at Queen's has been the introduction of International GCSE in a number of subjects. The decision to move to IGCSE has been taken by those departments who feel that the qualification provides a more rigorous and satisfying course in their area.
Years 7, 8 and 9
For their first three years at Queen's, pupils study the following subjects
In Year 7, girls are given the chance to try each of Italian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; and in Years 8 and 9 they choose one of these to study as their second modern language. Games, PE and dance are also part of the curriculum at this stage, and all girls have one period a week in the Library.
Years 10 and 11
In these years pupils study for nine or ten GCSEs or IGCSEs. It is compulsory to take:
- Mathematics
- English
- English Literature
- either Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Science (Double Award)
- a modern language (French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish)
In addition, pupils take three or four subjects from the list below:
As well as their examination subjects, pupils are required to take games and PSHE, which includes Careers.
The Senior College (Sixth Form)
In Year 12 girls usually select four A-level subjects. Most then drop to three subjects in Year 13. Some however take four subjects right through to A-level. The subjects available are:
Seniors also have one period of PSHE each week. Although there is no timetabled sport in the Senior College, girls are allowed to use their study periods to take advantage of discounted membership of the University of Westminster gym, either for fitness classes or simply to work out.
Exam results
A-level results 2017
|Art & Design
|Classical Civilisation
|Drama & Theatre Studies
|English Literature
|Government & Politics
|History of Art
|Further Mathematics
|Religious Studies
|Totals by grade
|Cumulative %
GCSE results 2017
|Classical Civilisation
|Classical Greek
|English (IGCSE)
|English Literature (IGCSE)
|French (IGCSE)
|Geography (IGCSE)
|History (IGCSE)
|Italian (IGCSE)
|Mathematics (IGCSE)
|Physical Education
|Religious Studies
|Additional Science
|Spanish (IGCSE)
|Totals by grade
|Cumulative %
There are two main libraries at Queen's and they form an invaluable resource for teaching and learning. Girls may use the libraries for private study during the school day and until 5.30pm, with the agreement of the Senior Tutor. There is a full-time, professional librarian.
The Senior Library
The Senior Library is made up of the Main Library and a later extension, the Blue Library. It is for use only by I and II Seniors and by staff, and is one of the most impressive parts of the College. A portrait of FD Maurice, the founder of the College, hangs over the mantelpiece and there is an atmosphere of quiet and purposeful study. Newspapers and periodicals are available in addition to the stock of about 10,000 books.
The Kynaston (Junior) Library
The Kynaston Library is available for use by all pupils and staff. It is used for the younger girls' Library lessons, and houses nearly 8000 volumes and a good DVD collection.
The librarian runs a bookshop in conjunction with Daunt Books of Marylebone High Street. A small selection of books is kept, and special orders may be placed for items not in stock.
Inspection Report
Queen's College was inspected by the Independent Schools' Inspectorate in March 2013. To read the report, click here.
Co-Curricular Queen's College London
A great deal goes on beyond the classroom at Queen's College, and we offer a very full range of cultural and sporting opportunities. We like everyone to get involved, and expect Seniors to play a part in leading and running activities.
The Art department at Queen's has an expressive, creative ethos which is supported by lively and dynamic teaching at all levels of study. Based in a light and airy studio, the department aims to stimulate and foster individual development through a wide range of activities including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, construction and textiles. The department emphasises contextual studies as an integral element in all its courses and values sketchbook-based research as an essential tool in the creative process for pupils of all ages. We have a wide range of activities on offer to all year-groups which include lunchtime clubs, workshops with visiting art specialists, outside speakers and trips.
There is a strong creative tradition at Queen's with Art and Design a popular choice at both GCSE and A-level. The curriculum is broad and offers students opportunities to develop their skills alongside exploring their ideas in a wide range of materials. We encourage students to develop a personal journey at the start of their GCSE course as this equips them with the skills to develop independent inquiry and confidence in their own decision-making. Students are offered life drawing workshops, a practical weekend workshop in Suffolk and regular after school visits to galleries. Many students go on to prestigious Foundation courses, either before pursuing an academic route at university or in preparation for a degree course in one of the many areas of Art and Design.
Art scholarships are offered at both 11+ and 16+.
Welcome to the Queen's College Music department. Through a meaningful balance of support and encouragement we aim to provide a platform for all our musicians to shine. We believe that girls can make a lasting contribution to society through musical accomplishment and dedication to the art. Music is to be enjoyed, cherished and nurtured. We offer a rich and varied extra-curricular programme creating opportunities for our budding musicians to perfect the art of ensemble and to perform at our many concerts and events. Music scholarships are offered at both 11+ and 16+.
