Pupil Premium
December 7, 2017
The mission of Queen Elizabeth’s School is to produce young men who are confident, able and responsible, and this applies equally to all pupils irrespective of their socio-economic background. Our aspirations for, and expectations of, our disadvantaged pupils are every bit as ambitious as for the cohort as a whole....
Topical subject provokes lively debate on the School’s 445th birthday
April 17, 2018
With the recent media furore over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, the topic of this year’s Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate held particular resonance. The Old Elizabethans secured a decisive, although not totally one-sided, victory, as they and a pair of sixth-formers debated the motion: This House believes that in the digital...
Facebook furore, OE memories and Arsenal all feature at Dinner Debate…plus an invitation to Founder’s Day 2018
April 26, 2018
The 53rd annual Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate not only proved enjoyable for alumni and current sixth-formers alike, but the ongoing furore over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica made it highly topical, too, writes the Headmaster. As usual, although it was a formal occasion, the dinner came with a healthy serving of...
Is life in Tower Hamlets getting better? Geographers head east to look for answers to this and other questions
June 29, 2018
Year 12 boys got to grips with ethnography – the systematic study of people and cultures – and used modern mobile technology to help their research during a Geography field trip to East London. The two days were arranged to help the sixth-formers prepare for their A-level independent investigation, which...
Stellar achievement: Niam to represent UK against world’s best young astrophysicists in international Olympiad in Beijing
July 24, 2018
Sixth-former Niam Vaishnav is to represent his country at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in China this November. Niam, of Year 12, won his place on the national team after excelling at the British Astronomy & Astrophysics Training Camp at Oxford at Easter. His success follows that...
Spirit of service: sixth-formers determined to help the homeless
October 5, 2018
A group of sixth-formers are working to set up a new charity in London after spending a day out on the streets helping the homeless. Kieran Dhrona, Humzah Hameed and Kabishan Sivarasan, along with a non-QE friend, planned the event in which around a dozen of their friends from QE...
Headmaster’s update
December 12, 2018
This term began with Queen Elizabeth’s School still in celebratory mood following our superlative results at both GCSE and A-level. New records were set in August, with the number of GCSE examinations awarded the A* grade hitting 78%. At A-level, we recorded our highest-ever total of A* grades, while 2018...
