Queen's School, Ibadan is an all-girls

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

located in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...

, the capital of

Oyo State Oyo State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun ...

, South-Western

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History

Queen's School, Ibadan was founded on 16th February,1952 as Queen's School, Ede in honor of the

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II The coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive ...

to the throne. With a few selected pioneering students from

Queen's College, Lagos Queen's College, Lagos, is a government-owned girl's secondary (high) school with boarding facilities, situated in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. Often referred to as the "sister college" of King's College, Lagos, it was founded on October 10, 1927, when ...

, school activities started with four teachers and the principal.

Past principals

*Miss Hobson — 1952–1954 *Mrs. I. Dickinson — 1957–1958 *Mrs. R.M. Dunn — 1963–1967 *Mrs. C.F. Oredugba — 1958–1962, 1968-1970 *Late Mrs. T.A.O. Lawore — 1970–1972 *Mrs. C.O. Ogunbiyi — 1975–1976 *Mrs. O.F. Ifaturoti — 1976–1977 *Mrs. Oyinkan Ayoola — 1972–1975, 1980–1984 *Mrs. T. Fajola — 1978–1980, 1990–1991 *Mrs. E.O. Falobi — 1984–1987 *Mrs. B.M. Ajayi — 1987–1989 *Mrs. A.T. Olofin — 1992–1995 *Mrs. Remi Lasekan-Osunsanya — 1991–1992, 1995–1997 *Mrs. A.T. Olofin — 1997–2004 *Mrs. Ajani — 2004 *Mrs Fatoki *Mrs Fatoba- 2015-2019 *Mrs B.T.Oyintiloye- 2020-present

Notable alumni

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* Grace Oladunni Taylor *

Ameyo Adadevoh Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (27 October 1956 – 19 August 2014) was a Nigerian physician. She is credited with having curbed a wider spread of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic in Nigeria by placing the patient zero, Patrick Sawyer, in ...

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, Nigerian CEO

Notable faculty

Grace Alele-Williams Grace Alele-Williams (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University ...

References

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