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Location

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About

I am delighted to welcome you to Queens This is a thriving school with a well-established reputation for high standards and expectations, success inside and outside of the classroom and a holistic approach which helps develop fully rounded students with the potential to achieve greatness in their chosen field.

As a result, we are today one of the most popular schools in the county, massively oversubscribed and the largest co-educational state school in Hertfordshire, with almost 1700 students on roll, employing over 200 staff.

The school benefits from extensive facilities including 12 all-weather sports pitches set in extensive playing fields of over 50 acres, a broad and diverse curriculum at all key stages, a wealth of extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities and wide-ranging academic and pastoral support systems.

We aspire to provide each student with the best educational opportunities that transform potential into the highest academic and social achievement. Students at Queens consistently achieve examination results that are well-above the national average. We are one of the highest performing schools in the country, a fact recognised by Nick Gibb, Minister of State for Schools.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Football
  • Netball
  • Rugby
  • Tennis

Awards

8 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • ArtsmarkArts and culture
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
  • Eco SchoolsEnvironment
  • International School AwardRecognised award
  • Music MarkMusic
  • Quality in CareersRecognised award
  • Sport EnglandRecognised award
  • Wellbeing Award for SchoolsRecognised award

Key facts

URN
136877
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Watford
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (19 current, 1 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

18 governors are linked to a profile (17 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Andrew Brown Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Carole Watson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Susan Barrett Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Julie Raybould Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2025
Mr Amit Patel Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Sian Henry Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr David Carson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Michelle Alpern Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Gillian Gray Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mr Andrew Filer Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Kamni Kallah Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Mohammad Ismael Shahmeem Purdasy Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Theodoros Tsokos Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Sue Gorton (likely)TrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Stephen Clark Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Ash PatilMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2020
Mrs Yvonne Adshead Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2020
Mr Jonathan Morrell Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2016
Ms Caroline PearceChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2016
Mrs Usma Collins Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record