Punching above their weight: Year 8 pupils impress with their debating skills
January 14, 2019
With topics that included a second Brexit referendum, a joint Year 8 debating symposium with a leading girls’ school looked sure to be lively – and so it proved. The joint event with The Henrietta Barnett School drew intelligent, engaging contributions from all sides, reported Nisha Mayer, Head of QE’s...
Leading sports administrator
January 1, 2016
Piers Martin’s (OE 1987-1995) love of sport has led him to a number of top GB sports leadership and advisory roles.
Piers (OE 1987-1995) swam internationally during his time at QE, but then switched to water polo, playing for Great Britain as a Junior and Senior.
“I made a natural move into...
Headmaster’s update
July 15, 2014
The award of an MBE for our Head of Mathematics, Fauziah Scarisbrick (known as Gee), in the Queen’s Birthday Honours helped make this an especially happy term at Queen Elizabeth’s School. Everybody here is so pleased and it has been particularly delightful to receive messages of congratulation from her former...
“It was the best!”: Year 8 have fun at Maths Circus, helped out by sixth-formers
April 1, 2019
Year 8 House teams pitted their wits against each other in QE’s very own Maths Circus. Inspired by the UK Mathematics Trust’s Maths Challenge events, the circus includes a number of rounds that involve both mathematical problem-solving and practical challenges. Each team was supervised by a Year 12 or 13...
Winning the vote? Deft debating shakes faith of some in democracy
April 10, 2019
Sixth-formers took on Old Elizabethan opposition to debate one of the biggest questions of our era – whether there is a future for democracy. More than 170 guests, including Old Elizabethans, Year 12 pupils and staff, attended the 54th Elizabethan Union Annual Dinner Debate. The debate is a formal event...
Democratic deficit grows during Dinner Debate
May 15, 2019
Sixth-formers took on Old Elizabethan opposition to debate one of the biggest questions of our era – whether there is a future for democracy. More than 170 guests, including Old Elizabethans, Year 12 pupils and staff, attended the 54th Elizabethan Union Annual Dinner Debate, at which OE Nikhil Patel (OE...
Fair shares: Pearce take main prize while Broughton win poster award in Year 7 Mathematics competition
September 6, 2019
QE’s youngest boys had to combine individual talent and good teamwork to succeed in the inter-House Year 7 Maths Fair at the end of the summer term. Inspired by the UK Mathematics Trust’s Team Maths Challenge events, the Mathematics department’s annual morning of activities pits the six Houses against each...
Celebrating the past, looking to the future: Old Elizabethans Association Dinner 2019
November 19, 2019
Former pupils from across the generations turned out in force for the annual Old Elizabethans Association Dinner, enjoying the opportunity to celebrate with fellow alumni, rekindling past friendships and forging new ones. During an evening marked by much convivial chatter and by lively speeches, the diners also observed a silence...
