Charlty Number: 1198230 Company Number: 13389872 The Queen's School. Chester Financial Statements 31st August 2024 111 •AE36E2FV• c(￿PANIEs HOUSE -The Queen's-SchuDI-C" hester--- Flnancial Statements 31" August 2024 Governor￿ Report 1-19 Auditorf Reptrt Statement of finan(ial ktNTlie5 23 b413n￿Shegt 24 Cash Flow Statement Nottstotht Anandal St*¢em•nts 2&39 The Queen's School. Chester Go¥ernor< RepNt-Year Ended 31 Aw5t 2024 Contart Infwmation and Prolesslonal Adviso HEidrrbtstfess: Mr5SJ Wallace-woodroffe MA B5c l+lon5llr•tired April 10241 r5J ￿lIe Bsc IHDnsl Irettor olFln4rteaDd Opernlior￿." Mr5 K PetrtrHoyle lTrlon51 KW4lre51Bned No¥ernl￿ 20141 Mr M Lynth BAIHon51 ACMA Ilnteriml Addr•55: Crty Walls Road Chester CMI 1198230 CompaThvReysir•¥¢n Numb￿. 3898n Plat¥￿alWe5lminX¢r pk Second Ftoor 33 Easwie5treei CHI ILG Sokitorj: Brabners UP Hortcffj HI￿5e Exth3n8* FlaBs L2 311 GrO5￿CuUrt Foregaiestreet CHI IHG A4MrttOTS: 2 NiHwrds Court Che5ref p•rk Che CH4W The Queen's Sch¢)ol. Chester Go¥emor< Report- Year Ended 31 August 2024 Trustees The6D￿ are a150theChafftyTwstees. Grh*rMts*hoaKT• swvE4nd lhose*htsser￿ durMWu￿vearale." Applnt•d by. Dean and Chapterof the Cathedrnl Churth at Chester Revcanon R J Brnoke BEd IHon51 Cantab BA IRetired Dec ZOZ31 RevDr L E C¢K>ke PhD MA BEd IHonsl Cantsb Dip TheoAFBP55 Cpsythol FHEA Professor Emt¥ita ThÈ Universityof Ch¢sr¢f Mr$5 C Danhf B5c (Ho￿? MRICS WM Mf AJ DaThJy Dlp The C￿e¢￿'S Sthool Paren￿ As50C4tion Olr R Danlets FGA DGA Cheshire Westathd Chester CWKII Mts LFearnall 8A IHohsl The Chester BkbÈthxtCharfty Mrs J S Mthjmey M4IHMsl'PGtNp ACA IRetlredAuE 20241 Gryffin￿5 Mrs H ￿Kefvey UIHonsl FCA cfA Mr Pw114￿ ACMA rs C K4 E Moslry BA (Honsl MA Lim Oipm Mrs F RoOrhO￿ MA Icantsbl IRÈtiredAui 20241. GrNernors . The Bishop of Chester. The Righl RevÈrEnd Tanner Éx offi¢io MrsA l Unett MAICantsblTEP rs KJ Whiteley BA (Honsl PGCE NPQH OrQMJaflrl BDS Bhjl (Hon51 {Fr￿ Mar 2tyI4} The Queerf$5(hcd PaTents' Assodatirjn Mrs E M JohrSSDn JP Or Rpbert Oldfiew Charlty M5J 8eNon Bed (Honsl NPqSL IFrorn Jan 20241 Go¥emor5 m￿ C Brooks BA (Honsl Iht UDNetsityofLivérprf4 • Members ofihe FitharKe Commlttee The abovÈ trustees andlorthe Offidal CustL%llan. asoJrtodian trustees. hokl the tytIEsto thÈ Chanvs wopvtyon beha f the Charty. As part of thE In£orporation' proEesstsu5sed later In thSs GDvemrK< Reporl Jtie to the(hari￿$ propertleshave been iransfEn¢d tots* ￿ ch4vitsblp rnmpany. The Queen's School. Chester Governor< Report-year Ended 31"Au8USt 2024 The Board of Govemofs preseni theif annual reportknThe Queen's Schwl lthe5chod.Ihetharityof Queen'5lforth¢ year ended 31. August 2024 under theCompaniÈs Art 2[￿. tcsetherwlth the audiiedtinantial statementsfortheyeor. and L*nfJmi thattlycotnptywith the currenrstatutoryrewirer￿Thts. the requirÈments olthÈ Charity Cornm55￿0n and thepiovision5 DfAccountyn8 and RepDTun8 bycharities: Ststemeni otRecommended PFacbce applicable to Charities Pfeparingthe4r acrounts In ar£(Kdan￿ ihe HnaThcJal Repryikn851andardappllc4b* (nthe UK ar￿ RepublK of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffertive irfjanuary 20191 IChèriiie550RP IFRS 10211. Oblectfves and Acti¥lties chrfla￿e O¥etts The Dbjects of the Charity. which ate setout nithe Scheme trf 1911 as ¥mended. and in the Artide5 of Assodation of the tharitable companyareto PlQVKIEa day 5chud fgrwvls ith or nearthe utyof Che5tEr. ilndErthE tEtm5 ofthe SchEme, the School malntwns a number of bjrsaries. schclarships and priiE5.' it also maintains a styarate Fr•Jndation Bursary Fund, which prowdes totslor partial exemp15onlrcmturf(ioTrl*s fu pupi15 *thoareiN need ofhn*ncial assistan￿. PrM%lpal Aci Th• Sthool's prinopal attwity is the provtsb)nof&ry￿.sexed￿calI•ftl0II￿LIavd4rts 18. I￿￿1$atI￿al SIr￿l￿tand Relationships The Queen'$ School tompri5e5 2 wds. day sthwls on separate che￿er eity téfttre S￿$. thè Senior Sthod for pupils aled 11-18 and the Lo*tr khod for puplls a¢ed +11. Gids come from a verywidt ¢•tthment area centred aTound the £ity ol Chesterand extendiry into North Wale5. West WiThal and awide Chester into the(wntyof (heshlTe. The Queen's khoDI is acuéditod by Iho Indqp8ndÈnt S¢hools cou￿1 and artpiety supp￿[$ the ¥tt•inment of hlghtst standard5 in the independeni sthooLs secror. parttythrou8h nth¥orkin8tMth orher maJorgif&' Khools and parthtthrou8h bod￿SthAt3** Concemed V4irh 5uth standard5. indudingtheGlr15' SthwkASKKi￿0n IGUI,thEA55wialbDn ofGDverning Budie5 of IndEpendentSchoolslAGBt51 arKI the IndryeThJEThtSch(*J15' ￿T$a¥S A55(th￿0Th IISW. The School benefits its ru￿ural and 5porbW link5 ￿ththe (Jtyof Chester and m4ry bcal and national Oryanis￿oNS. hrh provides pupitsthan awarenes5 of the soti11 ¢onteM¢ ofthe edutJtion that they le￿1¥e at Queen'$. Vtsknn andValu¢s In ￿rr￿lÈte￿Trs. Queen's airASt) educaie and empowtri1s￿UnKWty￿en to help lead aTrO sh3pethekn￿1d In whlch il Il¥*. Theschool captutesihis ￿lI0$ophY in 3 tore values.. Think Independently- byencournwtN% intelknual C￿￿51ty, bravery and r¥eJthe IKeloTh8 le¥nl CollaborateConfh4entty- by nurturiry reSi1￿t ￿adersaTrdw1Iabora￿r5- Aspire Globally- by dE¥dOp1￿ aM￿￿S 4irlswith a 8lobal Central loall of these value5 at Queen's ISaStr￿ be1￿1n. and a todElp￿. a culture of excellence and ambition. a prOn￿tIon ol S@￿.be1￿f. respectand emouonal fftlliuencv. a wlde oNerln8ofoppuwnit￿sto thelop tslents: an understandin8 of the benefrt5 of a sintye-5¢Y2du(abon' sirong links auoss tI￿s[hO01 and behveen a8eyoups: ia15ed Ospirniions thrDu¥lI tl* ktsl. re8i(xial and nationalwDfikof puwls.. an apprechitw of dyn4mi4 forwar&thinkin8 5ts1f.' and a progressi%* appfoath t0erMfL￿rr￿tsl Mry¥acL The Queen's School. Chester Go￿[nOT￿ Report-year End•d 31XAuiust 2024 ObSe£tl¥es In settin8 their obiettives and plannirg acti¥ibe5. thE Govemots have wen oreful consideration to t1￿ Charlty Commission'sguldantt on publtc benelrt. irKluding it5 zuidance on ad¥anan8 education and feeal leamingsupwtas*pwopriatsforeachstudent. Thsruns alongude a Leamlng Stspport S￿115 Programme w15ich ha5 been establ￿ed to suppurt a small number of pupils with mot￿ttl0￿, e￿￿emen1 and lrnproved examInat￿Tr perfDrrnan￿. In the i￿r khool, as*55mert fvr learnin8 Is enhanced through Ihp iriclusion of ￿andardISed tÈstin8 in Mathematics Ind End￿h every term. and puptl wD8ress is tracked effkn.¢nt￿ and OMprehen￿¢1Y tobuAda l¢arnkn8 proN¢foreath w Fromthis year. Pupi￿ iNYe4r6 ha¥e been ab￿1¢ brin8their¢>*m iPad into $ch(￿Jn preparatN>ti forthe transltion to5enior School and with thèobiectweofèNsurinEtheyaremoreconfident. vesponsibleand irKleptndtnl Intheirkno￿ed1tOf how iOU5e theirdevices safety. approwatelyandefficyentty. sperial￿ 5ubjectteacher5fromthESeniorSthool teach PE, Musi4 5panlsh and French to Lower Schty)I puwts. whth not onty O¥es the befiefft tsf subieq excellenct. but abo aids the tran51tkJn &￿eSS fvr pupi15 from Lower to Senior a5 they Dln famblk1rty ￿th Senbr st3ff. Outdoor educat4on rnain5 an irrtrinsicpartof the curri¢ulLbm. and Lowerschod pupilsha¥ethe benefft ol both Aeath and Fare5tSchool. The OPPQIEIMlties for wllabordttoft. (oMnWnKatlt￿. Ir￿Pendence aTrd resilience ar¢ as tmportant as opportuTrities for wtllbein8- %Wth puFil$ e¥periEn¢im8the freEdtyn of bey¥ out¢kffi and kniller￿￿ themselve5 In *YI that natu ha5 to offer. Pa5tor*l Care Rel*ionshlps are heartof Qw's pastoval phrfosophyT*Ith e¥erythikl known and u*derstoctyJ as aTr Individ￿1. Eaeh and e¥eryttrad*¥ is partof the pa5tDtslteam and every thiid ts ablp to h*e a trusted adult that they can tuin to wlth Form Tutors developln8stronRand stspporthe rdatu)[￿1ps wsth their tuiee> The sChL￿ has a ¢ompasslonate approach tg supporting wdlbeir¥ ￿th the*mto build t￿￿ and mutual respea throu8hlaime55. honesty ar*d inie8r6ty. P￿lIS re￿1¥￿ kndlvldual ts1or￿ supw)rt depThth¥onthwneed5. Oe¥eiopln8 cOrtfid￿Ce to speak osJt artl encoyrnwng pupil ¥oW to be ¥nl li#ened to is a ¢erfral *m¢nt to en5urin8thateach thiws views and pe￿ePtionS matter. Pupi15aoencowa8edto d￿lOp3nd u5ethelr¥oJ¢e ￿ applyir)8 to be lorm captain or tosit on one ofthe Student PadiArnentCornmittoe& For ihose puplk r￿ed a little extrn suppo¢ the has a WellbeinE Hub. staffed ￿ the Pas￿1 Supportworker, who 15 provide5 bespoke support to pupils. PU￿1$ are encouraged to be respun5i14e and devekjp habits ar¢vJnd iethnolo8V through the PSHE foll￿0￿ onb"ne5afety and gtthl reL4itMships. There is a 5trons cmphasis on erwJrin8 staff are a￿e to support puw15 writh their wellbeir*B and all staff artl Governors retefve statvt0rysafeguardlfi8train1￿ PSHE andTutorfirne areusedto edutat¢ pup*￿T￿ardin¥ body im3¥e and heakhv Coping￿rategieS and staff promrte PO$￿ve behavi(￿r atthe 5enK¢rS¢hool by£l¢aty communicatln8exp￿tstlOfts and bv oÈnisinE W$It￿e contrib￿￿ts to the 5th￿1 (￿M￿nity in assemblies throu8h the award of mErits, Head of Year Commend•t1ty15 and other 8word5. Staff at the L￿er5th0O1 Posi￿ behI￿our throuth the award of *￿'LearnIng p￿r5 (er￿fl￿tE< for the Infants and 'Good Co+)du& award5 if• Key SEagÈ 2. with an emphast5 om standards of conduct and extra-currlcular. attendance. Addltlonally. pupll Mentor1￿ hès been ÈApanded thrO￿h the utatthin of the'Head Queen Bee. foles. *there Year6 are r¢spoft¥ibleforlomwngand rnaintatninilink5 *lth Infantwit& Public Benefft: Ovtrvltw TheGo¥ernors confirm th* iheyha¥e Corn￿1ed ¥Ath the duty in Section 4of t￿charItieS Att ZOII to have due regard to the Charity CommlsstoTh's Be￿r4 8uSdar￿ew l*￿-￿arItIeS and PublKe¢n¢fir. The Queen's School. Chester Governorf Report-year Ended 31 Augusl 2024 Govemor$3recommittedto broadeniTrEacce5StotheSthool and recoEftiSethe imwtance0lbursar￿￿S to ensurethat glcls are ab￿ to attend the School who w7uld otherwise not ￿ abte to benefii from the edufation offEred at The Queen's SEhDd. The SthDofs GovÈrning Document sets Outthekhoofsuthdert•kinE to pro￿de feesvppurtfor pupils and broade access to the Scho￿, and Goverrsors are coM￿tte￿ to deINe￿nI on ih15 undert8kn.ne and extending ¥ccess where¥ P05sIble. Thekh&)I's Bursary Polity.whtth Is slmllarto thatof many other independent thls, isto rnake awards based on ae#d¢mk merlt and financial need. subiou to •ty Cord￿￿rG ibTrf•sed bytheorynal dofior, ¥therethe Xwafd Is otst of Resti¥cted Funds. Publi¢ Denth. Fkn*btlal ￿pPort Governors reco8nlse the importance of rEpIEni5h5nB buf5ary lund5 lu meet futsjre demand for bursar￿5 and to PTovldE wlderaccess tothe SchoDI,' accwlin￿y. the5thod is CODtynuiry *Tth itsfuDdraisingto athievethis aim and isverygr3tefvl for the suppcrt received from I￿[ charirable tnJsts and ir+dNKluaLs. The 150 frjr 150 Bursary Campai8n Appeal is an ongoin8 priwlty for rhe Sthrd and continue5 to be prowK*ted to14￿ awareness atross theschool comrnunity. Thislund and conlinued 5VPPOrt from hdlvidual donor5. Ihe Wlldes Foundaikn and Chester Bluecoat Charityare it7yurtani scur￿5 of financi415UPPOrt nowand 1ntsthefutureforfamllies￿th talented dau8hterswhDathen¥isewould ntstattend Que*)'s. Ir4fothation aboui fee a$$￿tanceth¢0v8h bursarfes Is a*dilable to allfamHie5 appIy7nBto thesen￿r School and Sixth FOrm,-￿￿all$ are also avallable on the5cW *Ybsfte. Bursarie5 ran8e from smal￿r£ontrib1rtIonS to the fullvalve of tuition fees #nd are re¥￿d annualfy. considering lamily circufflstarKes and parental income and •ssets. Trschcd pmyldes an extemal re¥￿￿ Df burs3ryappli¢*itins bylts partnereompany. Bursary PJmirtlstrknon Lirnited. Requests from hmilies for finanaal a55iStaTh¢e have risen overthe past t*xsyears and demand ¢onrinupsto be signlftuni. Th15 year, n￿n$-te#ed bursar￿$ tot3lknJ E416.2U$11023- £+107,4321 representing 6.9x12023.. 