Leading co-ed school in Chester, educating girls & boys from 4 - 18. Independent Secondary School of Year North West - Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2024
We were proud to be named the North West Independent Secondary School of the Year.
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We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to congratulate our School Patron, His Grace the Duke of Westminster and the new Duchess of Westminster following their wedding at
@ChesterCath
today.
Sound up to fully appreciate the excitement of the occasion!
#chester
Donning & doffing practice 4 emergency Caesarean sections with cunningly designed, effective visors from the DT department
@kingschester
. Thank you so much - helps us build confidence & skills. Ready
@BetsiCadwaladr
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@MattHancock
We are thrilled to announce that King’s has been named as the The North West Independent School of the Year in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide
This prestigious accolade has been welcomed by Headmaster George Hartley, who thanked staff, students & parents for their support 👏
The School Librarian of the Year for 2019 is .....
..Ros Harding
@KSCLibrarian
! Congratulations to Ros and to Chantal and Helen, such a fantastic Honour List and we hope you enjoy your next year Ros
#SLYA19
We welcomed some surprising new pupils to King's today...I'm sure they'll fit in 😊
What do you think
@KingsSchoolHead
, can they stay?
#SportsRelief2020
What a show!
The curtain has fallen for the final time on our magnificent production of Les Misérables. Well done - and thank you - to everyone involved.
@KSCDrama
@music_ksc
He did it! It was an incredible race that had us on the edge of our seats and ended in Olympic gold for
@BrightmoreHarry
and the men’s VIII. Amazing scenes in Paris and a very proud school community back in Chester 🥇
@KSRCRowing
@BritishRowing
#TeamGB
The School Librarian of the Year Award 2019 Honour List has been announced and we are delighted that Mrs Ros Harding has made it onto the Honour List. 👏
HUGE congratulations to the A Level class of 2022 on a phenomenal set of results!
We are all so proud of how you've maintained the focus and drive required of you all over the past couple of years - all the hard work certainly paid off!
@kingschester
@KingsSchoolHead
A huge well done to all students receiving their GCSE results today! Although it has been a different year than usual, you should all be very proud of yourselves. You are a great bunch of determined individuals with fantastic results - congratulations! 🎉 👏
We are delighted to announce we have been named as the top school in Cheshire and top co-ed in the North West in
@thesundaytimes
Parent Power 2020 Guide!
Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2020: King's named top co-ed in North West via
@kingschester
All the very best to our students who secured their Oxbridge places today.
Itsie (A*, A*, A), Avi (A*, A*, A*, A*), Lily (A*, A*, A*), Maria (A*, A*, A*, A*), Charlotte (A*, A*, A*, A*) and Adam (A*, A*, A*, A*)
@Cambridge_Uni
@UniofOxford
Tomorrow, our Lower Sixth students will return from study leave to their brand new Sixth Form Centre. Complete with its own dining area, study pods, 5 new classrooms and fresh air circulation to keep everyone cool, they're are going to feel right at home in no time at all!
A fond farewell to two amazing members of staff today. Helen (right) has been at King's for almost 5 years and has been a great asset to our IT team. Andrea (left) has been a valuable member of our reception team and leaves us after 12 years at King's. We wish them all the best!
The bunting is up, the blazers are on and some of the trousers are a little higher up from ankle than normal but we are ALL here!
#WelcomeBack
to all of our pupils!
We are delighted to welcome our new Removes for the first of their settling in days today, so wonderful to see some pupils back in school! Best of luck to everyone across Chester and beyond with their
#firstdayofschool
📚📝👩🎓👨🎓
Huge congratulations to our 2023 leavers - you've worked so hard and faced so many challenges, we are all incredibly proud of you and wish you the best for what we are sure will be very bright futures!
#alevels2023
@KingsSchoolHead
Everyone in the King’s community sends their thoughts and prayers to
@CaldayGrammar
and
@WestKirbyGS
and all those affected by yesterday’s tragic accident.
There was double the reason to celebrate for our two sets of twins Alice (A, A, A) and Eve (A*, A*, A) and Daniel (A*, A*, A*) and Anisa (A*, A*, A*) this morning. Incredible results, well done all!
@KingsSchoolHead
First day of a new academic year at King’s today and we are so pleased to be welcoming pupils, both old and new, back to the classrooms, sports fields, theatre, music school and so much more - let’s do this!
Congratulations to all students collecting their A Level results today! 🎉 We're very proud of your brilliant results, especially under difficult circumstances - well done and good luck to you all! 👏
Wishing our new Removes a very warm welcome to The King's School. We hope you have a fantastic time at Manor Adventure getting to know one another and enjoy the exciting activities!
