Saturday morning lessons were replaced in 2009 by a programme of optional sport, hobbies and extended learning activities, including rowing, horse riding, textiles and first aid.

The school awards scholarships in academic subjects, sport, music, art and drama at ages 11 and 13 and at sixth form entry.

The Grey Coat Hospital Foundation used part of its endowment to buy a mansion in Henley Road in Caversham which became Queen Anne's School in 1894.

Queen Anne's campus is a 35-acre (14 ha) site with landscaped gardens and playing fields immediately adjacent to the teaching and boarding accommodation.

Queen Anne's School was a founder of the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships and its students participate in the competition every year.

and "The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, ensuring that the school’s aim to enable them to become confident, well-balanced individuals is met with resounding success."

The courses they take range from art, drama and classics to medicine, civil and chemical engineering, material sciences, modern languages and management.