Gold medals for three-quarters of QE boys in national Chemistry competition
May 3, 2012
QE achieved its best-ever results in this year’s national Chemistry Olympiad, with six students of the eight boys entered achieving the coveted gold award, and the remaining two winning silver.
The Olympiad, which is organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry for Year 13 students, attracts thousands...
QE chemists win regional round of prestigious national competition – again!
December 12, 2011
For the second year in a row, a QE team has beaten off stiff opposition from leading schools to secure a place in the national finals of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of the Bench competition. Across eight rounds of the Chilterns and Middlesex heat, the four QE chemists...
BLOG: Boston Music Tour (October 2011)
October 19, 2011
The music department is on tour to Boston in the United States. Kieron Howe, Director of Music, aims to keep parents and friends of QE informed of events in Boston through this blog… WEDNESDAY, 19TH OCTOBER, 9 P.M.: News has arrived at the School that the flight has arrived safely...
Best-ever A-level results at Queen Elizabeth’s School
August 18, 2011
Queen Elizabeth’s School has recorded its best-ever A-level results, with A*s making up more than four of every ten grades awarded. The School saw widespread improvements on last year’s already-strong results. With 98% of grades at A*-B and an average points score per pupil of 504, the boys in the Upper Sixth...
From Dusk to Dawn – a little ‘night’ music
February 14, 2011
An eclectic programme of music was put together for the first of this year’s themed QE concerts, entitled Dusk to Dawn. All the pieces performed had some link to the theme of ‘music of the night’. “The concert was a great success,” said QE’s Director of Music, Kieron Howe. “Notwithstanding...