Didn't they do well! What a fantastic bunch of young people, all the hard work paid off in spectacular style - now it's time for new adventures! More pics on the way 👏👩🎓👨🎓
#alevels2019
For 13 years, Mrs Harding has inspired pupils, instilling in them a love of books and providing a quiet haven in the library. We will miss her as she embarks on a new adventure but we thank her for all she has done to put library firmly at the heart of Kings. Good luck!
The school has supported me in everything I have wanted to do, and I can leave knowing that the library is in a good place with everything set up for a new person to take it to the next level. (2/3)
Thanks to these students who took over the foyer last week to busk in aid of the Turkey-Syria earthquake appeal.
Thank you to all members of our community who donated so generously to the fund; we are still counting the money and will announce the total raised soon.
@music_ksc
A very emotional and special morning for our outstanding
#gcses2022
students.
Congratulations to all of you for a fantastic set of results and enjoy your celebrations!
The King’s School rowers became world record breakers after rowing a million metres in 17 hours, 20 minutes and 25 seconds! This incredible feat was completed in memory of Finn Abberton (OKS 2014) and raised more than £3,000 for F.A.I.R. More here:
"Competing is just a massive bonus of rowing because you have the training side and then when you get to the competition and you do really well you can see that your hard work pays off and it's just a massive gift."
Hear why our Sixth Formers enjoy rowing at
@KSRCRowing
What a morning! Huge congratulations to our A Level students on some fantastic results and we wish you all the very best for the future!
#alevelresultsday
Full story to follow
We are absolutely thrilled that today's Parent Power guide in
@thetimes
names King's as:
•Top independent school in Cheshire
•Top independent co-ed in Northwest
Thank you to our incredible teachers, pupils and parent community for making King's such a special place!
The envelopes have been opened, the celebrations have begun and the mums and dads have used all available tissues. Congratulations everyone on an incredible year of results! All that hard work paid off in spectacular style!
#alevelresults2018
#alevelresultsday
We would like to share our condolences on the passing of HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh
He dedicated his life to public service and helped thousands of young people through the
@KingsSchoolDofE
@DofE
After being recognised on the Honour List of The School Librarian of the Year Award, our Head Librarian and Archivist, Mrs Ros Harding, has been announced as The School Librarian of the Year for 2019!
#SLYA19
Read the fully story here:
Well done to Poppy in J4 who won the U11 girls North Wales Cross Country league this weekend. Poppy ran in three races over the season, winning all of them to take the 2023/24 title.
@KSCjsParents
@KSCSport1
It is with the deepest sadness that we mourn the death of Her Majesty the Queen. She will be remembered with gratitude and honour for her life of service to her country. Pupils are invited to wear black ties or arm bands tomorrow.
It's the last day of term, so we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!🎄⭐️ We hope you have a peaceful and an enjoyable break this festive season. Here are our fantastic Show Choir with a little Christmas jingle 🎅
Twins Aadithya and Smruthya both celebrated top results. Aadithya (A*, A*, A*) will study chemistry at Trinity College, Oxford and Smruthya (A, A, A*) is off to the University of Warwick to study economics
They are among 40 students with straight A*/A grades -wow!
#alevels2019
Our U16 boys hockey team are National Bronze Medallists! We are very proud of these players who shook off the disappointment of yesterday's semi-final loss to win the bronze medal match against Wellington College. Well done boys on an incredible achievement 🥉
@KSCSport1
We were very excited today to take delivery of two brand-new - and very smart - King's School minibuses. Give us a wave 👋 if you see us on the North Wales bus route or out and about at sports fixtures!
Another year of stellar results!
Forty-five students achieved all A*/A grades
61% of all grades at A*/A
87% of grades A*-B for third consecutive year
And bucking the national trend, our girls achieved nearly 90% A*-B with 64% at A*/A
Full story here:
Huge congratulations and the best of luck to Izzy Whittlestone (U6) who has been selected for the starting line-up for the U19 Scotland squad as they face Wales at The Emirates Arena today - this will be Izzy’s first cap and what a game to debut in! Go Izzy!
@NetballScotland
"We can guarantee a highly contested and competitive game."
Only one more sleep till our U19 and U21's take on Wales Netball💪
Don't miss out! Get your tickets now!
Launching our Chester Schools Together Rowing Programme definitely qualifies as a highlight of our partnership project!
