The Queen's School   The Queen's School City Walls Road

Founded in 1878, the School would change its name within four years, when Queen Victoria issued a royal decree commanding that the School should "henceforth be known as The Queen's School". It is a source of great pride that The Queen's School remains the only school in this country granted the privilege of bearing this name.The Queen's School today occupies a place as one of the country's top girls' schools. Its founders can feel well satisfied that their original vision has more than exceeded its promise.The senior school today stands on the site of the Chester City Gaol and House of Correction. The School buildings were erected with the financial assistance of several leading Chester families, on land provided by the Duke of Westminster. The School's pupils achieved considerable distinction from the outset. Of the sixteen girls who joined The Queen's School on its opening day in 1878, 2 would go on to win places at Cambridge - the first of many in a long and honourable tradition. The School would subsequently provide Chester with its first female solicitor, its first lady mayor, the first woman to receive the freedom of the city and, most recently, the first woman president of the Freemen and Guilds in over 800 years.