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National Poetry Day 2026

Today, we’re celebrating the power of poetry. ✨

To mark @nationalpoetryday our Year 9 girls put pen to paper to create `Ode to Women` — their own original poems, written and read in their own voices.

Poetry gives us the freedom to reflect, imagine, question and express what matters to us.

Here are their words.

@nationalpoetryday #OdeToWomen #GirlsVoices #Poetry #QueensGateSchool

From Queen’s Gate to CNN, The Guardian and winning an Emmy 🎥📰🏆

We were delighted to welcome Queen’s Gate alumna and award winning journalist, Augusta Anthony back to QG to lead this week`s Wider World talk. The series gives our older pupils the opportunity to hear about different careers and the many paths their futures might take.

Augusta is Acting Social Platforms Editor at The Guardian and previously spent eight years at CNN, covering breaking news and overseeing the London bureau’s digital video team. During her time at CNN, she was part of an International Emmy Award-winning team for Outstanding Hard News Report: Long Form.

Augusta spoke to pupils about her journey from Queen’s Gate to the University of Edinburgh and Columbia Journalism School, and shared fascinating insights into journalism, digital media and working in an international newsroom.

It was particularly special to welcome Augusta back to Queen’s Gate to inspire the next generation of pupils following in her footsteps.

Thank you, Augusta! 💫

#QueensGateSchool #QGAlumnae #WiderWorld #Journalism #Careers #SouthKensington

Queen’s Gate is this year placed within the top 1.5% of schools nationally for value added, highlighting the significant progress pupils make during their time at the School.
Excellence was evident across the curriculum, with several subjects achieving particularly impressive outcomes.

Art and English Literature ranked within the top 0.4% nationally
Core subjects: (English Language, English Literature and Mathematics combined) ranked top 4% nationally.

Read the full story: https://www.queensgate.org.uk/2026/09/21/queens-gate-celebrates-exceptional-2026-value-added-results/?preview_id=4540&preview_nonce=4a918e8ab0&_thumbnail_id=-1&preview=true

Alumnae Spotlight: Artist Coco Warner-Allen (2016) returned to Queen`s Gate this week to give the first Wider World talk of the new school year.

Coco is a multi-media artist who combines fine art with traditional craft.
In her talk she described the development of her artistic practice. She described how her work takes on a diarist format to explore concepts surrounding identity and traditional representations of femininity and gender.

Coco studied Art, History of Art and Classical Greek A levels at Queen`s Gate. She graduated from UCL with a BA in History of Art and then moved to UAL for an MA in Fine Art.

Pupils asked a range of insightful questions and Coco shared some invaluable insights into how to develop as an artist. `Listen to Mr Mataya` was a first tip for GCSE and A Level Art pupils!