New & noteworthy
13.02.2025
Fine vintage: Year 13 continues QE’s sparkling Oxbridge run, winning 49 offers
Queen Elizabeth’s School pupils have secured 49 offers from Oxford and Cambridge this year – a figure only surpassed by last year’s all-time record. This year’s tally, comprising 34 offers...
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12.02.2025
Academic enrichment | Economics
Halfway to tomorrow: QE’s economists reflect on the tumultuous COVID era and look ahead to an “exciting, unnerving” future
This month’s edition of the Econobethan, entitled Halfway to Tomorrow, looks both backwards and forwards. QE’s student-run Economics journal reflects in its first section on the profound changes of the...
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31.01.2025
Academic enrichment | Technology
On the big stage: competition-winner Paarth shares his passion for AI at major technology event
Following his success in an international artificial intelligence competition, Year 11’s Paarth Aggarwal has now spoken at a globally acclaimed education technology exhibition and show. Technology giant Intel asked Paarth...
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27.01.2025
Record year for university mock interviews, as QE helps Elizabethans find their path
A record 90 old boys and other friends of the School this year conducted more than 150 individual university mock interviews for pupils as part of the QE Futures programme....
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22.01.2025
Champions again! QE repeats Mathematics competition victory
A Sixth Form team from QE fought off entrants from other top schools to win the international Ritangle Mathematics competition for the second consecutive year. The eight-strong winning team from...
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14.01.2025
Drama enters the stage for latest edition of The Arabella, which covers topics ranging from the US Democrats through to satirical Latin poetry
Drama features for the first time in the 12th edition of The Arabella – QE’s pupil-run creative magazine. Drama joins art, music, poetry & other creative writing, politics, science and...
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07.01.2025
Golden generation: QE’s glittering debut in computing aptitude competition
Shown here are QE’s gold award-winners in the UK Bebras Challenge – a competition that aims to introduce pupils to computational thinking. These winners, representing almost three-quarters of the QE...
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04.01.2025
Academic enrichment | Geography
Making sense of migration across the world…and much closer to home
Younger boys explored their own family histories during a visit by a team from London’s Migration Museum, while a special session helped older pupils with their GCSE Geography studies. Before...
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01.01.2025
Stepping up: both QE chess teams reach regional finals after qualifier victory
The School’s top chess players of all ages are looking forward to doing battle in the new term in the regional finals of the English Schools’ Chess Championships, after emerging...
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30.12.2024
Academic enrichment | Debating & public speaking | Drama | English | House system
Talking up a storm: studio proves its worth through events featuring debating and The Tempest
The Robert Dudley Studio, QE’s new facility for drama and the spoken word, has been demonstrating its flexibility in a string of events. The studio, created from two existing large rooms...
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