Music is a popular choice at GCSE and A-level each year. The academic curriculum ensures an inspiring balance of composing, performing and appraising across all year groups. Music is a compulsory subject in Years 7, 8 and 9 with weekly lessons. We follow the Edexcel syllabus for our GCSE course and AQA at A-level. The department comprises a fully up-to-date ICT suite with the latest composition software as well as our rehearsal rooms and teaching space.
The department currently offers instrumental lessons on a wide range of instruments. This year the harp was introduced to the department's instrumental programme. We also offer music theory lessons to support pupils' instrumental learning. Every week 144 instrumental lessons take place delivered by twelve specialist instrumental teachers.
A great deal of drama goes on at Queen's. There is always a major theatrical production in the Michaelmas Term, and operas in conjunction with both Bampton Classical Opera and the Little Opera Company. Lunchtime drama is popular, and Class 3 (Year 7) girls put on a classical play every year in their second term. Individual lessons in preparation for Trinity Guildhall Speech and Drama exams are available.
Drama is offered at GCSE and Theatre Studies at A-level, and both are taken by a good number of girls each year.
Recent whole College shows have included 'The Belles of the Ball', Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' and Stephen Sondheim's 'Into the Woods'. Most recently 'The Sound of Music', with it's legendary score by Rogers and Hammerstein, was performed.
A comprehensive programme of PE and games is on offer at the College. A healthy balance is struck between promoting life-long fitness habits through a range of activities, and encouraging the most talented athletes to reach their full potential. Whether a student seeks competition or recreation, they are supported in these pursuits. The curriculum is varied and interesting: values of leadership, fair play, strategic thinking and crucial social interaction are constant themes. Students in the older years choose the activities they wish to participate in.
Years 7, 8 and 9
Netball, basketball, health-related exercise, dance, cross-country, football, gymnastics, pop lacrosse, tag rugby, volleyball, table tennis, Aussie rules, athletics, cricket, rounders, tennis.
Years 10 and 11
Basketball, yoga, boot camp, circuit training, contemporary dance, cross-country, football, Westminster University gym training, netball, spinning, table tennis, Zumba, street dance.
We have a well-equipped gym on site and are able to make good use of excellent facilities nearby. Outdoor games take place against the beautiful backdrop of Regent's Park and swimming at the Marshall Street Leisure Centre.
Extra-curricular clubs and affiliations
PE practitioners and specialist external coaches create a full and varied programme. Squad training feeds into both individual and team competitions against nearby schools and for Westminster at the London Youth Games and at elite level.
College clubs: cheerleading, cross-country, QCDanCo (dance company), dodgeball, fitness, gymnastics, netball, rounders, swim squad, table tennis, tennis, yoga.
Queen's College is affiliated to: Academy Netball Club, Blackheath Lacrosse Club, Gold CAPS accredited Cumberland Netball Club, MCC Cricket Academy, Tekne Gymnastics Club, and to Westminster Running Club.
Also on offer
An annual Dance Show, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, GCSE Dance, Gym and Dance competition, London Mini Marathon, MCC Cricket Academy tournaments at Lord's, Race for Life, ski trips, PGL activity weekends, overseas sports tours, tennis tour, Wimbledon and a number of other sporting events.
Clubs & societies
A wide range of different activities is on offer at Queen's, often reflecting the interests and enthusiasms of particular members of staff or pupils. After school and at lunchtimes, there are clubs and societies which meet, some for particular year groups and some open to all. This is the current list:
Art club
- when: Thursdays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: Art Studio
- contact: Ms Thomson
- available to: Classes 3, 2 & 1
Athena The society for high culture for members of the Senior College - theatre trips, high brow lectures, concerts, and more.
- when: five or six times a term, after school
- where: all over London
- contact: Mr Wilkins
Book group
- when: Wednedays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Kynaston Library
- contact: Dr Perry
- available to: Class 1 & Juniors
Chamber choir Entry by audition, this choir is open to our more advanced singers in Classes 2 and above. The choir performs at all major College concerts and events and includes close harmony and a cappella works.
- when: Wednesdays 4.05pm-5.00pm
- where: Music Room 1
- contact: Mrs Hamilton
Cheerleading club
- when: Thursdays 7.30am-8.30am
- where: Gym
- contact: Mrs Argent
- Available to: All years
Class 3 chamber music ensemble
- when: Tuesdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Music Room 5
- contact: Miss D'Arcy
Class 3 choir This choir is open to all class 3 students and encompasses a broad range of musical styles and tastes. Girls prepare for continued study in Classes 2 and 1 and perform at many of the College events and concerts throughout the academic year.
