Dare to be Great

The QPA are looking for donations of good quality second-hand school uniform particularly skirts, ties, PE kit, PE house coloured tops and aprons but would also welcome good quality school blazers with house badges and school jumpers with the Queens' logo for their second-hand uniform sale on Thursday 10th July. Offering affordable school uniform continues to be very important, so If you have any outgrown school uniform or your child is leaving the school, please bring to either school office in a bag marked for the attention of the QPA. If you need any items of uniform, the sale will be in Sports Hall on South Side from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm on Thursday 10th July. Thank you The QPA

We are thrilled to announce that further to our recent Ofsted inspection, 18 and 19 March 2025 Queens' School has been graded as Outstanding in every category. The report highlights many key strengths. Some areas that make us very proud include: · Queens' School is highly ambitious for its pupils · A culture of aspiration enables pupils to achieve strong academic outcomes · The curriculum has been superbly crafted · Pupils' conduct and attitudes to learning are exemplary · Teachers have excellent subject knowledge · Extra help for pupils who need it is well thought out and highly effective · The school provides exceptional opportunities for talented athletes · Pupils enjoy coming to school · Pupils are exceptionally well prepared for their next steps in life · Leaders are unwavering in their ambition for all pupils Some of the most powerful comments We would like to thank you all for your on-going support of the school. All the children were Outstanding ambassadors throughout the inspection, as they are always, and it is a real privilege for us as staff to work with them. #queensschoolbushey #daretobegreat #secondaryschool #outstandingschool #ofstedoutstanding

Some of our Year 12 Business students attended the BTEC National Business Unit 3 Grade Booster at Westfield Stratford for a full day of crucial exam technique and core topic revision, all delivered on the big cinema screen. Thank you to @tutor2u for providing such an interesting and useful workshop to our students. Thank you to Mr Harris and Mrs Silvain for organising this trip. #queensschoolbushey #secondaryschool #hertfordshire #tutor2u

Some updates from our caterer Culinera to your requests....... @weareculinera #queensschoolbushey #secondaryschool #schoollunches

Calling all budding actors and actresses!! OVO, a professional theatre company based in St Albans, are inviting young people aged 11-21 of all genders to attend open auditions at The Maltings Theatre in St Albans on Sunday 11th and Saturday 17th May 2025. The ensemble's production for 2025 will be a stage version of William Golding's classic tale of survival and human nature, Lord of the Flies, directed by long time OVO associate artist, Faith Turner. The show will be performed as part of the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival from 28th – 31st August 2025, with two weeks intensive rehearsal prior to the performance week. All the information is on the picture information including the sign up form: www.ovo.org.uk/ovo-youth-ensemble/ @ovotheatre #queensschoolbushey #dramainschools #youththeatre #ovotheatre #secondaryschool

We are getting ready for our Staff v Students Basketball Tournament!!!!! We are looking forward to seeing who will win ! Only £1 A TICKET with all money raised for @gosh.charity_._._ @greatormondst Come to room 34 for tickets and House Captains will also be coming around Forms. #queensschoolbushey #daretobegreat #secondaryschool #greatormondstreethospital #greatormondstreethospitalcharity

Our Bookmark competition, supported by Ms Carter from the Art Dept had some great entries with lovely designs and reading slogans. The winners of some nice art materials supplied by the Library, are: 1st Mica R 8FD 2nd Olivia L 7SN 3rd Kiya S 8FX Congratulations to all who entered and for Ms Carter for supporting and judging. #queensschoolbushey #secondaryschool #hertfordshire #schoollibrary #readabook