Ten Year 8 pupils from each state school will enjoy weekly training sessions at King's Boat House
This morning it was the turn of pupils from
@christofidelis
We'll raise the curtain for the final time on our production of Grease tonight. Cast and crew have had a fantastic show week - break a leg tonight!
@KSCDrama
@music_ksc
Fab day helping Mr Curtis
@Kscdesign
and help also from Miss Latifa. We made 130 today! Delighted to drop this box of visors to The Pinetum
@careuk
with some rainbow pics for their windows made by our Junior school.
We have received confirmation that traffic measures will not be in place on Wrexham Road until at least next Tuesday (March 17), when the situation will be reviewed.
Thank you to our parents for their support and we will keep you updated.
Huge congratulations to Rohith (twelve 9s) and Elia (eleven 9s). Well done!
An incredible achievement and one shared by a number of our
#gcses2022
students.
@KingsSchoolHead
We are ready for the new academic year and can't wait to see our corridors and classrooms full again this morning. A warm welcome to our new families, and welcome back to those returning for another year.
We are absolutely thrilled to be named as the best independent co-ed school in the North West and the top independent school in Cheshire in this year's Sunday Times Parent Power Guide!
Full story to follow.
We were delighted to be awarded the title of Highly Commended in last night's Independent School of the Year Awards for Outstanding Educational Partnerships for our Chester Schools Together programme. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
@isotyawards
#partnerships
"King’s students are ‘open, confident and relaxed’, a testament to the progressive leadership of Head George Hartley, who believes that good mental health is the cornerstone of a successful education, and encourages everyone to ‘work hard, play hard’."
So fantastic to see the pride and relief on the faces of our GCSE students as they celebrated some outstanding results:
26% grade 9
48% grade 9/8
84% grade 9/6
40% of students achieved seven or more 9/8 grades
10% rise in grade 9 since 2018
It's a big day for King's alumnus
@BrightmoreHarry
as he goes for Olympic gold in the final of the Men's VIII this morning. The race is scheduled for 10.10am and we, along with the whole King's community, will be cheering him on. Go Harry!
#TeamGB
@BritishRowing
@KSRCRowing
This morning we celebrated the end of term at Chester Cathedral with beautiful music from Schola Cantorum, readings from students, staff, alumni, parents and governors, and a reflective message from
@KingsSchoolHead
. We wish all of you a peaceful Christmas holiday.
Charity prefect Calum McCaig has led today's whole school effort to show support for Ukraine. We will confirm the final total next week but we believe we have raised over £3,000 for the Disaster Emergency Committee's Ukraine Appeal. Thank you everyone.
The King’s School is the top performing co-ed in the North West for A Level results and the best school in Cheshire for GCSEs, according to The Telegraph’s 2019 league table for independent schools across the UK. Well done, all!
via
@kingschester
Congratulations to the Duke of Westminster and Olivia Henson on their wedding day.
This card, made by one of our J4 pupils and signed by all of our infant school children, was delivered to the Duke and his fiancée ahead of their big day on behalf of the whole King's community.
This morning, this talented J2 cast took to the Vanbrugh stage to reprise their roles in their re-imagined, Mexican-inspired production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. A huge treat for the pupils in the audience who were captivated from the very beginning!
@KSCjsParents
Congratulations to this year's Sixth Form Scholars! You've all worked exceedingly hard over the past year and we have no doubt that you will do exceptionally well throughout your time in King's Sixth Form.
Huge congratulations to our Shells netball team who are through to the Sister N Sport Netball National Plate Final! The final will be held at
@BromsSchool
on Tuesday- best of luck girls! 👏👏
@KSCSport1
@KingsSchoolHead
Never to do outdone, here are some very creative costume ideas from our Senior School staff - including our Maths Department as a set of dominoes!
#ComicRelief2021
"This pandemic will certainly not define a first-class bunch of individuals who will go into their chosen university courses determined to prove their undoubted ability," Head of 6th Form, Mr Carter
Well done, everyone!
#AlevelResults
via
@kingschester
The very best of luck to all our A Level students picking up results today!
You’ve all worked incredibly hard throughout some challenging circumstances and we are very proud of you all.
The J1’s were very excited to cheer on our King’s boys in the Henley race this afternoon! A fantastic win! Well done, boys! 👏 ⭐️
@KSRCRowing
@kingschester
Upper Sixth pupil Matt Willis has been featured on the front cover of this week's
@AthleticsWeekly
magazine, a space previously occupied by
@J_Ennis
,
@Mo_Farah
and
@usainbolt
!
Read more about his recent triumph at the Cross Country Championships here: