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Articles by Abbey Gate College

Abbey Gate College Pupils Dress to Impress at Upper School Ball

17 May 2017

  On the evening of 21st April, students from independent school Abbey Gate College enjoyed a night at the Upper School Ball. The event, held at the Queens Hotel in Chester city...

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Abbey Gate College Hosts Sporting Superstars Event to Launch All Weather Pitch Plans

08 Feb 2017

On Friday 29th January Abbey Gate College welcomed four sporting superstars to launch the next phase of the major developments to the sports provision at the senior school site in Saighton. Former England...

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Abbey Gate College Placed Top of the Government’s Performance Tables for Pupil Progress at A-Level in Chester and Cheshire West

08 Feb 2017

Performance tables released by the Department for Education placed Abbey Gate College at the top of the table for Pupil Progress at A-level for all schools and colleges in Cheshire West and Chester, both state-maintained...

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College Charity Swazaid – Where did our money go? – A Partnership in the making.

19 Nov 2014

Every year, Abbey Gate College nominate a charity that becomes the focus of its fundraising for the year and 2 years ago pupils at the College began raising money for Swazaid.  Via...

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Abbey Gate College – Remembrance service

19 Nov 2014

A teenage soldier who was turned into a human fireball in a petrol bomb attack in Iraq has battled back to fitness to complete a staggering 126 marathons and was the guest...

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BAFTA award winner offers pupils advice!

05 Mar 2014

Students of Drama at Abbey Gate College continue to go from strength to strength. Following successes at the Shropshire Festival of Verse and Prose, the College production Guys and Dolls, students attending...

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Abbey Gate College – National Young Enterprise competition

05 Mar 2014

The pupils of Year 6 at Abbey Gate College were recently given the opportunity to take part in a National Young Enterprise competition linked with the Tenner project. The school was invited...

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CHESTER FESTIVAL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA

26 Mar 2013

10 Trophies and 13 other 1st place medals were won by Abbey Gate College pupils attending the Chester Festival of Speech and Drama on Saturday 9th March. This amounts to 1/3 of...

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Margaret Caven House Music Competition

26 Mar 2013

The Annual Margaret Caven House Music Competition was held recently at Abbey Gate College and was adjudicated by Mr Chris Pilsbury. There were 65 individual competitors in addition to ensemble performances and...

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