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Queens Gate School

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Art and design have long been the crowning glory of this school. Occupying the top floor of the building, the vast department is a hive of creativity, annually producing highly accomplished artists and designers, many going on to study at esteemed art schools and flourishing in fine art, textiles, product design and even aeronautic engineering. Almost half take art GCSE, taught by a team of four (plus chief assistant in the form of Frido the dog!) whose breadth of experience is hard to match. Fine art and graphic communication A level is also popular. Alumnae including Elizabeth Dimitroff host workshops. Girls head out too, eg to nearby V&A for drawing sessions, alongside...

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Principal

Since 2022, Amy Wallace MA MPhil (Cantab) PGCE (Oxon), formerly senior deputy head St Catherine’s Twickenham for six years and before that, teacher and housemistress at Wycombe Abbey School and head of sixth form at St Francis College, Letchworth. Educated at St Helen’s and St Katharine Abingdon and from there to Newnham College, Cambridge where she read history, followed by an MPhil in American history and a PGCE at Hertford College, Oxford.

An extremely vibrant and likeable principal who is clearly not just bursting with big ideas but literally blasting fresh air into a school which, behind its grand doors, was a little overdue a lick of paint. ‘My girls are Londoners,’ she told us when recounting her first shake-ups of improving the food and repainting the legendary black dining...

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Special Education Needs

Our Learning Support department offers excellent support to pupils and works closely with staff and parents. Learning support staff provide teaching staff with detailed recommendations for all pupils receiving assistance and they attend all weekly staff meetings to update and advise staff. Parents are kept fully informed and provided with termly plans.

Condition Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder
HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes
PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP)
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
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VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment
Please note: this may not provide a complete picture of all student movements, as not all schools contribute this information.

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