- when: Tuesdays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: Music Room 1
- contact: Miss Forsey
Computer Science Club IGCSE
- when: Tuesdays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: RS Lab
- contact: Ms Lane
Computing club
- when: Fridays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: RS Lab
- contact: Ms Lane
- available to: Classes 3, 2 & 1
Dance Company
- when: Thursdays 4.05pm - 5.30pm
- where: Gym
- contact: Miss Sims
- available to: All years
Debating Society club
- when: Alternating Wednesdays 1.00pm - 1.35pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Mr Willows
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Debating Club
- when: Mondays & Tuesdays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: Kynaston Library
- contact: Dr Perry
- available: Class 2 on mondays & Class 3 on Tuesdays
English drop in
- when: Thursdays 12.45pm-1.35pm
- where: Room H
- contact: Mrs Azis
- available to: All years
Feminist society
- when: Mondays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Ms Halstead
- available to: All years
Fun Club
- when: Thursdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Room A
- contact: Marina Green (Senior)
- available to: Class 3
Flute choir
- when: Mondays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: Music Room 7
- contact: Mr Tucker
- available to: All years
Football club
- when: Tuesdays 4.05pm - 6.00pm
- where: Regent's Park
- contact: Miss Argent
- available to: All years
French club
- when: Fridays 1.10pm - 1.40pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Ms Billard
- available to: II Juniors & Seniors
GCSE Dance
- when: Mondays 4.15pm-5.30pm
- where: Gym
- contact: Miss Sims
Gymnastics squad
- when: Wednesdays 4.05pm-5.30pm
- where: Gym
- contact: Miss Argent
- available to: All years
History Society club
- when: Alternating Wednesdays 1.00pm - 1.35pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Mr Willows
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Holloway society
- when: alternating Tuesdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Mr Wilkins
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Linguistics club
- when: Wednesdays 1.05pm - 1.35pm
- where: Room H
- contact: Miss Suri
- available to: Class 1 & II Juniors
- when: Thursdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Kynaston Library
- contact: Dr Perry
- available to: Class 3
Medics society
- when: Fridays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: JB Lab
- contact: Dr Davies
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Model United Nations club
- when: Thursdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Mrs Gumpert
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Netball squad
- when: Mondays and Wednesdays 4.05pm-6.00pm
- where: Regent's Park
- contact: Mrs Argent
- Available to: Classes 3 & 2 on Mondays and Class 1, Juniors & Seniors on Wednedays
- when: Fridays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Music Room 1
- contact: Miss D'Arcy
- available to: All years
Running club Run for fun, fitness, or fanaticism.
- when: Tuesdays 4.05pm-5.00pm
- where: Regent's Park
- contact: Miss Archer
- available to: All years
SciArt club
- when: Wednesdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Jex Blake Lab
- contact: Ms Stewart or Dr Davies
- available to: Selected classes 2 & 1
School choir
- when: Wednesdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Music Room 1
- contact: Miss D'Arcy
- available to: Classes 2 & 1
School ensemble
- when: Wednesdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Music Room 5
- contact: Miss Forsey
- available to: Classes 2 & 1
School string ensemble
- when: Mondays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Music Room 5
- contact: Miss Hinton
- available to: Classes 3, 2 & 1
Science club
- when: Thursdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: JB Lab
- contact: Dr Davies
- available to: Class 3
Senior choir Open to Class 1 & I Junior students who wish to study a more advanced choral repertoire.
- when: Thursdays 4.05pm-5.00pm
- where: Music Room 1
- contact: Miss Forsey
Senior instrumental ensemble
- when: Mondays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Music Room 1
- contact: Miss Forsey
Senior string ensemble
- when: Wednesdays 4.05pm-5.00pm
- where: Music Room 6
- contact: Miss Forsey
Socratic club
- when: Alternating Tuesdays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Room 43
- contact: Mrs Gumpert
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Student magazine
- when: Fridays 1.05pm-1.35pm
- where: Kynaston Library
- contact: Dr Perry
Swim squad
- when: Thursdays 4.00pm-5.30pm
- where: Marshall Street Leisure Centre, W1
- contact: Miss Argent
- available to: Classes 3, 2 & 1
Yoga club
- when: Mondays 4.05pm-4.45pm
- where: Waiting Room
- contact: Miss Wilson
- available to: Juniors & Seniors
Life at Queen's College London
Life at Queen's is extraordinarily varied. This website attempts to give a flavour of what goes on in the central areas of College life, but our unique atmosphere is best experienced in person on one of our Open Days. Please contact our Registrar, Miss Fiona Murdoch, for further details.
