Rising to the Intermediate Maths Challenge
March 25, 2019
QE has continued its record of ever-improving performance in the Intermediate Maths Challenge, as the number of boys going through tops 170. After sitting the Intermediate Maths Challenge (IMC), which is run by the UK Mathematics Trust, 30 boys from Years 9–11 join a national élite of young mathematicians going...
QE’s top chemists strike gold and silver in Olympiad
May 22, 2019
A dozen final-year QE boys won medals in the 51st Chemistry Olympiad, with one, Kiran Aberdeen, selected to go through to the élite competition’s second round, hosted by Cambridge University. In the first round of the Royal Society of Chemistry competition, five QE pupils were awarded gold medals, which went...
“The power of true friendships”
July 18, 2019
Akash Gandhi, who is now working as a Junior Doctor, urged current boys not to forget the values and ethos of QE when he returned as guest speaker to this year’s Junior Awards. Akash (2005-2012) threw himself into life as a pupil, playing cricket, getting involved in debating, helping younger boys...
Oxbridge pair get gold in Chemistry Olympiad
April 22, 2020
All QE entrants to the Royal Society of Chemistry UK Olympiad were awarded medals after successfully completing the first round of this testing and highly-regarded competition. Last year’s School Captain, Bhiramah Rammanohar, and his fellow Year 13 pupil, Alejandro Lynch Gonzalez (pictured centre above), both secured gold. This put the...
Explaining bespoke online tutorials
April 28, 2020
David Ryan, Deputy Head (Pastoral), sets out how bespoke online tutorials are being used to maintain the School’s pastoral support for boys in these difficult times. ‘Keep in touch!’ It is a phrase we use frequently in our everyday lives, yet in the current situation when we have lost regular...
Doing what he loves – HOW good is that!
January 27, 2021
Frankie Vu (OE) has secured a role as a presenter of the iconic children’s television show, HOW, while also enjoying a new job with Facebook, working in virtual reality. ITV have revived the educational programme, with Frankie (Francis) among the team of four presenters. HOW originally ran from 1966 to...
Sounds great! Eeshan and Joel to sing with national choirs following audition success
January 15, 2021
Two QE boys have won prestigious places in national youth choirs after being nominated by the School. Year 9’s Joel Swedensky has been offered a place with the National Youth Boys’ Choir, while Eeshan Banerjee, of Year 13, secured the opportunity to sing in the National Youth Training Choir. Congratulating...
The right place at the right time: how spending 1962 at QE broadened Mike’s education
January 25, 2021
In 1962, Mike Vanderkelen left behind the warm waters of his native Australia to spend a year in Britain’s chillier climes as a QE pupil. It was a time of great change, both at the School and in wider British society. Timothy Edwards had succeeded veteran Headmaster E H Jenkins...
