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The Queen's School
The Queen's School Chester is an independent day school for girls in Cheshire. Year 7 entry is determined by a single-stage 11+ entrance exam administered by Quest Admissions, with no interview stage. Fees for the Senior School are £7,164 per term for the 2026/27 academic year, inclusive of VAT.
Chester has two old independent schools and they are nothing like each other. Queen's is the Victorian one: a girls' day school of about 380, from three to eighteen, built up against the city walls. It got its name in 1882, when Queen Victoria, its first patron, decreed that the school be styled the Queen's School. It had opened four years earlier as the Chester School for Girls, with sixteen pupils on the first day.
The senior school stands on the site of the old city gaol and house of correction, in a listed building of 1881 with an ornate steepled belfry that you can look down on from the wall walk. The lower school is about a mile away on Liverpool Road. Entry at eleven is a single day: around two hours of computer-based assessments in English, maths and reasoning, then lunch and team activities alongside the current Year 6.
What is unusual here is how far in advance the school works to make the move from Lower to Senior School feel familiar for its own girls. The Saturday Series is a two-year programme of themed Saturday mornings for girls in Years 4, 5 and 6, designed to build confidence and connections long before Year 7 begins: languages one term, a maths and computing morning called Spy School the next, then history and drama. Clubs run to astronomy, ancient Greek and women's history, several of them started by the girls themselves. A counsellor drops in at Monday lunchtimes. Entry to Year 7 itself is still by formal assessment for every applicant, whether she has been at the Lower School or is joining from elsewhere — the Saturday Series simply means girls already in the school arrive at that point having spent two years settling in socially, not just academically. One parent told the Good Schools Guide, "There is no stereotyping around subjects. That mentality does not exist." It suits a girl who wants to try things without being watched.
Key facts
Annual fees
Senior School and Sixth Form £7,164 per term for 2026/27, inclusive of VAT. Fees cover tuition, most textbooks and stationery and external exam entry fees; uniform, compulsory lunches, music and drama lessons and trips are extra. Registration fee £50 on submitting the online form, plus £500 on accepting a place.
Admissions
Open day
Oct, Nov, Feb, May, Jun
Admissions contact
admissions@thequeensschool.co.uk
Admissions phone
01244 312078
Registration form
https://www.thequeensschool.co.uk/admissions/register-your-daughter/
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Year 7 Entrance Assessment
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Alphabet Logic
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert 2 / 3 Letters
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Ordering Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Word Swap
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2026: 80% of all grades at 9-6, including 58% at 9-7; 73% of pupils achieved at least one grade 9 or 8, and seven subjects returned 100% of grades at 9-6 (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2026: 51% of grades at A*-A and 81% at A*-B, with 15 subjects achieving 100% A*-B and 73% of university places secured at Russell Group institutions (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does The Queen's School Chester use for the 11+?
The Queen's School Chester uses Quest Admissions for its 11+ entrance exam.
Is there an interview stage for 11+ entry at The Queen's School?
No, there is no interview stage as part of the Year 7 admissions process at The Queen's School.
What are the school fees for The Queen's School Chester?
Senior School fees are £7,164 per term for the 2026/27 academic year, which includes VAT, tuition, most textbooks, and external exam fees.
Is The Queen's School Chester co-educational or single-sex?
The Queen's School Chester is a single-sex independent day school for girls.
What is the website for The Queen's School Chester?
The official website for the school is https://www.thequeensschool.co.uk/.
Location
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