At its foundation in 1848, Queen's College occupied 45 Harley Street and within ten years acquired the lease on number 43 as well. The late 19th century saw extensive remodelling, and in 1898 a major bequest enabled significant changes to be made. These included the construction of the portico on the street front between numbers 43 and 45, which is still the most notable feature of the entrance to the College, and of the Main Corridor and Pfeiffer Hall. In 1921 the College was able to expand when the lease on 47 Harley Street was bought.
The second half of the 20th century witnessed major new developments. Kynaston House (49 Harley Street) was acquired in 1962, providing additional Library space and for a while accommodation for weekly boarders. Under two recent past Principals, the Lady Goodhart (1991-99) and Miss Margaret Connell (1999-2009) modernisation proceeded rapidly with new laboratories, ICT facilities, a Drama studio, a reworked kitchen and dining area, and in 2007 a stunning refurbishment of the Pfeiffer Hall (re-named the Somerville Hall in 2010).
During Dr Frances Ramsey's time as Principal (2009-17) work was undertaken in the basement of the buildings, with significant opening up of the dining area and provision of better changing and bathroom facilities. The outside courtyard space was much altered and improved. In February 2017 the College created a new sixth form centre in the roof space above numbers 43, 45 and 47 Harley Street. This development provides modern and spacious facilities for our older students, including a large common room, a quiet work area, seminar room and classrooms. There are wonderful views across London to be enjoyed!
At Queen's we have different names for the year-groups and sections of the school from those you might have met elsewhere. Girls in their first three years are said to be in the School; those studying for GCSEs constitute the Junior College; and Sixth Formers make up the Senior College. The table below explains this fully.
Historically Queen's was a college for older girls (from about the age of fourteen) and 'the School' was a later addition to provide preparatory classes for those who wanted to attend the College.
National Curriculum
Queen's name
Queen's section
Year 7
Class 3
The School
Year 10
I Juniors
The Junior College
Year 12
I Seniors
The Senior College
Pastoral care
At Queen's we aim to provide a happy and supportive environment and, consistent with our aim of developing each girl individually, pastoral care is one of our greatest strengths. The ethos of the College ensures that all members of staff take responsibility for the pastoral welfare of the pupils within a civilised and tolerant community.
Members of staff with specific pastoral responsibilities are:
- the Principal
- the Pastoral Deputy Head, who is also Designated Safeguarding Lead
- the Assistant Head (Head of the Senior College), who is also Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- the Head of the Junior College
- the Head of the School
- the College Nurse
- Year Tutors
- Form Tutors and Deputy Form Tutors
Form Tutors
Form tutors and their deputies play a vital role in the pastoral care of the girls. They meet with the girls in their form for registration at the beginning and end of each day, and attend Prayers and PSHE lessons with them. They are well placed to get to know the girls in their care and to help with any difficulties. Parents are able to communicate with Form Tutors by telephone or e-mail, and are encouraged to do so.
Form Groups
When girls join the College in Class 3 (Year 7), they are allocated to a form partly on the basis of where they live. This is intended to help families with their travel arrangements and out of school activities. We also try to ensure an academic mix within each form and a balance of girls from different feeder schools. We reorganise the form groups at the end of each of the first three years in the College, and again on a girl's entry to the Senior College. It is hoped that as a consequence girls will have the opportunity to experience varied friendships.
Lunch is available daily in the self-service dining area and paid for on a fingerprint recognition system. It is also possible to bring in a packed lunch. Only senior girls are allowed to leave the College at lunchtime, and then they are required to sign out and back in again.
There is a wide variety of different meals on offer each day, and the quality is high.
To see this week's lunch menu, click here.
Full school uniform is worn by Years 7, 8 and 9. Our uniform is modern and attractive, and girls are expected to identify themselves with the College and its ethos by wearing it neatly and without adaptations. Full uniform regulations are available here, and uniform must be purchased on-line from Schoolblazer. For those who are interested, the uniform can be viewed on the Schoolblazer website (www.schoolblazer.com).
For girls in the Junior College (Years 10 and 11), we have a dress code which includes a uniform jacket and blouse. The Junior College dress code is available here. Students in the Senior College (Years 12 and 13) have no specific code to follow, but their dress is required to be appropriate for school.
All girls need uniform for PE and this is also available from Schoolblazer.
Parents' association
Queen's has a thriving Parents' Association, the QCPA, which does a great deal to support the College through social events, practical assistance for College activities, and fund-raising. All parents are automatically members of the QCPA.
The QCPA operates very much as a team. Events are planned using old-fashioned committee meetings and coffee mornings, but also e-mail. Responsibility is spread so that parents can contribute in big or small ways to fit around their other commitments. New ideas are always welcome, whether they come from parents, staff or pupils.
