Brightest of the Bright Ideas: QE named national winners
August 10, 2016
QE has taken first prize in a new national competition aimed at developing skills in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
More than 400 teams entered The Bright Ideas Challenge. QE, who had already been named regional winners, were announced as national winners at Make the Future London....
The man with the golden pen: QE’s favourite author is to visit
June 24, 2016
The most borrowed author in The Queen’s Library is to visit the School in the autumn.
Robert Muchamore’s CHERUB books about teenage secret agents have proved hugely popular – and Librarian Ciara Murray reports that the Library’s latest acquisition, New Guard, the high-octane finale to the series, has been...
It’s official: QE Sixth-Former is one of the most employable young people in the country!
June 20, 2016
Sixth-Former Shahil Sheth was a runner-up in a national final of a competition aimed at finding the country’s most employable young people.
Shahil emerged in second place in the final of the National Schools Employability Challenge (NSEC), while his fellow Year 12 pupil, Aditya Ramachandran, also reached the final,...
National award for charity team
September 1, 2015
A QE team has won a national award for its efforts in raising awareness of a charity’s education work in the developing world.
The Year 9 team, named Be the Change, triumphed in the Community Action category in The Wings of Hope Achievement Awards (WOHAA) and were presented with...
Articulate and engaging drama students praised
June 2, 2015
Four Year 11 boys have won arts awards for drama from an international examinations board.
Moderator Simon Smith praised Shiv Bakrania, Prashan Balendran, Rohan Devani and Roshan Shah for being “well-organised, articulate, coherent and engaging”. The four all gained a Silver Arts Award from Trinity College, London. The Arts...
Rishul is European Champion
March 18, 2015
A Year 10 pupil has been crowned U16 European Chess Champion – the first time an English player has won the title. Rishul Karia was selected to represent England in the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE, or World Chess Federation) team championships in Karpacz, Poland, and was placed first after...
Mysterious, terrifying and macabre – but it’s all to the good!
February 27, 2015
A visit to the British Library’s special exhibition on the gothic imagination provided Year 12 boys with a macabre selection of the eerie, the supernatural and the murderous.
But the display, entitled Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination, served a good cause as the boys are studying Mary Shelley’s...