65%) of 8ross feek Thevalue of scholarshlps. bur5ar¢es and erants marle to the Schoofs pupiLs tyrtof Re5trtded Fundsan￿1nted to E103.04212023.. £817211.. the balan￿ beinB tunded from unrestrined funds. Publlc Benefltr. Edu￿1￿￿1 tomTrMMWlrMtial TheSchooYs'SVn￿ outrÈath wu8rnmme¢ontlnuestothri¥e. Pupi15fromlocal primarysehools attended se55ions in the surnmer. wlth over iCQYear 4 and S puplls tskln8 Part In the sdenctrbased. Ihteracfve wothshops. These sesslors were developed by Queen's ￿tfiCe department and *re spetificallytaSloTed to meetthE demand5 of the Kry Stsge 2 S£ience nationalcvrriculum. The wthshop$ are wpular. and QuÈtn'svrillwothto attrartpupils from more sthod5 nEXtacadernle year. fOcU￿n8 parti¢ulartyon kwf Wtntialfeedu wlmary ￿h￿IS andthD5ÈVi5tted bythe Year 7 and Yran5iN)n team. Afull rycle ofthet*r*year Vogrammeofth￿S SabJrday SeAe24. Queen's Mandarth outreach progr￿rne remalns popukr. *ith kn(al chlklren aiiendlrg throughout the year from surrounding stale schooh. The Sthcojl offers Mandarin at GCSE and A-￿e1 to senior Sthool pupik a5 part of Its broad academk offoYinL enabllniftto workwith local sthLX)h ift pro11￿nE Mandarin l•n8uaee and Culture. In Novembef. I￿siudentsfvOrn aranKeoflor¥15thooL%from acr055theNorth andonefromjersey. attendedQMUN 3. our third Model United Nations IMUNI conference. 25 stydents partKipated as ddeEates in a range of cc•nmittee5. 10 students Ian the Press Team. prodvcirrf a I￿￿]etter and video of the event boih ￿￿1Vered in tirrbE for publicabon at the closlng ￿remOny. 8 Year 7 and 8 #udents aaed a5 runr*rs, helpfjng out with ¥atiDUS logstscal jobs during the da¥. The keynote 4ddress was dellTrMed ty Xenla bwckett. ¥tho Sha￿ In51ghts 8•fir*d durinÈ a career in politSC5 and academla, Including at the Whit2 House, HaNard and Chatham Hou￿. Xenia alw tonduLled Q&A sessMin5 ￿th each committee. Engaging saEety and inlormatrdely with sttthnts. 4uè5titsns on matter5 rnnginB from geoptslthcs to career5 and mental health, she helped y5 mo¥¢ clo5erto wraspk4tion of de¥elopiryMitN bryond è'conference. Into a psarforrn for leamlni and g￿th. The Queen's Sch(K)l. Chester Go¥emors' Repurt-year Ended 31" Awst 2024 In the Sprin8 term. the annual Queen's Academ1¢ Lectur¢ Pro8ramrne8W stud*￿thE tharte tts hear from some ofthÈ UK'S leadlnguni¥ersityresearcheisto helpthem prepare forthe1rapplKa￿onS iotap unl¥ersIt￿0nd cornpetitNecDuf5es. These ledures arelim￿at Yearlz butareopen to pupits frL*Tracms5 thearea from Yearloupwards. Theaim olthetalk5 is to all¢)w pupils to enjoy a unNer5ity4tsndard kdUrel￿rn an expert In their f*ld. This is both hewul for p￿p115 making decisions oyer whith subjectto thoose at u￿r￿er5￿ subject but wes a fed lov underyadu*e ltyel stu* ￿ suwort theiTjoumey Inio HK8her Edu(atlon. tsuwesfrorn this yearfs Pr￿ramMe Induded-. 'EvolutlDn'.WDdd famws fertilrtyexpertand Ixuadtaster Pfofe5$0r Bayw RabÈrtWinston; 'Blomedlral 5defi￿ andthe BcVH&MaehJrA￿￿¢m￿C Unrt of Medi¢4 &SurKK41 *i¢rKes"'. Pmfessor Stephen Hughes.. 'Prisorb Aehabilitatln84nd Promotin8 RechlMSrn'. Paul FreTr￿ Uniwsytyof thesttr.. 'Altetnatlve tethniques tovalue knverpod's live mu5K 5eclorind twhy enumErnUn8 economicvaluE rnattErs'. Dr Sarah Louisa PhythiarFAdams. MaDa8ement5rhool, irdewpool Unisw5ity.' 'Co8nrtNe Neur{w￿￿O/A￿￿etyand irs Cou5es'. Francega NanneLti andCoLVtenty Flsher. UnNers(tyof Nottingh4ffl.' 'Learnin8Acrr*ss Cifferent IhBr* Ll*&rbÈs'. London Interdtsripkinary Stholll. The 5thcd has ct)ntiNed to optn its fad16tles 10 eAtshle wers bts establisW p*trers and sery*e provlders. The 5%•immin¥ pod is used for children's le55ors¥ia PuthlWucks.theSenkySoknol hosts 1angua8eknnsde1v4e￿d by English in Che5tEr durin8 the surnrner holMlay5* and litde Leamers Nut5u¥ hès cornplementary use of Queerfs Lower School otsrdoor larilitses for Forestkhwl on a weewy bas The Whts￿ Sthool e￿O￿nIeS and partKipates ID a w¥Je range of reEular fvhdry4tskn¢ and tharitaNe a£b￿￿. Suppo￿ne an extensive listof eauses. The ethosofthe School ts towortthconf¢denceand a ￿der senseofujrnmunity. justice and 13lr play 8*ls en￿ Ihe sen5E of achkvemeni thai from rea(hinE a fundraisi￿ toal or rnakln8 a dffterence. at the same time bu11 din8theirundersianding of effortand reward. thafitieSare0ft￿ woposed bythe r*upils forsUPPOrtvia the Charity Committee. and events are or8aThtsed by small 8fWP54 forn￿ or via the House system. In 202>24 the Sthool raised money for Better Uves. aimbEf5 against rancer. Brili5h Heart Foundavon. Macmillan, ChlldrÈn NoÈd. E￿￿'S Gift Hosplce ofthe Good Shepherd. SHARE. Daffodlls. Clare House and Houseaswellès hoh11￿fD0d bankcollettionsand gift donatK•ns at Chrtstmas time. In total. acros5 site4 the sthools rased nearly £9.CW. Pupi15 are enr4uraEed to we their time to hdp SUPPDrt thÈt4wwMnity in 8 variety of diff￿entw*vS, indudlr8%Aa publ(e performances and volunteerfn8 inttlatfve5. The Schoofs (harnber Cholr pulormed ID St Marf5 5UPPOrtlrE tbelr thi¥al prts8rèmm¢ amongst other e¥onts. and Year 12 BU￿ne$S pupils vislted Share ￿d. donotions and working with tht Cenlfe Mana8pr to produte fDod partds for the community. before P￿ntIn¥ to Year li to rnlse awareness withiD thesthool comrnunity. Year12studentsappknngtostutymedianeand deDtistryatunviersffjttornpletedvohJntary work In a Icnd torridors, whlch forrn part oflhe normal Estates'tearn wothplaTh5. 3 nurnbErof olhEf5eparJlee5tate5 and ￿Pro}ecIS werec¢xnpletedoverthecourse of the year. Completed *￿kS induded.. Implementstr)n ofnew M15 system. isams. a(rnss boths1￿. Refurbishrnont of5enK)r School Fithon knbrary- Rtsidefflial fiat fefiJrbi%hmeni atsenlor 5th0￿. Pool maintenance and UPEradework$ atthe iowerSdMJOi' Additio#a#y. the EnYAronn¥errt Comrnitlee- con¥styngof a 8roup of pypils from the 5(hcd P3rllèment- wovked tmth the E5tètes Managerto kIen¢￿th￿b*stE￿¢ gfiheswn to be de4redgtzeDspa￿lTOUThdthe rn￿￿1 sportsastrotyrfphch. A￿￿e¥ements and PerfornMn¢e The fjovemors would liketo acknowled8ethe outst3ndiDicomrilwAK>ns and xhivrtments of all a￿een.$ pjpils and staff. who strfve for 2xcellence as a marter ot cou￿.. parerbts. lor the(r contlnu¢w5 SUPPOrt afjd e*)dorsement of the School¥ values; Ihe Queen'5 Sch(w)I Pare•ts' AssoootioTr foi their and fri￿d.￿•s1￿8 Èfforts.. and the ￿UMn1 for thev contSnued cDntrfbuYDns In all senses ofthe toThe Queen's Scknl communty. The ￿h0o1 15 fo¢u$ed on hl8h arademlc analnment and achlvth ihelr M￿rn￿M wtonttal. Thls Is r￿￿tted every year in the very IMp￿S￿e aCh1￿ments ol pvpils and ih¢ unwetw dEStinat￿n5 4nd course thoices of lea￿ts. A-Level •t)d GCSE results are cO*sisteni￿ awthe n3tioThal a¥tr4e for maintsined 5¢hoob5. Attheend of Xey S*e 4 m05t girfs IOGCSES. •nd •tthe end of Keystage S most8ir15 sit 3 A4e¥e15. *ith many pupits alsosubmitt*i8 high quality Extended Pfol¢¢t qU￿lIk311￿ IEPqI reptyts fvr •SSeSYWL The Queen's School. Chester Governors. Report- Year Ended 31"August 2024 Th15 wasan exceptionalty suuessful ye3¥. at A-Levd 22% olyades *reawarfed at A" Icompared to thenatIo￿l avera8E fwre of 9.3%16nd 52% atA' grA (compared tothe oatiwal 4verrfe 0127.6%). The school athie%*d 77% A'.B at A-Level compared io a national average of 53.9* OTr results day Aueust 2024. Ino5t pupiL4 secured their first ch(M￿ t)ffers With only one or two havinB to rely on t￿r insurance thoice. The majwity OF these were applKitsons fur preSt￿e courses at Russ¢ll Group institUTiofis. NO pupilsviere ￿4¢ed ihrov8h t￿￿)gaS ths w35 Mtneeded. Thts reflected both the sirength of the cohort and th? eM￿lIent yade5 they athits*d IK4t 5¢Th* Mthased fiexibility from inStsEuiit)ns on re5u#s ILVAof8radesw￿A._A InComwtln& Futhtrmaths. Etontynl¢s. Physks. ￿tin.6￿1*phy. DTand aassiCalC￿lllsotlO and 100% of Brade5 were A'_ B in Art. Drama. En￿lsh Dterature 3nd Maths. Nea￿80% olstudents optedio tske at least one STEM subject at A-level, 7Y%of ihe 8rades Khteved at A - B. pro￿￿ tsn￿ a8ain the value of all-8ids educatlon 111 wewDovin6 bafrietsaTrJ empowerirwstudentsttrnot be afraid th purwetraditionally per¢ewd male4ominated subjects. In toia( the school gJPPOrted 31 pupts ￿ Year 13 and a further 4from 2023 were on Rap ytats ind makin8 IK45 applicatlOn5 through Queen's. Two pupi15pinedOxbridge eniry-oneto Christthurthcolkn Oxford for Class￿. andone to O)urchlll College Cambrl¢J8e for History and Pol￿($. Of the £oho¢ 4 pupi15 secwed pL¥es to study Medlcine. Ft was very pleasing io see soft* I￿￿bIlitY from the medi(al schods reffecEing the ralibre ol carwjidète rather than just fo¢usinB too •3rrowlyon grades achbewed with both Li¥erpDtsI and WtoThand Susws¢hots& acop1M￿CandidZleSWho wereone 6rade belowthÈir Or¥￿al offer. &Mth FormstudentsattyitwJtemuchoftheirsucce55tothearademicand Ureer$up￿tofferCdtOthe￿ whtrethetut￿a styk learning Is much like Un￿r$lty and pupils leam to and p￿t their Hleas deady. a5 topics are debated and di5CU5sed in srnall sroups led by 5pectalist teathef5. Extended projects. online extension cour5e5. enFithn*nt actfviti academic kctures and d15CU55ion groups- makiniupthe Queen's Bacca13ureatt.alowwith inter¥lews aDdentfanre test Q￿paration all help io pupi15toward5 •rh*¥iwthtyr¥ery besL At GCSE 22% of grades were av13rded at Grade 9 (compared to * average of 5%) ar￿ 42% It Gradè 9 or 8. The SchoDI aihieved 81.2%at Gtade￿atG(SE compared to a nat￿￿T￿l avera￿Of 35.4X. IA thÈ L¢wer Sthool. pupil otrkdme5 (tytsIsteh￿Y txtted txpettabolls. with thtOardis*d ttsts IknCAS. PIK4 and PUMA) showiii8 attainrnent well above the naiional avera8e for malntabned sth0o￿. A notabk hishllght is In the Earfy Years Foundatiori Strd8e IEYFSI. where all thildren met the expe¢ted of de¥ekJpmenL providsng a sirot)8 loundation for fuwresucces5. Au055311 keysty.valutradded measures demon5tratethat many pupils exceed their a55e55ed potentioL hithli8htin8 the eflettNefft￿ol1wrta1hre1 teathinEappro3th. P4ew pupils. indudiry those joining & ¥arious entry points, adapt and proBrtss rapklty. as evldentrd by their ￿)rk, assessmems. and p05r(Ne feedback from parents. Pupi15 wib speoal educational needs and dtsabllii￿5 ISENDI. English as n èdditianal lanEunal NawEationAward wttkeTrJs run by Mts Daw50n, en6blins m05tYear9 pupi15tO8ainthi%avrdrd. ThrÈÈYearll pupil8ainÈd placesand excelled0nther￿0r0uS SCICSenK)r Leadershlp week. All Year 10 cadets successhjlty passed thelr intemalty d￿r￿ed Jacjunior C¥det le•der5hip and there were several Eady promot￿n$ forQuee•'s cadets ID reco￿[1¥0￿ of their dedtcation in attendingtriP5 and offethg to help With the tralrtlng of lovler years. Range took place Ar4Try Carrpt Easter Camp ar Wnnerton Camp wlth 10 Q5 (Adets, ar￿V￿aT 9 (3mpEd outlorthelrFIisi stepsExercise.whereihey fired thecadet rifle forthefirsttlmo. 