All events and meeting dates are listed in the College calendar, and the current chairman is Mrs Kate Greenwood. The QCPA's constitution is available here.
Life after Queen's College London
Girls leaving Queen's go on to a wide variety of different degree courses, and very careful consideration is given to the needs and aspirations of each student. During their I Seniors year (Year 12) all students take the Cambridge Occupational Analysts' 'Centigrade' test and receive a full report detailing possible careers and routes through higher education. There is also a biennial careers fair.
The College employs a qualified careers guidance specialist who is available to give advice, and who conducts practice interviews with all II Seniors (Year 13). Those applying to Oxbridge or to medical schools are given additional interview practice. The Head of the Senior College, heads of relevant academic departments, subject teachers and Form Tutors also play an important part in providing constructive advice and support throughout the application period.
Former pupils
Queen's College was founded to provide women with the qualifications they needed to enter the professions. It is not surprising then that during the course of its history the College has produced a large number of successful, professional women. Former pupils are known as Old Queens. These are a few of the best known, with their dates at the College:
- Imogen Lloyd Webber (1988-95) writer, broadcaster and political commentator
- Vanessa Walters (1988-95) writer and film critic
- Laura Tenison MBE (1982-84) businesswoman
- Caroline Lee-Johnson (1980-82) actress
- Amber Rudd (1979-81) MP and cabinet minister
- Claudia Rosencrantz (1975-79) senior TV executive
- Emma Freud (1973-80) broadcaster
- Catherine Goodman (1972-79) painter and Artistic Director of The Prince's Drawing School
- Tamara Ingram OBE (1972-79) advertising executive
- Daisy Goodwin (1972-77) BBC television producer and presenter
- Sarah Anderson CBE (1966-73) businesswoman
- Emma Soames (1965-6) journalist and magazine editor
- Professor Griselda Pollock (1964-66) art historian and cultural analyst
- Harriet Cass (1962-70) broadcaster
- Dame Hermione Lee DBE (1963-65) biographer, academic and President of Wolfson College, Oxford
- Margaret Elphinstone (1960-67) novelist
- Deborah Moggach (1959-62) novelist and script-writer
- Jacqueline du Pré (1959) cellist
- Barbara Thompson MBE (1955-62) jazz saxophonist and composer
- Dame Rosalinde Hurley DBE (1948-50) microbiologist, barrister and Chairman of the Medicines Commission
- Professor Albinia de la Mare OBE (1947-56) palaeographer and librarian
- Joyce Rose CBE (1946-50) former Chairman, Magistrates' Association
- Gillian Sheen (1945-47) Britain's first Olympic gold medallist in fencing
- Professor Jane Somerville (1944-50) consultant cardiologist, Chairman of Queen's College Council (2000-06)
- Lady Soames LG DBE (1940) daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, writer, former Chairman of the Royal National Theatre Board, mother of Emma Soames (above)
- Dame Simone Prendergast DBE (1939-40) lawyer and public servant
- Dame Elizabeth Chesterton DBE (1932) architect
- Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (1928-34) aviator
- Dame Alison Munro DBE (1924-25) High Mistress of St Paul's Girls' School
- Katherine Mansfield (1903-06) author
- Eleanor Davies-Colley FRCS (1891-94) co-founder of the South London Hospital for Women and Children
- Gertrude Bell (1884-86) diplomat, archaeologist and writer
- Beatrice Harradan (?1878-80) writer, campaigner for women's suffrage
- Frances Dove (1860-62) founder of Wycombe Abbey School
- Sophia Jex-Blake (1858-61) co-founder of the London School of Medicine
- Matilda Bishop (1858-60) headmistress of Oxford High School and first principal of Royal Holloway College
- Dorothea Beale (1848-55) founder of Cheltenham Ladies' College and St Hilda's College, Oxford
- Frances Mary Buss (1848) founder of North London Collegiate School
Contact Queen's College London
By post:
Queen's College
43-49 Harley Street
By telephone:
General enquiries: 020 7291 7000
Admissions: 020 7291 7070
By e-mail:
General enquiries: firstname.lastname@example.com
Admissions: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to Find Us
Queen's College has a unique, central location at 43-49 Harley Street, and is very well served by public transport.
For suggested routes from different areas of London, please click here.
Some parents bring their daughters to school by car, and it is possible to avoid the Congestion Charge zone if girls are dropped off at the top of Harley Street.
