How did we get here? The Arabella magazine explores 450th anniversary theme
November 7, 2023
QE’s pupil-run arts magazine, The Arabella, looks both to the past and the future in a special edition for the School’s 450th anniversary year. The 44-page publication features 26 pieces of poetry, prose, and art, many of them inspired by its anniversary-related theme, How did we get here? The approach,...
Quiz questions and Queen, ribbons and rainbow bracelets: QE’s colourful LGBT History Month
February 29, 2024
QE marked February as LGBT History Month with a series of special assemblies and other events designed to raise awareness of the issues. 2023’s School Captain, Darren Lee, led the way in a competition to design computer desktops with his winning images of two American icons of LGBT rights, tennis...
From waste to space: stellar prize for national winner of competition focusing on Planet Earth
June 3, 2024
QE’s Paarth Aggarwal spent three days at a European Space Agency base in Italy after being named the UK winner in an international competition. Paarth, of Year 10, triumphed in the ESA’s Climate Detectives challenge after impressing judges with his AI-driven study into tackling electronic waste in Barnet. His three...
From ancient ruins to zip wires, Latin trips were classics of their kind
August 2, 2024
Two four-day trips to Provence and Rome respectively provided boys with the opportunity to see at first-hand many marvels of the ancient world, alongside stunning scenery and modern attractions. Arranged with an emphasis on classical history and culture, the Latin trips organised by the Languages department provided a packed programme...
Young visitors enjoy a taste of the future as primary school programme grows
August 6, 2024
QE has again expanded its outreach work with Barnet primary schools, adding a day focussed on Art to its programme this year. Now in its ninth year, the primary schools initiative gives girls and boys in Year 5 an early taste of what it is like to be at secondary...
Bioquest magazine goes it alone
September 20, 2024
The School’s new pupil-run Biology journal has now been published as a stand-alone publication for the first time. Featuring articles by six of QE’s senior biologists, Bioquest looks in detail at medical topics, from the effects of ingesting microplastics to HIV immunity, while also examining ethical issues. The first edition...
Chemists in national final
May 16, 2016
A QE team finished in the top third in the national final of a chemistry competition, having qualified by winning their regional round.
The team, drawn from Years 9-11, took ninth place out of the 32 schools in the national final of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of...
All adding up for young mathematicians
July 7, 2015
The number of QE boys who achieved gold certificates in a prestigious national Mathematics competition has nearly doubled this year. Of the 271 boys from Years 7 & 8 who took part in the UK Junior Maths Challenge, 134 were awarded gold, compared to 71 last year.
A further...