14QS Cadets 3ttended SurnmEr CaTllps ththejkny ai Attcar and the Wiu5t down the ioadfrornthern 3t Insktp. The LowÈr Sthool pro￿deS a **I￿oUnded program that balaTh￿S academlc. Creat￿e, 5Wrtlr*E pvr5utt5. Pup115 have the upportunty to wlor¢ a ￿￿tr$& arrav of dubs designed to spark Thew Interests. nurt4Jre passksns. and de¥e1op skilLs. These club5. which eath temi. have induded artivitres SLKh as net￿1( fty)tball. runnin& hockey. s4wnwrln& tennls, rounders. athletics. drJ*7ng. quizze5. uafts. bc•Jk dubs. (rfd*stra. 5fEM. Spanish. mirthness. dante, computin& puules, ¢WStruttiorn frfe sknls and diptsi photO8raphy. Wrth th a broad Select1￿ theretrnty ts somethlng tQ 4n5pire unique inteyÈsts ar￿taleftts. Spon Sport 15 seen 35 having h¢h ￿lue in thvtbpl￿ team buildir* tharacter and resli ience amoAesl pupils and a strong enwhasis is phced on pmwdin8 a wide rangeof sportyn8opportun￿es toen8a8e all ￿rIS in exerrise armssallyeaf 8roups. Alon8 ￿￿th Ihe dedkzted tearnof PEieathers and5POrtscoth. thpexpertlseaTrd experleKeofolder pyp115 lsharne5sed, with add￿tIoNal stsslons led ty puyk to tomplemer*t the exten5Ne extra bleh le¥t15 of0th￿rnent ￿ tennis. rro55 coufbtry 4nd othletiC5. The hockeY5eason continue5to bepanic￿rty$ucce$sI￿l at ￿e￿￿'s. with 5trongperformance5 kn manY￿rn[*titl0n5 and with è hi8h numberol newplayeys represenUn8the khool, both on the hxal match circuir and also in countyand natlonal rnpetitions. The U125 to Ntittin8ham UnNÈr5ity to ctyknpete in the Indepertoeftt Sthool Heekey tourh•mtnK wlth Impressive eoèls scored by 2 pupi15.' the U13s compeied In the In21kKkey reglonal tournarnenL Ihe L114$ 11-a4h1e team pk7yed some excell￿¢ hockeyand unbe¥ien in the ¢J*ster & 015triu toumamenL the U16s tQniinuÈd io build on last yearfs s￿re$s. bÈtomlng ChÈstEr and Di5trKI thawpins: to theTier l Natlon4 5th0￿s FiTrols, ID51nB The Queen's khool, Chester Go¥emors' RepDn-Year Ended 31 Ats8ust 2024 in the gUarteFfin81s.' the U165 •lso compeied at Reptoty in the National Sehoow kndoor Hockey Fifv31s, once again ON the ational stage playing a8ainstthe bÈSt sportlngxh¢Jols inthe wuntry.fiThishing3sthe 7th ranked team in the(ountry. The U18 team finished th•r season 4$ 4LOrter fthahsts J5HL fintshin8 the Sea￿ with a 80% win rate ocross all their matches. Nethall 6 ¢wfjnthn8to With athother su¢¢essfvA Season aTh1 maiy strong pertorniances In a ￿nge of Compe￿Ilon There are a high Thurnber of fiew players tepre5entifig the 5rlwl. alonB5ide a fiumber ol players representing ￿￿nty. franchise and intern•ti¢)naltearns. Year 1. 2 took part in netball dub as well os the rnter-house competitiort, Year3 played friendly matthes, Iheyouty8esitEaffl ever to representQutEn's at oetball. Year S had a particularlysycce55ful year with 75%-win rate and finished the year with a 3rd place finish at the AIIS Nethèll Toumaff*nL Our Year 7-10 teams all participated in the Chester and netball toumaments. rwfomi¥w brf1l￿ntfv. Year7& Year 7B. Year 8A and Year 98 am won thelr re5ped¥e tt)mpebtions wlth Year 9 finishirJ8 3rd. The Year &4 teèm wty) ihe Independent Schools Nat￿nal Compethion-Ihesetondyearth4Tih¥teamhavewona14*Thialcgmpetithx. n￿Vear88teJMreothtdtheQU•rtÈrF1nals of ihe 515ters n Sport Shield. out ￿19 to Hdmfirth.Am wedibbe number of netbal matthes too place, pup115 COm￿tIng lTho¥er 125 netball matsthe5 auossYÈats4-IL For rhe fiTSttlme atQUeeTr.s,w*t￿k 33 putyls from Year7-9 on a neth311 twrtomathela, *there they ￿efved specia15st coathin8 on multiple days. pky¢d friEndly rnatches and on tho final day 3 teams cotryyeted in a toumèment. The U14113 mixed team won the U15 ioumament, s¢orin8 over IW and onty cortediw 10 totsl throughout the day. Both U12 and U13 teams show* brilliant matrh ￿0V and had kns ol succtss throughtyJt the iournament. This was a fantastic opportunity fN puwls to de4elop skills. teamwk and Indepertde￿ wrthln a new setting. Feedba¢k wa50¥er44thelmI￿tY posrti¥e, with many p4reThts￿d pupils¥Eque5tinglorthis ttyurto bean annual e¥eTht in thecalendar. Ath￿￿£$ is ¢Y*e ol the malor sports in the yjmmer temi at ¢]ueen'& KS2 puix15 tgok part In the Che5tw Schools Athletirs Cup, ￿th norable rop 3 finrshes in both trackandffdd events. 22 Year 7and 8 Pup115 tookpartln rhe Chesrerantl District athletics compeiition held at DÈesIdeAth￿tKstr3¢l *th manv¥thi¢vingpersonal best records in thelr respecti events. 20Year 9 artd 10 puwls a150 took part in the Che5terand fAotict ath￿11¢$ eompetitknn. tthth Many pupils WinninE their heats and romwinE ID the finals of their ewffit. Pupits Year 7-10 partkipated the Cheshlre khools Pound I tompetiti¢)n, where some pupiL5 wenton to ihe TrEXt round of the EorryJetilK)n,fepre5eniir¥Wesi (J￿hIre. BDth SeniDr¥nd Lowersthod partknp3tedin indoDrath*t(scorWit6oT& I￿r1•werS￿O￿l puplls coM￿ted in the ￿15.. athievln8 5ucce5s in varfou5 df5dpliTrES and medalknn8 in 3 of the e¥ents. TheyalsociMThpeted in theChe5ter SchoD1s Ind¢yJr athletits competltsrn. fini5hin8 w*th the h￿he51 combit)ed yrts score. Ye•r 7 ffinisbed 2nd in the ChESter S¢hoo15 indoor athlÈiicsand the Year8.5 the Chesterscho￿ Competitio￿filbiShl￿ 3rd in thetheshire School G3mp5 County Firwl5. Football LS alÈvetOPift8 SPtsrt* $￿een.$. InspI￿d ￿the SU￿eSs￿￿1 medfjo ¢￿￿e01 the En4land ixinesses. win in the 2022 European Champimshipx Enthu5ia5rn to the Eame and commitment to iraininE 15 hlgh. vAth foDtball tralnlnR introduced tor Year5 34, and o¥er 30 rThatthe5 played acm55 yea￿ &IL I1￿￿￿1ng Vear 6 ￿￿ving In the ￿ls footh￿1 ornpetition and the U12 team 5ewrin8 3rd Pla￿ in a knl >asKle tourn•rnent shwrq Breat ottitLbde Ind abillty. Th& Ull-L114tearns aJx* played a rawe cf friendtyfLrtures. Swimmer5 had è SUCC25sful year and entered the Eryhsh SCI￿r$ tharnpion5hips vjith Jntsther wttessful Queen'5 team. 4 Year 7. 4 Year 8 and a Year 10 pupil CL￿p￿ed In the El￿￿h Sthod Swmmithi Assotiation IESSAI Charyknship5 comwng in a varietyofstrokes. Six Year 718 puwls CDryeted th the North West &'athknn Irun and ￿lmI compttstioTh èt Larbcasfer LlnNÈrsity forthe fwst time. A woiiderful expeTience fvr 411 iirf5 b*n8able tts h4¥¢ 0 go at a new e¥erbL with 3.p￿￿& qu4lifwn8 for the Nation81 final5. Four of The Queen'5 Scknol Equestrian Team had success in the N5EA Arena Eventlng quaThfier. The Queen's Sthool eguestrt•n Team a150 wnpeted at Kelsall V¥hertth pl•celtb the 51kn 85on andthe 9km teém¥' comptlitv)Eis. The quetr's School Pistol Shwtyns Team w(Yb the 5th•￿¥ th1 Cha￿1￿￿1PWe$t PAKlland5 and North Westqualrf*r, resulttn8 In qtrafffitarlon forthe N•tk)ft4 ftnal& wl*rY ￿￿v ￿tOn tQKIMeve4ihpla￿ in tt*courtry. li- The Queen's School. Chester 6o¥ernorf Report-year Ended 31 Aueust 2024 USK and Drama ar¢a kyelement of the ex1v￿1Ve C¥tr&cu￿1QJL7T prosramn*. Recruitmentforvocal and instrumental lessons has Inrreosed and rhere are nowmore puplls retelvln8 mu*tultson. wfth l(X)X pa55 fdtÈ achieved snthe Autumn ABRSM examinations. 55 drarna puwls inyears 7-12 tooktheir LAMDAexaryLinaknons this ac•JemKyear. with 100% Rainln8 elthermerits oriJ5tinthonk In September. the d￿ffla departmtnt In￿ty1 our ne* thosen theatre prathtioner Tr Paper 8irds' Into 5th001 to run dwsin8 workshop wilh ourGCSE and A le¥el students. We also jumped jumped strai8ht into the year with reF*arsals for lè will rock yod. whith was a suct￿5 and a hWli8ht of the sthool y¥4r. wEceThMi wave reviews after four perfornianres in Oeeernber 2023. We were also busy with theatre trips, tsking ourA knel drama students ro see'A Lmle ￿￿. at ihe sioryhouso tinema In OctobEr3nd we didjolnttripswlththe DepartmenLtakiryYifk13 pupit5tosee'HaThhM' in manChe￿e11n February 2024 and ¥53-5 puwls to see Wded kn June2024 In M4rth. the Senlor Sthwl ali¥e *￿th ts¥o Lwenlngs ol cabaret performances from tsleThted musicLins, Singers. dancers and attors. All of ihÈkhwVs musi¢ wsernblos pprformed. as well as many mus*al solos from students invears I￿13 and sorne drama p￿Ces. The t*artment also organised a ¥ery enthatrAe Summer Solree In JunE, whleh Sl￿W(aSed musi¢ performa*cesfrorn sdtsisis, thambertholr. pop and Mu￿¢&1 theatre ¢hoiry, seNed wfjth and Scones. The annual Queen'5 khod Musit Festival is a ¥erysuete5sfvJl event with many taknted m¥stcians wmpetingfor trophies ahd awards, before the winnev5 perform In an aftern￿n concert attended by paren15. E*emal adj1￿1¢?10rs were once again Impressed bythe hieh standardof mU5Kaltaknlatts￿ khcd. Year& Colette HoTrEwasthe overall ***Tr￿r. The Low¢r Sthool places a stffjth¢ emphasis on nurturin8 confidence and perforn*nce 5kn115 in every child. Ea¢h year. arefijltycrafted producdons prn￿de all St￿je￿tsI￿1th iheopportunhyto shine onsta8e. Hixhlightsfrom theyear iniluded A fin8 1$ 80rn. a heart%YdMing NatNity for the Infants: Wo. wha￿ Atska￿ffl for Years >4 in the sprin¢,' and Forev Ttea*Jrt Island for Year$ 54. which was performed on the SenKrf S(hDDI stage. These p￿d￿tionS not only offered a platFormfor seW-Expre55ion a￿0 helped students devetop pulse and ainfirfer￿ In Speaki￿ and performlng before an a¥dlen¢e. Beyond these shthvs. Sludents partKipated in a Farb8e rf public perf0yrnan￿ throu8hryrt the year, induthng the Irrfant Har¥est servi￿ ￿ the autumn, the Cathedral C*ol knt¢e at Christmas the lower School Daffodll Servite in ihe spdn nd the Little Summer5ereTr3de In the sumwterm. Ovrin8 th55 e¥enL ihe lower Scho)l Orthe5tra. alongwhh string and tar ensembles and 5d¢y5ts. dlsplayedtheK Inye55i¥e musicaltaltnts. The lower School also boaststhreeW￿T3litth0lts-s0￿gblrds. Nithtingaks, arbdl￿eeh'SyDuwVoFces-a￿d thts year. the Junlor (holr ¢ame first ¢n the Chester M￿C Festl¥al compebtion. Further celebraiing student achievements, 12 children earned distinttior& in their LAMDA exams held in March. showtasing their dedicatu)n and sklll In drarna and communication. Th• Low•r Schod ￿Ve also liaised t*ith little Beats. a small tharity supportin¢ music and nursing hL¥nes. The have erfayed ¥isbbn8 Uptun Dean NU￿n￿ Hometo perfomi and geito knowthÈ re51dents. Th15 h45 beem a very W yearlor Model Vnired Ilavons IMUNI. (arrled bythe eniiKsksm of an exceptronal￿ passionate cohort of students. Through MU14 students have the OP[￿rt￿n￿ to sifflulats a diplomatK summit at the UN. debatinE current topics of eeopolr(ical relevan￿. dvJe1s)ptngt￿1r comrnunit41ion arbd teamwrknnlskllk. and 8row and devolop as 1nd1v1dva￿. In No%*mber, queen'swed QMUN 3.ourbigge5tMUN conferen￿¢0¥?te.