Numerous bus routes pass close by the College, and tube stations within easy walking distance are:
- Baker Street (Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee and Metropolitan lines)
- Bond Street (Central and Jubilee lines)
- Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines)
- Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines)
- Regent's Park (Bakerloo line)
how to find us
Current parents
The School
- Class 3 curriculum booklet 2017-2018
- Class 2 curriculum booklet 2017-2018
- Class 1 curriculum booklet 2017-2018
- School homework timetables 2017-2018
The Junior College
- II Junior curriculum booklet 2017-2018
- I Junior curriculum booklet 2017-2019
- Junior College homework timetables 2017-2018
- GCSE mock examinations timetable 2017
- GCSE mock examinations - regulations 2017
The Senior College
Queen's College general
Public Examinations
- Information for candidates - privacy notice
- Information for candidates - social media
- Information for candidates - written exams
- Information for candidates - Non-examination assessments
- Information for candidates - GCSE controlled assessments
- Information for candidates - GCE coursework assessments
- Queen's College London – appeals against internally assessed marks policy
Oxford Art Online
A-Level magazines online
- A-Level magazines online
- Username: your school email address
- Password: student
- Centre ID: 23029
English and Media Centre resources
- English and Media Centre resources
- Username: qcstudent
- Password: queens
The Economist
- The Economist
- Username: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Password: queenscollege
Internet safety resources
Alumnae Queen's College London
Welcome to the Old Queens' network, the webpages for former pupils of Queen's College London. We are delighted to be in contact with over 2000 Old Queens and through a growing programme of events and communications hope to create even more opportunities for you to keep in touch with former classmates, teachers and the College.
We always love to hear what our alumnae are up to, so please do keep in touch and share with us your news and memories of the College. Please also don't forget to keep us updated with your current e-mail and postal address details so that we can send you invitations to events as well as copies of our Old Queens' Magazine and the termly Queen's Today newsletter. The easiest way to do this is by completing and returning a copy of our update form or by contacting us as below.
We would be delighted if you could help support current students and also recent leavers through our careers programme. If you are able to offer careers advice, mentoring or a work experience placement, or come and give a talk to the girls at College, then please do let us know. However you choose to stay involved, we hope to see you back at Queen's soon.
Please contact us at email@example.com or on 020 7291 7018.
News & Events Queen's College London
Publications Queen's College London
Queen's Today - Summer 2017
The Summer 2017 edition of Queen's Today contains the latest news from the College and Prep School and highlights just a few of the many events and activities that took place at Queen's last term. There are also contributions from former students and photographs from our new Sixth Form Centre which opened earlier this year.
2016 Old Queens' Newsletter
The 2016 Old Queens' Newsletter contains news and photographs submitted by Old Queens and former staff over the past year. Please do contact the Development Office if you have news or memories which you would like to share.
Be Part of our Future
Queen's College has always been much more than just a place of learning. For the past 160 years, we've been instilling young women with a sense of confidence and purpose, equipping them with the skills to become the people that they want to be. Each year, we reinvest any surplus from school fees back into the College in order to ensure that our teaching and facilities are maintained to the highest possible standards, and to provide means-tested bursary support for bright and talented girls whose families cannot afford to pay the full fees. Although the College possesses a rich history we do not have a significant endowment, and further income is needed to ensure that we can continue to provide the very best opportunities for our girls, further develop our facilities and also widen accessibility.
There are many ways in which you can support Queen's College, from donating towards bursaries, building developments or educational experiences for our girls. All gifts, large and small, are appreciated and will make a real difference to our pupils, both now and in the years to come.
Annual Fund Queen's College London
The Annual Fund
Queen's College and Queen's College Prep School are delighted to announce the launch of our inaugural Annual Fund. The Annual Fund is designed to give every member of our Queen's community – Old Queens, parents past and present, Council members and our wider circle of friends - the opportunity to support specific projects that will deliver immediate benefits across both schools. It aims to raise money for items and equipment which cannot be funded through fee income, as well as increase our provision for bursaries, all of which help to enrich life at Queen's. Every gift, large or small, is important to the Annual Fund. Together we can make a very real difference as to what can be achieved for our girls.
Projects for 2015-16
Our resources constantly need improving in order to provide the very best learning environment and opportunities for our girls and to keep us at the forefront of independent girls' education in the UK.
With your generous support, we hope to fund the following projects this year:
At the Prep School
A mini top-loading kiln - £1,280
A mini top-loading kiln will enrich Art curriculum at the Prep School. Girls could learn about many different ceramic processes in their entirety and the kiln would also provide them with the opportunity to fire their designs and create long-lasting and durable ceramic pieces that they can keep.
New outdoor courtyard environment - £5,000
We want to reinvent the courtyard space behind number 61 Portland Place, adding planting and seating, to create an exciting outdoor garden environment which the girls can relax in and enjoy.
