How many girls are in the school?
Approximately 340

How many girls board?
The ratio varies from year to year, but is approximately 50/50 boarding and day. The boarding numbers become higher as students move up the school.

Do the boarders come from particular areas?
Most boarders live within 1 - 1½ hours commute from the school. Some boarders stay full time, others stay during the week or for a few days. As well as full and weekly boarding we offer a flexi-boarding scheme and students can also stay for occasional nights if they want to, providing there is space.

Do many boarders go home at weekends?
Some do. Our Saturday morning programme of activities is optional (though extremely popular!). The flexi-boarding currently allows girls to go home after school finishes Saturday lunch time if they are not taking part in matches in the afternoon and come back on Sunday evening. Quite a lot of girls prefer to stay at school over the weekend to take part in the activities or study (particularly before exams).

What do the girls do at weekends?
The new optional Saturday morning programme offers a huge choice of activities and clubs as well as the usual sport matches. Everyone can attend these (boarding and day).

What activities are there in the evenings?
Girls take part in clubs and activities and also work on their prep. Weekly activities include sport, art and design, drama and music clubs, public speaking, self-defence, golf, ballroom dancing, and more.

How far do day girls travel to school?
Some day girls are local and others live up to an hour away. Our school buses operate in a wide area: Henley, Cookham Dean, Charvil, Wallingford, Stoke Row, Woodcote, Marlow, Twyford, Wargrave, Maidenhead, Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Giles, Beaconsfield, Goring-on-Thames,  Pangbourne, Streatley, Crays Pond, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Stratfield Saye, Arborfield, Earley, Crowthorne and Ascot.  A minibus runs to the school from Reading Station and girls can be accompanied to Paddington and Waterloo by arrangement.

How many overseas students are there?
Between 10% and 15% of the girls come to us from Europe and the Continent.

How old is the school?
Queen Anne's was opened in Caversham in 1894 (on Ascension Day) but its roots go back to 1698. A group of eight merchants set up the Grey Coat Hospital Trust which funded education for poorer children in Westminster. Queen Anne's is still a member of the trust and we have special service at Westminster Abbey every two/three years, which all girls attend.