￿JIth 250 studentsfrom Qu&n'5and 13other schools from atross the North West land one from Jersey) Involved ifr a variety ol ro￿&. A partKular f¢*urp of QMUN is theprom&nentrole Pla￿ bYourPre55TÈam.*thoprod￿oNe￿letterand •videooftheconfererbceTeadylorpubli¢atiors at the otsslngctremonv. The Queen's School, Chester Governors. Report-year Ended 31"A￿$t 2024 . De￿gateS and th3ir5 frDtrb QL*ens' also ￿r￿cIpated Èn a variety of other conftTentts'. in 14ovember, atThe Kinls School. Ch¢stEr' in Detembei. at lthanthester GrnrNYiar kh0￿." In January. at Planchester Hlth khool for Girk,. In Marth, at Shrpwslwry ￿h￿OI,. and in Jvne. ai mOret￿ and at G¥￿. Sthool. In addition. three of our S￿dents partKipated in a ￿rtUal MockCOP in February. P4rticlpaiitsty in externalty￿Eènlled 8cademK t4)mpetibons Is e•eo¥r•Eed trrf many departments. •*th notsble sUCCe$5es. In the Bnlish Physits Otympiad serles of onllne t0rnpÈtitKjr￿. Year 10 students athie¥ed fouf ten Sifver and twenty awarits in the Juntor thallenae, Year 115tudents ￿leYed fi¥e Srl¥erand ei6ht 8roTrze awards In the Intermedkie challenge. and Year 12 Stud￿ts achievtd one threesifver and t*oBron2e awards in theSenlorchallenBe. y￿r$ 3fj ai the Lower 5ctml twk part in this yearfs eebr3s tompuiaikywl thinking thaleree *￿th xvrte stroro results fromtheEir15. performir*abo¥ecountyandnJLionalavwaEeS. ÈndulinE manydi5tinctyofisin ollyearKrwps.Year9entered the natio￿1 Tycoon ÉnterpriEe ¢OrnWition run by the Petet ffionts Foundatirm from dragons DeDI. All year 9 pupi researched and wrotea bu>1r￿sS proposal whith wa5 tskenf¢Mwardtoa panel of jud8es. Tv40 teams were chosen to move to the next stsge of the tompetilion 'Glossy Dorn￿. and 'Erern￿ a range of 8ood5 indudin8 per5onali5ed frlendshSp bracelets. IIp-RIossesind dtsnuts. Both teamswere $0 SLt(K¢ssfvl thtywere ableto pay bacltheirloansfromihe PJ FoLthdation andatso make¥ Ixalthy whitsiieamiwabL*Athe prcrtess Ofstart￿l8 ￿￿Tr￿&s. Four puwls from year 12 entered the GM Girts are In*stors IGAINI #c*k market ¢hallenge. Svpported by an Industry mentor from H58Q they attended a twffjqnonth prn¢ramft￿ to yndersraftd the fvfjts￿nta1 ol ihvestments. The team produced 8 superb and inntrrfatNt pitth VKleo oh th*r th￿n stcund.We had onE puWI rfjfflpleted the Year 3 and Year 4took partln the First Marhemati£s Competiilan. Ah￿h prDPgrtio>) Df￿j0￿puPJktoDkpartInthQ¥ario￿s UKMTMathematical challe￿e$ wbth notable stsrr4sses. The 5th001 also took part int l￿OrpcLll Mathem•tkal &)tiety MerSeys￿e Op•) Challew. Uncoln University ttiaths competition aswel as ￿n￿*￿$1tyQf&j￿tt￿Pton Gpher(h•Uenee and woreawarded a sllver medal and invitabonto 4 piw EMn8 ceremony¥t Wetth* Lowerkhaal¥ndS¢niorSdbooI t+Jak part in Che5terFe5tr¥al of Pthln8Art& bothJuTrwCthowcomin¥and5enior School Chamber t￿11 ¢QrniDS f￿51 in iheir resPe{t￿e catesorte5. A 8roup of Year 8 students took part ir* the National iiterwTrn5t BookQuizand came 3rd in there￿onal heat. Slxthform SDAEntstookpartln the Natlunal Flash F￿￿(￿yoU￿ Competitiort and wÈre h*hNf£ommo*d ftsTthetr*￿r Edurational WJsit$3rp5een 35 an integral part of the eujeriential ¢urriculurn fvrpuPI5ar￿aII ye4rgrwp5 are acce55 a Wide ran8e of year8fLwJp and tsips throv8h tho year. The lower Sthool oifef5 a ￿brant pro6ramme of daytripsl taking full advantage of ihe5choof5 closeprox*m(tyto ¢j￿er nire. Students enioywalkih8¥tsitsto ILxal landrnarkssuth a5thesupermarket. indepEndent5hops. Chester Cathedral. Storyhouse. and the Gros¥enorMuseum. FUrt￿rar*Jd. thtyexplore destinations intludiog Chtster Zoo. Know51ey 5èhn P•rt safety Central. Corwi. thIrkca￿le. thr museums and artpuerles ol kn¥erptd. Thsyeor, we proudly embraced train to red4Ke twreD¥ironmentsl impxt, withpJurry5fr0rn Bxhe Statior13LhJingan emra ltyerof adventure ftsr even aur youngesr pupi Re5identlaliriPS In the iSKore ¥ h￿N￿tfor3110rfSkn yea￿ 2 to 5. sJpptytunlt*s furad*nturt and personal eroth.. Year2: one-n￿l$fayat Bwward5 Year3: one-n￿tsta¥ 3tTatteThhall Yeèr 4.. Three-night ￿a¥ at K￿g5w¢Od The Queen's School. Chester Go¥ernorf Report-year Ended 31sIAu8ust 2024 Year5.. Thretrnilht 513y at Rhos-yfjwalki In Year 6.the fooJ5 shilt5 to ojhural exptthtiofi with a tiip tD France. The5etr6psare Careful￿ Wned to prtiv•JeenqaRiw(Artdwrthalewe& losterinq res11fEn￿ and teamwL¥k,whilE th Frefich experfence bmadens cuhural hoiitons. Comple￿ntInE1h￿e adventures. the LoWerkhO￿ also delwers tomprehen5ive autdoor learnin¥ pro8ramme. ltywerkhool 8WUP5 participalè in enrfthln8 beath visirs dvrini the a¢Aumn and springterms.whllethesummeriefmfeattwes Foreststhool txperitntesthotpromote learnithg. ¢￿all¥lty, and welFbeing a¢Yossall yÈarEroup* Althesenlorsthool. rn05tdepartmert5 alleasi trfp IndudlnE 1he3trev￿1tsbV En8li5h, Music and Drama Departments to Uverpool Playhouse. Lt¥erpoc4 Empire. Storyhtyjse and The Globe. The Art Dep3rtmeM enrtthed pupil leamingthroueh ￿$1￿St0 8al￿rfe$ In London and Manthester. and Èustrtess and Psythokw #udents attended a conference in Manthe5ter. &olcffif, Phy5ksand Geo8raphystudents affendedfiddtrips in North Wales.Chesier Zw and andcthnputyne ptssmls vtsltedthe histort Bknchlry Par Re5Klentialtrfp5 Int￿dIng Pastoral *sits toCorwiayforYear12 and Hi8h Ad¥entureforVear 7were very 5ucce5sful and theOa5sics and RS Departments ran a cukuvaltrip to Rome. &Jsiness Ind Psythokw led an a¢ademK trfpto LondoThto tske part in workshops and conferences. Puplts In Year5 12 an¢$ 13 an¢J ph￿dsts wslted CERNto see the L4r8e Hadron CoNiderand 3 farge8roupof keeh netball pla￿5100k w In a Com￿ts￿ ar￿ tninlnRtr* In M¥rbelLg. The yeartulm4fiatedwiththe tetufrtofthevmfrxhool inthefinal oliemi eath year 8wupwent on a lrfp spedflcallytsiioredtt) thelr w and sweof leamin& tlonal and alobal confi•tlKrn The Vlrtual 8oardroom tontinuesto enablecMnection5wIth alumnae acr055the ￿0bet0 yow. wth valuablesesslohs foryeai 12IL3 studentsfrom alumnae in the U&A and the physKal spatr for careerstslk wrf(h alumnae with professionals from the Legal, Mediral and SdenrnprOfes5kn¢utrwtty￿the UL TheAlurnni Man*8erf%ilitaled three well4ttended reunl¢n ethtsdUn￿theYear, en5urin8 important CDThnertions We￿ nurtured. ThEfE were r*unthsfrom ihÈ aass of 1973 and the aass Df 1974and theknnual Reunion *ith alumnae fram year8rouw. 1973. 74. 84. 01. 14 and rnore. TheSchooV5Aiumni commuaity ha5tseen rufininKSi￿ IB97 Ind ntinues to8rw. over 7.CO) currentccfflneetton$ 4nd 15 Inu¢aslng in fiumber. We re8ulaily hearof ihe SLttessof alumn*frnm the UK*rdfurthw af￿d intludin& SoulhAuslvalia and Newyork Alumni Jre ath Important and ¥alued assetforthe xhool arKI ￿¥￿1*1￿{ in rnnjuDctyon the Careers OepartmenL can htsst populèrcareerstslksfor pup05 tMthawbJe range olknmer from dr¥ersesectors. ￿UM￿l also help condutt mock iNeN￿lDrpUplls 3pplylth8for wmpÉtitè¥è ¢￿TSe& such as medKine. v•t science and applkatlons tg Oxford and Cambridge. These rneetiwcan be held lonTeam51 or in s*r50n. As always* thi5 ethosofglvlng back and mentorfng remalrtS ¥tron8 acr055 q1￿$￿jUMfi1 corNnunny. ThÈ 5chocA also held ftsannL¢al Prizethn8and coMmeff￿￿On S*Nryce With knsplvkngAlumDi west 5pe4kers. The speakeratthe Cornmernrnyon se￿L?{￿lay 20241 wasafv alumnae*ith artr 6nspiTalionaTtatk on howthefW￿aIi0n of a Queen'seducatlon had wpported her in her raveerlDurney in a typY41 rr*ltrdomin8ted worhl and our Prfle G￿n8 speaker Iseptember 20241 alsoextolledthe benefits of o Queen'5 5th001 e¥perienct and genuI￿ty refefFedtohow her Queerfseducational experience still impxted herposrtNely today. 80th speakers are esteemed ID their respe¢ti* fields. The Micluelmas Supperheld In September atthe be8Niningof the￿￿rn￿ year. for our DEwe5ralumnaets rhe sprfnBbDard forthe n￿1 5lep5intheir3lumn*￿rne¥3nd contlnu*J Connect1￿ The Queen's School. In tolal, the Sthwl secured donatkns 01 £178.898 dvrln8 the year. i1)d￿lIng E124.802 towards bursarie5 and E13.581 towords its Bullding Fund. Many parentscontributeto the buMdin8 Fvnd throu8h a tem)ly¢¢y)tribution and Gowernors are gratslul forall don3bons of any￿2￿ whKh enhancethe edLKat(on￿ offerfjnqto puÈ*. -14- The Queen's sch{￿1, Chester Governor5. Report- Year Ended 31#August 20V• The School has ratsed £67.181 for the 150 101 150 Bursary Foundati￿ AppÈ•l since its I?