Enhanced facilities in the Assembly Hall - £10,000
The Assembly Hall at QCPS is a great space used by everyone in the Prep School, from the youngest to the oldest! We would like to purchase items, including mirrors and new curtains, which would enhance the numerous activities that take place in our Hall and make it an even more useful and aesthetically appealing environment for the girls.
Eight-way radio microphone system - £7,470
Joint project: The current eight-way radio microphone system used by both the Prep School and College is reaching the end of its useful life. We would like to purchase a new system, together with discreet radio mic headsets, which would improve audio quality and better support our girls' performances during concerts and productions.
Queen's is committed to widening access and provides means-tested financial support to bright and talented girls whose families cannot afford to pay the full fees. Each year, we receive more requests for bursaries than we are able to support. By making a gift towards our bursary programme you will be making a difference to a child's future by allowing them to benefit from the many varied and wonderful opportunities that a Queen's education provides.
At the College
New e-book and online library collection - £2,750
We would like to introduce a collection of e-books, e-readers and on-line resources in the library, so that pupils can borrow electronic copies of books as well as access an unrivalled range of up-to-date subject information and literature online, both in school and at home.
3D Printer and laser cutter - £4,500
The latest in cutting-edge technology, a 3D printer will allow our girls to produce three-dimensional models of their artwork. A laser cutter would also enable our girls to produce intricate designs and allow them greater flexibility of working with materials such as silk and plastics.
Encouraging musical talent - £11,940
Our music department has recently benefited from two new music practice rooms that have been converted from old coal stores located under Harley Street. We would like to equip both rooms with reconditioned pianos in order to create further opportunities for one-on-one teaching and individual music practice. A new concert marimba would also benefit girls interested in orchestral percussion.
Eight-way radio microphone system - £7,470
Joint project: The current eight-way radio microphone system used by both the Prep School and College is reaching the end of its useful life. We would like to purchase a new system, together with discreet radio mic headsets, which would improve audio quality and better support our girls' performances during concerts and productions.
Wherever there is greatest need
By choosing this option, your gift will go towards one of the projects that is in greatest need of support.
Leaving a Legacy Queen's College London
Making the gift of a lifetime
For those who valued their time at Queen's, a legacy is a way of giving something back as well as a means of providing for future generations. Large or small, a gift in your Will can help support the College as a whole or be directed to a particular aspect of College life with which you have an affinity. For example, you may choose for your gift to support bursaries for bright and talented girls who without financial assistance would not otherwise be able to attend the College, or to be directed towards maintaining our excellent facilities and teaching. The College is happy to work with donors to create giving opportunities specifically tailored to their personal areas of interest and financial situations.
Discussing your plans
If you are considering leaving a gift to Queen's in your Will, thank you. A Will is a personal matter and we understand if you would prefer to keep your intentions private. However, it would be a great help if you were to let the College know of your plans, as this ensures that we are able to thank you in person and keep you informed about the impact that your gift can make, as well as keep you up-to-date with developments at the College. If you are comfortable doing so, please complete and return our Legacy Pledge form. This is not a binding commitment, but simply a statement of your present intentions and will be used to help us in our long-term planning.
We would be pleased to discuss your intentions with you, regardless of whether you consider your gift to be large or small. Please rest assured that this does not commit you in any way and that all discussions and correspondence will be treated in the strictest confidence. Please contact our Director of Development, Charlotte Buswell, on 020 7291 7018 or at firstname.lastname@example.com
Further information
Making a bequest to Queen's can lessen the burden of inheritance tax on your estate. As a registered charity (number 312726), all legacies left to Queen's College London are exempt from Inheritance Tax (currently at 40%), and for estates leaving 10% or more to charity, there is a reduction in Inheritance Tax from 40% to 36%.
We advise those who wish to leave a legacy to the College to seek professional advice about minimising the taxation burden on their estate, as well as on the wording of their Will, in order to ensure that their intentions are properly recorded.
Making a Gift Queen's College London
How you can help
Thank you for considering a donation to Queen's College. The generosity of our supporters is fundamental in allowing the College to meet the challenges of the future, to widen accessibility and to provide the very best learning opportunities and facilities for our girls both now and in the years to come.
Please find below a number of different ways in which you can help. If you are a UK tax payer, please remember to sign our Gift Aid declaration so that we can claim an extra 25p for every £1 that you donate back from the Government.
Please make cheques payable to Queen's College London and post together with a completed donation form to: The Development Office, Queen's College, 43-49 Harley Street, London, W1G 8BT. If you cannot print the donation form, please enclose a note with your name, address, e-mail and telephone number and details of the project you wish to support.
