Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey

The Vice Lord Lieutenant, Colonel Jane Davis, attended a Service of Thanksgiving on the 450th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet at Westminster Abbey on Friday 24th March 2023. On this very day in 1573, Queen Elizabeth 1 granted a Charter for ‘the establishment of a Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth in Barnet’.

The service reflected the school’s long path from its Tudor foundations; its challenges; service unto others, and hope for the future.

The picture shows the school banner and the original school charter processing to the High Altar.