￿Ch. The Sthool Conilnues to engagewith itsparents,Alumnl, andtt*widercommunitytofulfil its aimtOSUPPDrtthosefamiliÈ5whDcould rtot otherwise 3Flord aneduEJtiooatQueen'5. GovemorsrwJgnisethaie¥ery)nebenefitsfrom adi¥erseenvironmentandfrom meetinR and interacting with people who have drfferent ￿r5PÈrtNe5 and back8faundK aryi tlw want to ensure that the Sthool con1inu￿ w refiertihe commuoityth•t it3eThe5. In addition1othel￿￿S on its b￿r￿ry pro¥i5ion.theSdK%A is rawnEfvhdskna mullpswtAstropitrh projectattheSenior Sthool. in total. difertfiJndrai%in8ha$ £5).458t￿arlSth￿AStrts Proiect51nctthe projErfs laur+th. In addit(o to£812,550set by Governors in a ￿￿8ftated Fund. Theschool (Scommlttedtonurt￿lyatyMUfeolgfvl￿￿theentreQueen'S(ornmUnItyandth￿rern1Ir￿l EODtinuinB fotus forwards. Flnandal Review The net surplu5farthtyear¥R5£585.39812023'. wrplu5 oIEI,(K17,9301 ￿f whith T￿1 ￿cOme0f El78W812023.. £385.9781 was attributableto doTrations and lThe& Thisyearfs improNEd surplus ￿flert5 5evtral fa¢tors indud1negr0￿h in pupl nwnbers across both the 5eniorand Lower 5choo15 durinE the year. with feeand associated pupil income bÈnefittin8 from the In¢r¢ase In pupll numbery •ltywh1e kncrea5ed ￿￿(￿frOMty￿fil IntWE5taoddun4ti￿ frvmAlwnnl. Ouring the year. the School a)ntiTrL￿ wth ffs 2022 Go¥emor appro￿1 progTrmrne of investment in thE maintenance. dEVEl¢tpment and upÉ¥ade of the khool 51te5. with wo￿5 Girwied out arr1￿ SenKJr and Lower School buildings and grounds. In addityon. s¥nthcantin¥estiiatK*ns ènd preparatorywork5were conducted forthedevelopmenrof theSthoof5 5POrt fKilitles with the proposed build of a multt-spwts AAro ￿tch arthe Senior School. Thi5 15 a cornplEX projett dueto the She loratiDn and ha5 experienced swificant una¥OkYab￿ del￿ resuking fvrrtn the pandemK. howe¥er the projert remaiD53 priNity de¥ek)pmEfbtforQueen's ￿ work dElY￿erthL% iTnptirtantpwpcL ThÈ School's unrestritted funds at stood •t E9.764.444. Inthdln8 E550.Cth earffla￿ed by the Board of Govemors to meet the oJst of fvture reparrs to butldiw and equipmetht at the Senior and i¢x¥er Sthotsli and £811550 designated for the devEltrpment of an Astro pitth at the Senicr Sthtojl site. The unrestricted fvnd balallee is suffiuent to cover the carrying w*ue ot the SchoDI's ItEeWd land and buildinqs and ¢quipmenL and day-ttrday ¥wrkJn8 caprtal requirements are b¥ careful manaeement of short4emb liouid res￿r£e￿ ftesery￿ Polky The GoverrKbts u*n5ider that a miDimum free rath tra&￿e to one mDnU¢s expenditure Iwhith amounts to £S20,¢YJOI. should be held through0￿ the year in orderto ¢tyer the rlsks and ￿n￿rtaInl￿5 of operatin8 as an inoependent educatyonal esraNlshmeTrt. A free cash balance of ai leost or* mDth'5 exp¢Trdiiure has bEen held slnce De￿rnber 2014. and this remains the Oicy of Governors for the fortlKomin¥ year. GDverDors actNely monitor cash reseryes, in partiCU￿r cons*derine ihe need for further capital ewnditure to equip the School with vTrtO-date facilities that may be needed to maintain the thndJrd oFeduL¥tional servittsthat ￿ currenthf wovwjed. The Charfty hekl tokl fvnds at 31st Aw1# 2024 of flo￿.716 121)23: £IOJ74.3481. of EB.401A94 12023.. £7.929.1411 were uThre51rirted funds ar￿ availalAe for the general Pur[￿Se5 of the Chartty. and £1,557%52 12023.. £2,445,207) were held in eitherEndowed. Re¢ricted or WEnaied funds. andnotavaiWElorthe8enerdl purposes ofthe Charlty. Tangible Fixed Assets runded from UnreslrK￿d resei*s toialled £6.745.110 12023.. £6.641.6751, leaviw Iree reser¥es at31stAuEUSt 2024 of El.656.78412023.. U.187A66 b¥e51iiiet)I Polky, QblÈdivès *nd PerforTh￿nEe The Charftrfspowersof&wÈstmentOfitstn￿tfv￿ds lrythe Tru5teeAct 2(ll). The Board'5 IDng-term polry is to rTwl¢n￿t wKome whli e pre5eNn8 the vatsje of the imfestments. The (harivs investments have Continued to be rnanapd ￿ acc0rdwKet￿th that￿1£y. The Queen's School. Chester Governorf Report- Year Ended 31" August 2024 In¥e￿rnent perfOrma￿e cot)tinue5 to reflect the onEOiThE urKertain market conthtsons. The gross income return is 2.4%. rKI the £apital value in¢wsed 10.2% o¥er ihe year- both present Impmvements on theJmious.year. .Ihvestments are held for their lonB-term retums. afid perfLrmanct ￿1] Continue ID LE monitored to assess *knether they offer adequate return5. Pknsforthe Futu1• The prfnclpal prlorlty forthe Sthool remalfisto pro¥ide an sxitstandlng leamin8 exF*rlence ènd envlronmentfor all pupil ioenablÈthem1oachi¢vett￿irmaX￿￿rn poteniial andthe%*rybestÈxamination resuksptsssible, to pm¥6deth¢ 5tron8est platfonnfrom¥Jhtthtomoveontotho nextphaxelnthEir lives. Thekhoolseekstofoster31ifolon8love of learnlT¥gWithin nurturfTrgen￿ronmenL 4ndt• pr0vlde*2pp￿thlt1esItyr￿p￿stO W. fftate and afKlthen leweas ambiiilMI5. Independent and confident indmdvab. The Stratsuic Plan 5815 th* Schoofs rnain wiorilies for dE4duprnent and eypan5ion to rtmaln 3t thE forefront of providin83s m•ny•rfsin the IOGII area posslblew7th thE Opportuni￿ of a Queen'sedLKaUon. The kv4 arta5 0fde4ekik￿ertfr0rnthe 7-ytsrStrate￿c Plan renwnacornmitmtntto: Cornpletion ol a mulUsPOrt knro pltth aNI ImprowemeThts of the Sports pa￿111(￿) at the Senior Sthool site whlch will fa£illtstefurtherpartnetshipopportunttiesw(th lotalstattsttrthlsand widev41uablespatt51orw ￿local sports dubs. Fooingyeater entsifonmeM•l awart1￿$S and ste¥rdwd5hpthvwth exp3nskJn of the Beach ￿hL￿)I swlficat>tly rÈdudngtheSchoofs Cart￿ footpr"tnL Ensuring stronE d￿1￿[ literacy. with extended pTry1￿lLM of iPad*nharKeil learnlnE to Lower Sthool pup115. In ditlon. the Sth¢)ol aims lo lurther expand pupli s, wnffderrfe in learnin8 through techno1o8y, With greater blended leamlng andlhe expan5bn of the use ofOnEllote and other Ml£rosofttoo15 acro55 all year8roups. ExpandSng the Sensor Sthcofs sector-leadinB Careers seThlce. incfeasing meaninElul pupil contatts with Alumni afid #renqthenlne its in(kntry mefflors pwramme. er¢ablln¢more puplls to attess r*le¥ant work exPer￿n￿ and athhentlc cornmercial proiects. Oevdoplng the School'slthryspace4 to i￿￿jderalrn placesfor pupllsto ￿d. compternemed by ¢Yttin¥di8tt p&rformsto ¢aprtalLseon ebooksandiournal5. The khool will continUÈ to priwfjtise the retruitment. retehtion arKI development ol its outstanding toathln¥ and operations staff. aswell astho wellbelrrf of siaff throL¥h Staff Wel￿1￿B initratsvesand benefits. Flnancial sust#inability is aitheheart of all str*eiitplènnryandG¢wemotsfoeusMTrAltsef•rmonty in lerm50f both tht edu£ètional provisicn and fvturedevewments StrurturÈ. GovÈmatttÈ and M*i4eme GOVE￿Nn# Do¢umeni The scho￿ was onwnal￿I founded 35 the ChesTrr for Gids wa5 op￿d on i* 1878. The Queen'$ Sthool w#$ e5tabllshed ￿ Indefiiure dated 14th February 1882 and named The Queen's Sthool by cfjmmand OF Her M8je5ty the Queen Vthrf•. The Governors cornpleted the process ol'incory3tion' olth• sd￿0¢ *thir• 2022 with the appointment of the ¢haritAble company knowTr as The Queen's School ChE5ter (charity number 11982301 ès $0le corpuraTe trustee of the orlglnal. unincorporated Queen'5 Sthool thaiity. Thi% Intwp)r3tion protess ha5 edablished a rrrfjre robustgovernan¢e syrtem and one thètaffordstetter pmteclion tothe ¢urrentGrNÈrnor5 again5tris*s of personal liatshty. The incorprthhjn allowsthe tharbtytoenierlDkn contra¢ts. aswdl a5 own and hold in¥estmentsand propertyln ltso%•• name. amongst othLY bEnefits. On 19 SeptembEr 2023, a linhJr* dlrettkjn was stwd from the awrity Commbslon direcYDg thit is of 19 September 2023the oriDThal unincowporated tharltyta1iedTr*QU￿'s￿I￿JaIO￿sttrIrt1#T￿nUThbtr 525935lbetreèted asforml -16- The Queen's School, Chester Governor< Report- Year Ended 31 August 2024 part of thEiharity¢alled the tharitsble company¥tso •sThe Queerl's Sthool Chester ltharitynumber 11982301 for purposes of Part4 Ireg&ratronl and Part8 la£tountingl of theCharrtlesArt2011. TheGovemorslrefeNed to throu8hoJtthefJo¥ern(rf Rwrtl areinfattthe dlre£ws ofthetharltablecompanyth* act5 assole CarF￿le tntstee ￿the0￿11￿7 unwKOtpornted th￿lty. 6o¥ornlne Body Th? school's fjv4ernirq 0crur￿ntpf(N[dt51ora Go¥erTrlng eody com¢wi51re up to 20 6fwernors: ¢)ne exoffKiO G￿rtrnOr. bEifi$ The &shop vf Chester lor hlslher nominee), up to Eight Representative Go*rnDrs and up to eleven w-opted G￿le￿Or5 Iw I￿4*1¥e cwpte¢J G¢)vpmors, if The Bishop of Chester dt£knes to tske up tht Ex-offido Governorship or apptiint a ￿L￿￿et) appointed bya Re￿￿￿[0￿ of theGovernoJ5."OtJeastone G0ven￿t0 be a pastpupil ofthe Sthool. Ctropted fy)¥emovs a￿ekned bythe BoèrdofGovernory on the basis ol nominwons reteNed. Ctropied Go¥eTnorsare ppointed for a pernd of five years. Thp Governor< Appointments Q>mmittEe 15 w￿lbIt for tonsidefine the sk¢1￿. knowledge and experience required by the 8oard. AepresentstNe Go¥ernoTS aPP(Nnted by Cheshire West and Chester County Councll are appointedforaterm ￿ndi￿0nthed3teOftheappOintmentof hL%or her5ucces50r.whlch rnaybemad at anvtime after the ordinarydate of election of Bor￿gh COurKillo￿ aftwthe date of hi5 or her appolntment. The oth Repr¢s￿tatIve GLryemots are appuinted ftr a tenn of three ¥*afS. Queen'5 Sthool. Parents. ASSOC￿ltI￿ft Repre$￿tal￿e G¢)¥ernotsare elECttd at a gkneral medin8of theAssocl•tx) All G￿T￿rSt1¥tOIthe￿lIme Ireely￿d M remuneftkn oreweEWTAve paKI duringthe ￿ri0 InewGovernors rÈcei¥ean Ind￿(10￿ parkwhithlftdude5theSclK#)fsgtyerningdowmeThts. aGuldeto beinE aQueert's Sthool Gcvefnor. IhE latest ftnancial staiementsand a numberof other relo¥ant dowrnerrts. NewGovernoTS cornpl¢tÈthg AGBIS eLeaTtting(our5e f¢r New fjovernor5 and are ind￿ted Into the Wo￿n￿OITheQUeen's Sthool as 4 5Ehooi and isiered tharity at a ijieetingwith the ChèirofGo¥ernO￿the￿eldrn￿ and the aerkttslhe GDveinors. I GDvernor5 attend annual 5afe8uar&in8 trainiw and are irwited * encouraged to attend trairwng senMnar4 indudin¥ those OT8anlsed bythe school and other0r￿ls￿tKwts. such asAG81 The Governor5 meet as a aoard at ka5t fourtymes a c(￿lderthevnera1 Wlryofthe 5thooJ and Charlty. and to revlew ￿ overall managefflent Ind mntrol for are resK¥ffislble. GoYernor5 are In￿ted ￿ join 5ub- ¢ommfftees. a¢¢ordin6 to their interests. experbse and milèbihty." Ihe Audlt and ftbs* Mana8ement t￿nmittee is reS￿nSI￿e for keepire the Schooys actiwtt¢$ 4nd policies under review. A Go¥emor attends meetin8s of the 5thMK5 Ne•Jth and 54fety ￿mMr￿eP. whlrh also repvrts Into the Auilit and R￿k Managernent Commitlee and a *pant* Go¥enw is appointed as Safegu•rdin8 knd. io condurt auditsand report bac* to the Board of Governof5.' theEducati￿ Committee prov4des8o¥eMar￿*￿e1fflanerS¥*ctffCalty1Tr￿lalAlthtotheruritu1u￿teaChfn8aftd leaminL and pastoral care.. the Estates Comrnitteets responsthle forthe matntenarKe ar•J de¥elopmeM of d*Schwl prerrit54' ght FiTrarKe Comrnjftee 15 fESPQTrsilk for Impkment5ng marty of the P¢ard's dec15ions and meets at least fow tlfe5 4 year before lull meetln85 of Go¥emin8 8041¥. Tr Finance Committee a150 Te¥ws the bud8ets and managèrnentxtounts thro￿hO￿theVe3r. and the 5tr•ty8foiip 15 responsi1￿10r¢DnSh4eIiry strate8K 655ues and makwi8 recoThnendatitwtsto th* Board. The dav-ttrday running ol the Schcol is dde8ated to the Headmistress and the firector of FIfftan￿ and Operatio supported byothermembws ofthe Senio¥LeadershlpTeam. The Headmtsire5sandthe Directorol Finance and Operations attend medinp Df the Gfftrnin8 artl its ￿MIttee5 ar#1 ad hoe su&cornmittees art forn￿d to ￿n￿er spetiffc proletts. as approprlate. -17- The Queen's Sthool. Chester Govemorf Report- Year Ended 31 August 2024 fjovernors ale also assigned to deparbnents 45 Oepartmental ￿￿k fjo¥ernors. to gain a yeateT understanding of the act￿(Cle$of thèschool and ihdiwdual subiert*ieas.a5well aStsJ actas a po_1ntolcontacibei￿D dppknEntal heads and ihe Board of Governor5. The key mana8ernerf PErsonnel of the ChJrity conyise the Headmi%trE55 and the DIrt¢￿ of Fihant2 and Operntlons, supported by other members ofth* SenfjorLeadership Team. Governors meaonce ayeartomiew salary benchrna￿ln8 infDrmation re13tin8tgthpse pTrsitsons and seisalaryarKI benefit patha8e$ 4rcordtn8ty. The Board. through its Audft and Rlsk Man4ÉrnEnt CoMrnitteÈ - usually consists of seven Govornor5, the H¢admistr¢ss and ihe Dlreetor of finanee a*d Op*at￿n$ - ttiTrtinues to keep the s￿￿r5 artivitie5 under review, pa￿C￿ladY wlth regafd tD rI￿lor rlsls thèt arfse fvorn ttme to tlme. The Schod. UFMler the k4dw5hlp of the Headmistress. 15 re5PDll5lb￿ for the day-ttrday risk matwrnEntof aCti￿￿e$. TheAudit ond Risk Mana8ementCofflrnittee Feporr5direttl¥ tothe 003rd of Governors: rtSterm5 of refwerKe hidude." rnaintsinlng a code ol corpxate go%*mance to ensure the elfectwe management of ThÈ Queen's School's artfvities, and mon￿*0￿￿81Md ewaluatsn8its operation.. settln8 up and moTritorfn8 effeui¥e risk man¥Eement oftheSthO￿'S ind¥L4w". an a55e55mEnt ol key ri5&5thrtcouMlfflpede athlÈ¥ernErt of SthDoYs strato8lc objeLtI￿s. aThr￿al plan5 and day.itrday adiffjT.' o the development and rnanatrmÈmt ora Rtsk Rwster. tomprtsinRthe key rfsks and plansto reduee risks- monitoriollthe de4elopmentand implemehtation of pOI￿les1 P￿edureS anLI I￿10n ￿an$,. evaluatlng key ftnandal sy5tem5 and (wir￿$ to en5￿￿ their adeqLWCY* rdlabllny arnd effectl¥ene55 aNJ ensurln8 thatthe¥ p￿￿￿tadequate 5th8uards apnsl1055e5 of al lind 0￿r the course of the year. the Audrt & R15k Management Cornmlttee canles out a thorou¥h review ènd Update of the 5choofs Rlsk Re8lSter. assesslw and evaluating major risks and the prow5 by they are reviewed. monitored and rrMtiB3tedlrnana8ed. The RE8i51w s revie4ed at É¥ery Audit & ￿sk Management Cornmhtee rneetiol and all other Governor Sub￿rnm1tttes perform a detailed review Df 5PEafic to their areas at le¥st annualty- The Srhool ha5 also engaged an e￿ernal company to a551St with Risk A55t55ments of aaNitie5. to enxxe 0 ¢￿sIStent approath is adopted throuBhoutthe WXYJIar￿ thotthe pro¢ess tst*httyfftan•¥ed. Throu8h the risk manayment process, G¢w*motsbqlie4*that mai•rrisksTMII beidentified•nd adequatelymitwated toan pxceptsble le￿1 In the day.ttrday op*atioTr ol thE Scho￿. It is rÈtw¢sed that systems can only reasonable, but not absolute assur1￿ thatma￿r rfskS￿l be adeytel¥rnanaged. The Charltles Art 2011 and the COMpan￿S Aci 2LI)6 requires the Governors as the TnJstee5 of the Charity tD l)repa Attounts for each finandal ¥ear¥thlth eive a truearMI fa(r*Atr*Toftho tharltl statements15 approprfate. Based on theW0￿ we ha￿ wlomRd. wt have noi identified any Trterial urKertaintie5 retstir¥ to events orwndith)ns th•t. indivldua11ycrfcoHecNvth. mayta5t51gnifKantdoubtontheSchoofsabi1￿vto£O￿tyWea5a¥n￿C£fflCernfQrI porknl olat 1eJrttwe￿e months frornwhen the fihanclal sktements awthortsed fortysue. l)Jr respoftslbil￿es and the rnpmsibllides of the Trustees TA*h respect ￿ eoire COn￿M are descrfjbÈd In the rdeva section5 ofthis repoit Othér Infornwtlon Theother infofrnation crffiprisesthe inf4)rmètion Ifvdud￿ in ttLé annual report otsthan th•financia1 statomènts andour auditorfs thereon. The TrI￿tee5 are ¥esponsible for the other iThformètton contained *ythin the 4nnual repon. Our oplnbn on the finan¢Jal 5tstements does not tovef tt* other Inft¥m4tKJn and we do not exwess any folrn ot assurance oncluslon thereon. Ouf re5Wn￿birtr 15 to Tewj other information and, in doin8 50, cortsider whether the other Inlomlatlon Is Materfal￿ IncoAsSsteni ¥rith the flnandal staternènts orour krthledBe abts1Th￿ In the eourseulthe audil or otherynse appear5 to be n>•terialty rni55tsted. If we identlfy yjth rrt8terf81 inconslstende5 or appgrpnt material mi5tt•temonts. we are requlredtodeEerrnlnewhetherthisglves rlsetoa material mi5siatemeTrti• ihefinanclalststements them5efves. If, ba5ert on the work wp ha¥e performed. th•t thwe Is a ma￿11a1 missmement of thi5 Other Inlorrnation. wearo reg￿r#d to r+portth* fèrt. We h•4e rM)thingtt> reportln thls regard. Mallers on which we are requlred to report by e¥ceMlon We have nothing to report ¢n respectof tht follo￿nE matter5 in rdatKffito the Compan*5 kt 2C#XS require usto porttoyou rf. in wropinion: th• knforrnatbn 8iven in th• fiTranoal $￿em￿l￿ 15 Incon5tstent in arymaterial ¥*spe¢t withtheTN5tee5' repo sUfficIent￿￿u￿I1￿8 record5 havenot b¢eA kept.ty the finanual 5tstemEnts are not aÈrEernentwrf¢h thearwuntv¥ record5.' or we ha¥e not received all Ihe irblormaith and eXp￿nat￿nS reqvire forouraud The Queen's Sthool, Chester IndÈpendent Auditors, Report tothe Truslees olThe Queerfs Sthts)I, Chester Responslbilities of Trustees As explained more fvlly in the Matement of Trustees. fe$pOr￿1bII1tIe5, IheTwsw are reS￿nsIble for the prEpèfation of the financia1 statements and fw being satisfied that the¥ 8i¥e a twe and frdir view. and for such internal control as the Trustee5deterrNne isnecessarytoel￿b1ethe prepararton offinancialsta*w￿ntslh1taTefreefrtsmmat￿rIaIrnlSstatemenL whether tolraud orermr. ITrprepari￿tr￿fi#anoal theTrUs1ee5a￿ re5pon51blefor asse5￿ngthe S¢hcrfs ability to continue as a I￿ng concern. disdosin& as appk3ble. matters related to ronEern v51h8 the golng contem basis of at£t)Unti￿ unIts%thÈTft￿*thÈr M*Ènd to £ease￿ratIo1￿0r htre T￿realiStical￿maI￿ebUIto￿o AuditoPs responsibilities fo¢ the audit of the finartdal statements We have been appolnted as ayrfiior urtder 5eciion 144 of the CharfUe5 Art ioii and rtport h acwrd•rte ¥Ath the Acr and relv4ant reRulations madeor ha￿Tr8 effeathereunder. Our DbJCrt￿t$ are to obtsin reasonable assuramee abtyrt whether tht finantial statements as a whote are free from materlèl m155tatemenL whether due to frdud or error. and to issue an audltorfs report that Indudes our opnion. Reasonable asSUra￿e isa hiRh knl Ofassura￿eb￿ ts Thxa 8uarnDteethatan èvdit condLKted in xwrdancewith I￿$ IUKI wlll alvjays detect a mater￿1 m￿5111em￿f when it ewsis. Misststements (an arfse from fraud or error and are (onsidered material rf, 1ndivrdua1￿ or ihE aure8ate. thrrf c(wld reaSor￿bty bE expected to influence the economic deci5h)r￿ ol users taken on the basis Oft￿ finanoal ststements. Irregularrties. indudln8 fraud. are InstarKes of rtaTrcomr4iance with lakns and regulations. We design procedures in line 4Wth rxji responsibilities. oullined aboo to detert rnaterial nusstrtÈ￿Trts in re5pert OF ine8ukrities, i#cluding fraud. Thc oxtorbtto whith ourproced¥re5 are capable ofdetertin8 irrwlarrties. Ind￿14￿￿3￿￿. detailed bel(￿. Enquiry of mona8¢ment and those tharged ￿ 80vema￿¢ar0yn¢ aEwo1 and pot¢nttsl Ily￿t￿n and dalms,. Re¥￿¥￿n8 NNnUtes of meetinqs ofth05e djargel wafh8ov￿•n￿.' Performin6 aud￿* work overthe tiskof rnanagemerrt Dverrideof contrd4 indudinBiesuniofiDumalentDes and other adju5trnErts forapwopriathw eYaluatin8 the b￿l￿e$S ratil￿al￿of sqnifitanttrartsattior*wtsldethe nornjal course of bLts5ness re¥knvin8 actoumijy estinMies for ￿a$. Enquiry of managemerf and those tharRed go¥ernance to fjdentlfy any nistsrKes of norrtomplvdrte laws and regulairons. The potentyal effett of these laws re&￿￿tKIns ￿ the financial staterneMSVamS(on5hlerably. firs￿¥* the khool Is subject to laws and re8ulatkn)s thot d1￿C￿Y offert the financlal 5tstements Incluthng financial reportingle8islètlon llndudlngre1a￿d companies1egts￿tloTr1. d451nknutab* profits W51aiion andtax*ion le8thzion and assessed the extentof compILin￿ w6th theselawsand regulations as of wr woodureson the resated finaTrdal statem*)E iietng. S*tondly.the5choalissvbjecttomanyotherlawsand regulatK￿5wherethÉtO￿sQ9UefiCe0fn0n5e mattersweare reqylred to stste to them in an audltors. report and for other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law. wedo rhx accepi oras5uffle re5ponslbihty to anyone other than school and the SthoofsTrustee5 as a lth,lorouraudiiknrtforthis report or foTthe opinions we ha¥ÈfrJrrned. Robert Pearl Bsc BEng ACA Xeinadin Audit Limited statutoryAud￿IX i8ible to art ès an a•Jd6tor in ierms of 1212of the CompanIe5P￿ 2(#X 2 Hilllards Court ChesterBts%ness P*k (tre￿er CH49QP Date.. 21" May 202S -22- The Queen's School, Chester Statement of Nn•nclal Actl¥ltles- Year Ended 310 August 2024 hmds 24 zj .IncLvrofrarncharikbleactiwl 6,482256 6J8l256 59.730 41 163 S7 171)161 127 184 178*98 385.978 6.705.443 187503 92 7.241,623 IExpenthtrJre: ..&perdibJr*onttsritsbleaci￿tr 6232ffjAI 104ffjZ8 6337Jl8 .& endiwfEan ra151 lu￿1$ 17397 T(4al E4eN*¢ 6J32ts 6337318 6.216M69 ..In%*5D￿TrlIIo5Se￿5 In5 J86 29.770 ilnconwl¢￿Ptstsfvr￿ io .L472.753 99A59 13J86 585398 l￿D7,9 .'NerAknernertkn Pifids 472,753 99.459 iJJ86 585 724J35 357722 10.374 9,366358 824394 370 IOJ59.746 10.374348 The act1￿￿e5 rdaie io coniinuinB Opera1￿0$. The Statement of Finanoal Activit￿5 include5 al$¥Th￿d kNesrecoBTrwl inthE yew. TheStatementofFinancfjal AttMt*esatsocomFd￿sl￿ththereqU1reMefttsfo￿•rt irthTreandupendkntreacwuntuTrJer thÈ Companfjes Art 21))6. The hQtes on pages 26tD YJ fm part of theser￿ar￿lI statement -23- The Queen's School. Chester Balance Sheet as at 31#Au¢ust 2024 2024 2023 "Tan8ible Fimed Assets 12 13 6JW,432 314.188 6.796.997 Z84,418 7.Z14,620 7,081,415 Curyert As￿$ Debtors C45h it and ITh H•nd 14 756.191 4.130A)16 4.631407 4.941071 •J86208 C¢*dittyS ."Nmounts fallingduetbythin one￿r 15 1801.931) ieoiJ961 .P4et Cuvrent AssEt5 4.140.139 3,584312 .'Yot*AssetsLe5stsrrerf Ll•WItJ .Cr*dlrurs "Amounts kl11￿d￿e￿fter Th￿)rethan Dr*pr Tota Met A%sets IlJ54.759 10.665.727 16 B95J)111 1291.3791 10.959.746 10.374.348 dowed Fund5 'Péstrkted Funds 19 20 370Jri3 814J94 357.722 724.935 Umtstrfrted Fun* Qesl8Dated k¢umyl4ted Income 21 21 1.362550 1,362550 7.929.141 10.959.745 10.374348 The nvtes on wge5 26to 39 form part ofl￿final￿1aISIatefflen Approved bythe Board olGovemorson 21° May2025 and slgmd on Its behalf bv". K/rJJy J. Mfs K Whlteley 24- The Queen's School, Chester Cash Flow 5tatement-Year Ended 31" Au8¥# 2014 Cash Flow Statefflent P4ut•s 2014 2013 Icash iiowsfrom OPer*th¥A($￿t% 519527 698,739 Cath Fh?ws fviwn Inves¢lr*A(ti¥tt*s'. Improvements v>freeh¢Jld land and bvlldinK% Purcha5eol Furnitur&eqUir*m￿*>nd ¥ehicles Not cash pr1v41d￿"_bI• investin advltl 1189.198 189,1981¥4 I41￿03 '.Iilve5trnent Income Interestpald I71￿6? 127.184 -L_J17,397 109 787 ac15*fje5 NrtCa5hp_rOvlded_byfiThaD¢I￿_ 172 62 Chan¥eirt NEt Cash in thep¢rlod IWEt CJ5h atOI.09.23 502.391 4.127.016 766.723 3.360.293 CF2 114et cash a131.08.14 CF2 4 629A07 4 127.016 Notes to the C•sh FIWT Statemert" 2024 ..r4et movÉwt In . Deduct Lai￿n5 Ald1055es on investments .Add dÈpreciatiOn char8eS ' Deduct investment Incom• Interest pald Add decre3se/ Deductincrease ir• debtors id I ncreasei Deduct detTe35e In crèditor5 .'Net cash used In o 585.39B 129.7701 85.763 1172.0621 1.007.9YO 86.634 1 IS3.472 103 670 1181.441 1111 421 SI9￿17 6915.7>9 CF2 An*ys550f Chawes In Netcash At OlllYI> At 31￿24 sh balance5 Ioverdraft balance5 4,130x116 502391 4,632Ai)7 .Ca5h atbank and in hand ' Dèbtduewithin oney_ST Oebt dve after oTheytsr ￿.130￿15 4.632 407 1 4.127IJ16 502391 4.629AU7 The Queen's School. Chester Notes to the Finandal Stat•ments- Year Ended 3111August 2023 The fin#ngal siaiements have been prepared under The Ctyknpanies Art and in atcordance ￿•th applicable accountin¥ standards a•d the Ststement of Rertynrner*led Practlce_om.*£ttyJntlrs Jnd Reporting by Charities.. the tharltie5 SORP IFftS 1021. l. Actounflng Polldes Theprincipalacty*ntln8pol1desad¢)p￿.1￿d6•￿entsa￿jktysOurwofestitnationuKerta1ntyintheprepara oflhe Financial Stst¢ments are as follows.. Theflnand￿sfa1ernenrsèrepr￿tnte￿ kn sterlln&whichtsthÈfufictx)nalcurrewoftheCh*lty. Monetary moursts inthese financlal statunents arr rounded to the nearest £. bl Ba$150fprepThllan offm￿¢laI5l￿rneTrts The flftanrl￿ smements have been wepored underthe histovical t05t conventhThwith Item5 rwn15ed at rnst or transact(on value unle55 otherwise sratett in the rEIEvant notels) tr• these ar£ounts. The firbancial statements have bÈen prepared In accordance with the Statement of Aecornmended Practlce.. Accountln8 and Rewtin8 by CharitR5 weparin8 their xttyjnts In 4Ltordarte Wtth the FIna￿￿1 Repanin¥ Standard applicats￿ iTrthe Uxand RepU￿lcOf Ireland IFRS102lleffettfft l°J¥nuary2019laTrdthe Financièl Reporting ndard applKèble inihe LIKand Repu￿1¢ of Ireland IFRS 102land the Cornpank53Ct 2(KM5. The Sthaol t￿￿rt￿leS a pubft bEnehtentrtYasI￿DeI by FRS 102. The T¥u5tee5 haye Considered the fvtsjrettadingufthe khool yepartd fore¢•stsfor o period of mre thon 12 m￿th5frOM IhE date ofthese finan￿1 5YdtÈmenty TTr￿ have a reasonable Èxpertation that the Sthod can t4)nWnue to meet its liabilities a5 they lall due. On this ba515. the Trustee5 consider it appropri•teiO pre￿rethe15Tr•ndaI stattments Oththtw￿cO￿ern bas dl F•es and Swnllarlncom* FÈes recdv•Ne and charyes lor serylce5 of prerrAses are acttyjfiied for in the Pe￿0d In whtch the 5er¥ice 15 prDYided. Fees re￿1v￿bIe areststed •fterdeducUng allowofices and 5(hc4arshlps bythe school. 1ncludecontribut￿ffj fereNed from bwsarylund Fees receSved fDr educatkjntobe ffide¢l In fiAU￿￿$3[ecaTh1ed fThrd astjefwred in¢fyne. . lrtevest re￿￿a1)le l•tereston fvnd5 held on de￿&t ￿ Inthded re¢thbleaDdthe (anbE measu￿￿ ￿lIa￿Y by the Charlty, IhL5 Is norrnalty on notsf￿￿n of the interest paid orpayable by the bank. In¢omÈtOXT¢t)verable in relatyon to donatiL￿s ￿rIed underGtFt Aid 15 recognised at tho tirne the rqJaymÈntclalm is rnade. LxpertdttU￿ Is attwnied For on aTr accruals ba￿$. Ouethead and other costs rKrt Lfireetly attributablo ta partleular funttional activ￿ are appwtluned over ihE relevant categories on the basi5 gf rnana￿ent eMimate5 of the amourt attributsble to that artivity in the year. ehh2r by refereDte to staff timeorswoccup(ed. a5 appropitste. The irre(oVerab￿VATelernent is indudÈdwith the itomofexpen5e towhl¢h it rtlate T*achlnimaterf* &Jpp14e5 ol appaTrtY5, equiwntrt. book5. Stalioffj arvj matertsls are *YftieTr off as as ihe expenditure on prtKuriry4them is inruryed. l D¢hths O￿at￿]n5￿nd Iwoe5 recÈNable lorthegenernl pvrpcse50f thetharityareuedited to unrertrirted funds. Donat#)￿ legacie5 ft)r purpJses re5tritted ￿ the wshes of the donor are taken to restrKted lund$ where those wlshu are tegolly blndirq ￿ the Sthool Grr4ernor¥ except that ￿ amounts regulrÈd to bE The Queen's Sthool. Chester Notes to the Financial Slatem¢nts- Year Ended 31" August 2024 retalned as cathal ID accorda￿e with the donorf5 Ymshes a￿ accounted for irthad as endowmonts- permanÈntorexpendat4eaccordinEtOlhe narureof the restrKtion. SupportC05tsarerhosefunciknn5 tha1a￿sEthev￿rko1tt>PChaYjtybutdo dirertlyundert3kechèritable activitie5. >Jpport ￿$ts indude fifftar￿, pe￿)rtn￿. pWI and go¥em•￿. GDvernance costs are thos incurred In connectkn wth adMIn￿lIOn ofthecharityand rornpfmnce ￿ constltutkjnal and 5t*ut¢Jry requirements. Genwal fvnds are unre5trlcled vihith are a¥31￿ble for use at the di5rrethJn of the TNst¢es In furthtiance of iheBenernlobiectives ofthe Charityand which havenotbeen desy*¢dforotherpurpws. Designated fund5 are uorE5triaed funts of theChaTfty th*ihave been 5Ei aslde bytheTrustees for specific purFoses. The akm use of e*h dEsi8natedfund155et in the noteStothe fin•ncial $i•iements. Re5triLled lunds are fund5 whKh arE used In *ttordance with restriLtiDns impD5ed by dor￿ whith h3¥e been talsed by the (haraty for partK>Jtsr purptsses. The (Osts of raisin8 and adMIn￿eTing such fvnd5 arechareed wsi thespeDfK The aim and use ofeadl I￿rthd fund ts setoul ITh the notes to the financial #atern￿ts. Endowedfvnds3relur￿whKh?reU5edlnaCC0[dan￿Tthlth 5peafK restrict￿simP0sed bydofiorsorwhith have Lyn ratsed bythecharttyfor partitular purptsse5, and where the wrtal el?mEntof thÈfvnd must be mainr4tnod in peryttmty. Thec05ts ofratyngandadmin￿terI￿S￿¢h lunds are thargedaeain5tthe wtcifi¢ fund there thatdoes not red￿￿the 0ri8inal (apital elornentof thefvnd. The alm and useof tach restricted fund 15 5ElOlltin the to the finantial $tste￿nts. Investment ifiCOm¢ PAsand losse5*o *ated totheappr0wtstefuj￿. kl Operatry Leases Rents p3¥ab￿ undÈropetatin8 ￿ are (tsrBed kn thestatvnentof Fthandal Iin 3 5¢ra*ht-Ilh¢ ba515 twerthe pEr￿d of th• least. FreEhdd Land buIl￿1￿s. Son￿ Of are tsted woperties. •* irK4uJed at fost and are not deprea4ted. It IS the Governw< poliry to mainlaln the bvijdings ITh a good 5rate of repair, CO￿qUent the¥ dre considered to have an indefinite usèful economi¢ life. Annual impairnxnt rv1￿5 have 50 far onfirmed that the ser¥i*wential ofthe build1r￿ remasns undlrn1n￿hed. In addiiionto thecosts of mtnoi lepaits￿the bui1dln￿,T￿hlthartwl¢tte￿ off a5 incurred. a provi5ionwthin desienoted fvnds ss made ￿ and wthen approprtate for malof repairs that are likely to arlse In tho lufvre_ Improvements to knd •nd buiklirnF are Included at wst and a￿ depreriated at JO% per annum on tost. Fumiture.fixtures. fittin8s and equil￿taTe capitslised atu)5t and are depretsated at r*es between 10% and 25% per annum ￿ COSL Motor velwt1È5 4re tapital￿ed at cost and are deprwated 4t rntes bet￿￿eTr 2ce6 and 25% per annum on cost. Individual rtems costin4 te55than £5AIJJ afe¥ffluen off a5 an eXper￿e as aqulred. m) th¥esknefits Investm￿r5¥re5rèIed at mavketvalueatthe ba￿TIre sheet date. Invesifflerbtsalns orlDS5es •r¢calcul•ted by referen￿ to the market value5 01 inyesiments at the begtnnlng and end of tl% aLrountin8 P¢Tiod. The statement of Financial ACt￿￿eS I￿Ule$ the nd 8airs and losses arsing on rewaluat•)ns and di4)05415 thrwhouiiho ￿￿￿. -27- The Queen's School. Chester Notes tothe Finanaal Statements-year Ended 3151Au8USt 21124 Debtors are r￿o&ntsed It the sett￿ment due aft￿Me￿[scoUn￿ of6réd. PrepayinÈnts are er anv valuedattheamwnt prepald Detof tradé discouThrs due. Cash atbankand cash ITr Indude% cash and shurttemi IWIty11guhl In¥tStinents with a Shortffia￿r Dfthreemonths ￿ less from thedate of at4Ui5itit*)or openiryof the •ccounL pl Credltwsandy￿IS[ty ed￿01$ ahd pro￿S￿￿S are re£rynsed *knere the Charity has o present 0￿1￿160￿ resuFiin6 Irorn a past event that will probably in the trnnsler of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle ihe obll8atkn can be rne35ured or e5tirnited reliabty. and P￿YOn$ are normèlty re£e8rused attheir settlement amtyjntafterèlkn￿nEl0r any traded15countsdue. ql Pensl•hS¢l•n* Thesthool contrftwrtes to adefined mntrfbution pEns*)n Sth￿eforStaff atratesv¥rWngfrom4%to 16%, and the5emntrftrrtJtlonsarearuued KCordi￿￿. In the applKation of the Sthoofs a(￿Unting potstyE5. the GovemDTr are rEquired to make judgements. e5tirnates and assumptims aboutthe r4rryin¥amtrJntof 3ssEts and liabllities th3t3re not readity apparert from othersourtes. Thee$￿mItes1nd35sOC1Itedas5uMpti0D5afebHSed on h￿tallr¥IeXpel1tnCeaTrd other fadors thatare ton￿defe￿ to be rd*¥anL Attu•l resurts May differfrom thesèe5bmate5. The estimètes and undethift8 •ssumohyb are re¥le•*d on an on8olw bays. RevIsIor￿ to acthJntln8 ertIm4￿$ ire I¢¢O￿lsed IA the peri￿ In whth thÈ e5timate15 re¥*￿ wherethe I￿ls￿n affett5 onlythat period or lntheper￿d ofiherw5ton andfvlU￿ kwod5whtrethe reviyon affects both curyeniand future periods. TheGovemors consthrthe ke¥ accountiryestmates andlud8mentsto be.. Deterninlng residual valuE5 and vselul eco￿￿￿ Ir￿S of plantand Muipment.. Ta¢ulble assetsaw deprec(aW o¥erthdrestim3ted usefvlkn bo5Ed Dn hlaorir perforrnantt.The actual INes Can vary. Jud8ement s applled also in the resldualvahjes of plant and mathinery. When dctorrnining Ihe resMluolvalUe.theGtr￿nots8Iintoé$se￿theamtsuntthOlthPa$setWQu￿Icurrentty obuin trthe asset red15P¥5edusI￿ m•rket wlce5whert F￿$sth. Recovera￿lity0* re¢eivable5: Apr￿$5¢￿ is estsbli5hedfow recei¥ablesth8t/Te e5tirnated nottobETEcu¥vth. ThÈGoyerntsT5con5kleT facroTh surh as p2St experienL?wh￿ assesslngthts wodslon. The Queen's School. Chester Note5 to the Financial Statements-year Ended 31StAU￿$t ZOZ4 2. Inci>me from CharitsbleAdi¥ilies 2024 2023 klncome from CharltstAe AL￿￿tIeS coryise5'. 'Schaol Fees Icaterin8_In¢or Other Income 5.75858LI 359,905 363 771 5 967 851 377.829 341.690 fjh873701 6AUZ356 Ischool fee In¢t¥￿(or￿PrlS￿. 'Gross fees '.iesFToty41 byr54rie5 3nd •llow7fiC*S 6 071.746 416 208 6 292,562 407.432 5,655538 103.042 5 885,130 5.758580 5 967.851 The abo¥* edUcat￿nal awards worE made tr1 31 y￿￿1d1t*1s{102j.. 351 of 1012023: 101 benèfftted from bLKsarypatd parttyor lully from Restrict¢d Ivnd 2014 2023 Caterlns l•coo* cotyrlses.. jPupil Lufi¢he5 ITuck ShOEl￿OMe Totiier Cateringlnco 335.266 17.725 6.914 357.903 J2.391 359.905 377.8Z91 rother In¢orr* compri5e5: -Entrance e¥amin3ti15n anl othw fee& .Trip InCOtnÈ iother IrKom 4.950 210.502 126,238. 