Direct debit
A direct debit allows you to donate directly from your bank account at fixed intervals (monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually). Please complete our direct debit instruction form and return it to us at The Development Office, Queen's College, 43-49 Harley Street, London, W1G 8BT. Please do not send this form directly to your bank. Please also include a note or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like your donations to be directed towards a particular fund.
Please click here to make a secure online donation using a credit/debit card or to set up an online direct debit. If you would like your gift to be directed towards a particular fund, please e-mail us at email@example.com in order to let us know.
Charity cheques/vouchers
We can accept charity cheques, vouchers or charity card donations such as those administered by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). Please make charity cheques payable to Queen's College London and return to us with a completed donation form, or alternatively include a note with your name, address, e-mail, telephone number and details of the project you wish to support. Our charity registration number is 312726.
Gift Aid
If you are a UK taxpayer, Queen's College London can claim Gift Aid on your donation which will increase the size of your gift by 25% at absolutely no extra cost to yourself. Higher-rate tax payers who Gift Aid their donations can also claim some tax back – see below. Please remember to sign and date our Gift Aid declaration when completing the donation form or tick the Gift Aid box when making an online gift. You can also download a Gift Aid declaration form by clicking here.
For further information on Gift Aid please visit HM Revenue & Customs website at www.hmrc.gov.uk.
Tax efficient giving
Higher-rate tax payers who Gift Aid their donations can reclaim the difference between the higher-rate of tax (at either 40 or 45%) and the basic-rate of tax (at 20%) on the total gross value of their donation. You can make this claim when you come to complete your self-assessment tax return. For further information on how tax efficient giving can help maximise the impact of your donations, please click here.
Giving from the US
If you are a US taxpayer, you can donate to Queen's College London through the Anglo-American Charity, a 501(c) (3) US tax exempt non-profit organisation. This will make it possible for you to take advantage of tax relief benefits in both the UK and the US. Please visit www.anglo-americancharity.org for further details.
Matched Giving
Many companies operate a matched giving scheme where they will match or make an additional contribution to the philanthropic gifts made by their employees. Please contact your HR or Payroll department for further information. Attached is a list of employers who we understand operate a matched giving scheme. It is by no means a definitive list, so please do let us know if you find any errors or omissions.
Request information
Please contact our Director of Development, Charlotte Buswell, on 020 7291 7018 or at firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like any further information or wish to discuss making a gift.
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On Saturday night the Sharks got off to a dismal start in Denver against a strong home team in the Avalanche. Antti Niemi was pulled in the second period after allowing three unanswered goals. Apparently the switch to backup keeper Alex Stalock served as a wake up call for San Jose. Colorado promptly scored a fourth goal, but the Sharks battled back only to lose by a score of 4-3. Patrick Marleau had a goal and two assists for the Sharks, which gives him a three game point streak.
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The Chicago Blackhawks are coming off of a 5-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. Among all of the Hawks offensive weapons Patrick Sharp has been the brightest shining light of late with 14 goals and seven assists in his last 13 games, which includes the hat trick Sharp had against the Devils on Friday. Sharp now has 25 goals on the season and is second on the team in points with 45. Where Chicago has really excelled above and beyond any other NHL team is on the power play. The Blackhawks lead the league with 165 goals, scoring 24.3 percent of the time with the man advantage.
This is the second of three meetings between these two teams this season, with the first coming back in November in Chicago, a game the Blackhawks won convincingly. The Sharks are 0-4 in the last four meetings and 0-6 in the last six meetings in Chicago. The home team is 12-2 in the last 14 meetings between the two clubs. The Sharks are playing the tail end of a back-to-back, but San Jose has gone 5-2 in the last seven games playing without a day of rest. Chicago is playing a third game in four days, but has performed well in such situations going 20-7 over the last 27 games under similar circumstances. I find it tough to play against the Blackhawks in this situation, but the money line is steep considering the level of the opposition in the Sharks. So, I lean to a play on the Blackhawks, but I will take a look at the total.
A few strong trends suggest that the over between these two teams is a solid play. The over is 8-1-2 in the Sharks last 11 road contests and 5-1 in the last six overall. Over is 6-2 in the Hawks last eight versus a team with a winning record, and the over is 24-11 in the last 35 Chicago games overall. With two of the top five scoring teams in the league I have to say the over looks juicy in this game.


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Thursday 9 March 2006
Pixoh is a charming little site. It's for editing photos. You upload a photo, or point it at a URL, then you can crop, resize, and rotate the image. That's all. When you're done editing, you can download the photo, or save it to Flickr.
It's nicely done, but does very little. It doesn't even let you manage more than one photo at a time. They are accepting nominations for new features, using a sub-reddit, which I hadn't seen before. It could be an interesting model for applications development. Create just one feature, and then build on it.