341,690 , 188.842 169,079 363.771 3. Intome from OthorTradin$Actl¥ltks 2013 jFee refund scherne '.ReThrs and lettings 7.228 52.502 8.105 32.986 The Queen's School. Chester Notes to the Flnandal Ststements-year Ended 31st AuEU5t 2024 4. Investment trKom¢ eank and othtr in￿eSt Oiyidend5 and interest 161,084 10,978 I71￿ j J17,602 9.58Z I 117.184 1 5. Oon¥tlons and Legades 202J Oohatiohs to Bulldlng Funds Donafjons ￿ Bursary Funds Other donations and I ¢ie5 116,600 214281 SS.097 j JB5.978 I24￿2 6. Exptndlture on Chafftable Act1¥1￿ 2023 Wages and salarle5 Social Securlty costs Penslon costs 3j59334 346.661 449,018 1 3 591.414 310389 43i.709 4.335.112 1 4￿SSj)I4 Contract lèbtsur-. Catrrill8Staff Te￿￿Ora￿teaChl￿ and sup.portstrff 30.iii I 4.685.125 j 54.117 1 4389,229 1 Support rortS fthllWiS•: rcaching costs Wdfare costs Premlses costs Su port Costs Governancec05ts 666.796 207,529 562.645 , 203M23 t 616.OZ4 1 190,906 656.OD8 346,555 1,652.193 IA20.243 Totsl E¥pendlDJreon LTharltabIe*tsJ￿fIes 6J37A18 6309872 1 TeathiThg £05ts inrludE deprrflaith of £50m712023: £49.230i. Prernw costs Indude depreci¥tK>n of £27.803 11013.. £30.2521. WettsTeu)Ms indude depreriition of £7.r*312013.. É7.1%31. The Queen's School. Chester Notes to the Finand* Statements- Year Ended 31 Auiust2024 2024 Avtra8e number of •mployees In Iheperlod lartual h•dcounil "TÈachin&staff .Othoi stsff No 58 76 59 1341 la7 2024 No .Tea¢hlns S¥ff Othet stsil 49 si si so The numberolemployEe5whose ￿m￿rne￿ts exceeded f60AbXJ . exdud pen%on Contributior￿ was: 1024 20Z3 No 1£60,001- £70,000 ,'E70,001- £80.000 .,£80.001- £90.000 1£g0.001- £IOO.WO .£100,0￿- Éiiopio The key m3na8¢ment personnel of th¢ Charlty comprtsE the Headmislre4 Head of Lower SchLYA. Deputy Head. HEad ofsxth Fomi. Headof Partoral. Head ofTeathing& Learnin& Directorof FinanreaTrd OperatpJn5and Director ofÉxternal Rdations. Thetotalernplwbenrfitsofthe keymanagement ￿rSonn￿OftheChIfltywero £616,880 12023= £614,057). ThÈ Trustees did not recel¥e any renwrv3ti￿. reimbuw5ewthl of expev5rf or benefits in *ind durin8 the ￿ar 12023.. £Nill. Th¢Trv5tee5 are EnttrtJedtDdaim fortravel waivEdtheirriBhttodosOthrpv8houlboth the current yeataThJ the Pr￿loUSye¥. Pensw)n conrribuknonswere madeto a L4al&Gehwal definedc¢MtributiDn schemefDrthe higher paidernplo¥eE5 115tsd akw)ve. TheSchoolcentribLrttdtothlsscheme asfolltr*s'. 15%or16Xofpension8b￿5è￿ryforteèthbnB5t3ff, ar*J 4%cf 5% ofpeThsionabie saLiryk*O￿èts.￿s staff. -31- The Queen's School. Chester Notes to the FlnancFal Slatements- Year Ended 31 August 2024 7. Penslon Scttèmes The School contributes to a Leral & General-d￿￿nt1lbu￿0o 5chThr its teaching stsff. eme e cost of the 5¢hwYs contribuii¢w for the year amounted to £399.89B. The comparable tost for the PTÈViOU£ y4ar was £391.628. The School alw tontr0￿jtes to a defined ontiibutb)n scheme for 6ts orwatlons staff. The ¢ost of the SchoDfs ontributionskntheyÈar amountedto£49,12112023-. £41,￿1). All operations staff areenrulled ￿tathe defined tontrfbsjtlon pe*sion stheme ofwhKth teathinB ate also a membw. 8. Ejtpenditure On Rat51ng F￿d$ pport Fundraising costs Financin 17J97 1 17J97 Totsl Evpendityrèon Paisin Fund5 9. Transfer5 betwe￿ Funds There were no trnnsfer5 bÈtwoeAlund5duMithetyrrwtyearorthe wlotyear. 10. Net InwmeAexyAllwel 2023 Net InwmeilExpendllLYel 15Staled *er th¥ Oper¥¥n8 Le85e5 PepretlalDn of FixEYJ *i%sets Audltor5' f¢emuDeragon- Audlt Fees Audltors, RerNnwaOon- flon.￿dIt Fee5 Interest paY•￿e 27.978 86,634 ia1:141 J. 138,672 1 -32- The Queen's school. Chester Noles to ihe Flnandal St*ements-Year Ended 31"Au8USt 2024 11. St*ementolfinJndal wlysis ty fvnd lor Pr¥orYwended 31"August 2023 Restr￿ed Fwds Fund5 2023 iln¢o**fr•m charitsble actibrylies 6￿87370 6.687.370 jlncowe from othv wadin8a¢ts¥iiie5 41.091 41.091 'In¥esbmthiriA¢Qft 119310 7264 127.184 "Donation5 and Lqaues 385578 385,978 6J48,381 193,242 7.241.623 ,.Expendltiire: Expthditurew ¢h•riiableacti¥itieS 6.116*99 6.209.472 1 Expendltureon iaisityfvnds 17397 IT0t￿ tspenditure 6.134296 92￿73 6,226M69 .'Inwtrrthtllosses)i8airts (2,8411 133231 Netlncoinelj¥ApendibJrel 714￿85 297m8 1 13.923 1 1 1.007.990 '.Nei h*J¥èmeht kn Fund5 714￿$ 297,128 13?231i 1.007,990 iFund balantts as at lstsepterkn 2022 8577.606 427.107 361.645 9.366,358 ,'Fundba•K*S•Sat 3i5t Ay5r2013 9291A91 1-1 724335 1 357.722 10.374,346 j The Queen's School. Chester Note5 to the Flnanoal Statements-year Ended 31"Au8ust 2024 12. TaThxlble fixed Assets Fr*thohJ As92ts Istsept￿ ZOZS dloons durln8pwlod 6JN.481 I,IIUJJ35 1,199216 40.269 17521 148.929 8.831,313 189.198 At31stALVStZ024 6.504.4BI I.IIOW35 1.139555 166.450 9.020.521 Ilepr¢d#h Atlst5Og￿kn 1023 awrgefor wiod I￿3L160 IJX13,Q66 57360 I￿34.326 85.763 At31stAu￿t2O24 IJ)59￿> 1.061P16 2,120,089 NetOookVa At3151Augv3t20Z4 17•529 165,45D 6.9DON3Z A13tstAuBUSt2023 6,504.481 78.775 196220 17.521 6,796,99? tywalls ftaa4 Chebtrr verpocd Road. the5ter 4.311￿58 2.193,423 6.50¢￿81 Tota Markqtvalueas at15tSeptwth 2023 PA$dI￿on5 Gains /ILossesl on rwRIuaifjoTr 141.999 142.419 284.418 13.186 16584 29.770 Marketval￿as at31stp￿ty$t 2024 155J85 159Jb03 314JB8 Usted oty th¢LK 5tockExcharrf¢ lthllsted UK 11we5ty￿ts 61331 93,353 159m3 220.335 93.853 155.185 159.003 314.188 Hlstorlc tostas at 31st#￿E￿5t2014 40.571 126.070 166.641 l invÈstmÈnts areearried atthdrfèirvalue. Invesb))efvt ￿ Èqiulies and fixed asset se￿rItI￿5 are alltr•*ed in quoted publKmarketS* wimaribtthe London Ethrye. H(4dings in investtnEnt futK15. Unlttrusts and open- ended Investmem c(ffip3nie5 areal the bid wce. The ba￿ offair value for quoted in¥ellmÈnts s equlva￿nt to the marketvalue, u51nB the bwj prKe. A55et 5ale5 and puKhws are retoAnlsed althe d*eof trade attasi (that Istheirtran5artlonvaluel. The Queen's School, Chester Nots5 to the Flnancial Sts¢ements-Year EThkd 31#A￿u$t 2024 14. Debtors 2024 zoz> Fees and charge5 Other dehtr>rs Prepaymw)ts 100.728 . 53.163 155.773 69.508 42,874 143.#10 309.661 256.192 IS. Credltry5-AMoW￿ faHIry4 due ¥Jth •)neye¥ 1014 2023 P&lvance lee Paym￿tr cru•ls TwaLle Cr￿ltur$ Taxes and soEial security B4nk ov*drèFr Loan5 repayable￿lhIn oneyear (Note 17) Othw uoditprs 426￿11 46.154 154.062 75?25 1fj2IJ43 173,254 206,813 77P71 3MOO 179.715 95,980 801.9 801*96 Adyafite fee p•yments relate tts¥riiounts rec•wedlmm parents ayeements to payup to the 0quNa￿￿tQf fourteenYeat 25,U9 •14J94 Bursary Funds rep￿Thr doTratkn￿ feteNed and ihcomÈ arisiro for the purpose of pro￿dIng for glrfs attendi￿theser}10r5cb(￿1. ButsaryFundslndudetheFoundation Bur5aryFund le5tsbllshEd in 1978 and formerly known as the Cenienary Bursary Fundl Whith ¥Kludes cash and in¥esTrments that were transferred to ihe Schwl on ihe winding up of the H•stin8s Foundation. whKh are ta be appli¢d in awardfftB bursaries io pupils in theSL%th Forin. Byrsary FuThds •tso include 8enerou5 annual donatiorts provided by both Tht Chester 8lueco•t Ctharity and Thewildes F￿￿LatiOn. to bE expended toprovide fir￿ncI&l 5UPPOrt to pupd5 wha Treed suth 5upporL The 150 for 150 ou￿ary Appeal Fund was eStab￿shed In 1019. wffth the alrn of raisSre £ISO,COJ by SthoDYs annivet5ary in 20Z8. to prtyide bur5aitsfor•rfs attendinE the Senv)r5chool. The Confu¢iu5 Classroom Fund represents fvnlin8 retei¥ed to Contin￿ tl* d￿lOp￿rtt Df the 5eniDr SthLW)fs Mandarin currKulum and to provideCu￿Ure enithmentactivthsvthhin th? whole schoDI. The Prize Funds represent the income elerrerbt of fund5 Set b¥ Indthjual don￿5 for the purpw of awar(Mn8 prizes and travel stholarshlpsw gir15 tn the Sen￿5£hOc1. The Queen's School, Chester Note5 to the Finanaal St•tements- Year Ended 31A￿USt 2024 The 8uildinE Funds. whlth Indvde the FoundètiOA Dvlelupfflent FLfftd. f0FMET￿ knMI 35 the Mlllennlum AppEa1 Fund. representamountsdonated and rbngfenced towardithocosLof4eneral projed> The QSPA Fund represents dthiations from theQueen'sSch(wJl Partow Association towards spechficprole¢ts. Mi5cellar*ous Restrlctsd Fund5 Incbjdes don*kn15 rEce￿ell In memoryolArny UThJerhlll, a former wpll. 21. Unrestslcted FuThJ5: Mo¥ements in thèY•ar OlJ)923 Pts*••ted Fund: Prow51on forluture repair5 lu bu51dln￿and rnechanicol >r¥i eltttrScal ProvisSon forAstro bulld costs Desten*ed FundTrt*. 812550 1362550 B12.550 i 1.362.550 A￿mulated 7929,141 6.705 4431 16.232.690) B.401,894 9291,691 9.764A44 ": The proyWor•forfutU￿ repai￿ to bulldingswd mechankal and electrical equipmentrepresentsfvndse8rmarked to rnettthe(ost olftsturt repalr5 to bulhJlngs4ndewWnEiir SEntryand Lower*hool5. TraTrsFers bett¥een the Dey8nated FurKI and Pmjmulated Ir￿rne art nDttreated asTransfer5 Funds for purpose50f Note 9. as both fuTrdsfoTm part of Unrestri¢ted Reserve5. 22. Ca￿tal CorMHtTr Asimfurf Pitth De¥elwMnt-S¢NlorS¢lM>olg The Charity hès approved the de¥thpmÈnt ofa Mu￿$￿A$trOyurfPl1th lithe sen￿5th0￿ 5fte as part of its stratwc wital wTr]wrF4Ymtnt pra8ramff*. The totyl ￿1rnated cast of thp proJert is approximatoly El.4 At the b•lafi￿ sheet date 31 Awst 1024 the Sthod not Wbtor•d Into a bkndln8 Conrtruthon ￿ntra¢[. Jwever, on 25 September 2024. the tharity issued a formal letter of intent to its sveferred contrattor to allow prepamory workto wtteed. A ￿alty bindingcantrxt Wa5subsequenty yEned lTrJanuary 2025. CDmmittirythe Chiritytothe malority ofthe ￿rtia¥. %attheyearend. £166.450 hadbeen incurredofiprojertde51Kn ande•th-Sta&eworks,whith ha5 capitslised a$4ssets undercmstructw. A desi￿ated reserveof É812.550 as ha5 been set ashyetowards fundlnethis proje akn8 with a re51ricted fund of£S0,308. ?3. ope1atl￿ lease Commftrnents As at 31 Au8USt 2014the School had tothl ftynmltments under nononcdlatrAo opÈrafjn¢ ￿Se$ asdÈtsiied bRIow'. The Queen's School. Chester Notes to the Financial Statements-yeai Ended 31 August 2024 zozs Land Xld bU￿di￿V. 'Operatsn8 leases £xTrire". 'Wlthln one year ..Be1￿￿ Iwr* and fiveyears ,After rnorethan fivevears 12.9S6 12.9S6 SI￿24 . r-_"__5i￿24 1 12.956 1 38,868 i 103.fj•8 77.736 iÈgtsipment'. ..Operafjng loase5 4**lch ejx Irv. ".Wilhin one 'BètwÈen and fiveywrs '.Aher rnor* than fiveyBars 7,532 1.898 558 9.830 24. Cont1￿er*I ilabllld•s There were no(￿ti￿tIlabl1it1eS as at31 2024. 25. Tiansacti￿ Wlth Trus*e5 Durlngtheyeac the followlrbg Gtrlemw daughters thE s￿￿110rwhtsrn feeswere tharged oh T￿rMal commer¢io1 term% .PAr AJ Dandy Mrs H McKdvty.... Mr5 F Roochove Mrs C M E M051Èy is a dir¢¢tty of Canda Copyir¥ whbth supptles pl￿110[1>p￿ft1 eqUipM￿t to the 5th001 Under oper3un8 Tentsl agree1r￿nts. The tvansotyon5 duri￿ the year totslled t19￿2? induS￿e of VAT12023.. £18.9781.. these transaction5 weRon norrTraIuThme￿iaI *rTns. TheTrusiee5dvJ rw)t rec4we any remunerati￿ re1mbu￿n￿It ofexpenses or berth h knnd durln8theyear 12023.. £Nill. The TNsto are ethtitw todaim Iortravel expenses their rishl to do sOthrouEhout both the curr¢Atand rKeviousy¢8r.