Constructive challenge: building a house of cards – or a stadium, hospital, safari lodge…
July 30, 2018
Equipped only with card and drinking straws, Year 10 boys had to be constructively creative during an architecture event held as part of QE’s Enrichment Week. For the challenge run by the Art department, House teams were asked to make an architectural structure made up of modular forms, with a...
Getting Involved
December 15, 2011
The School is always delighted to hear from our former pupils, whether they would like to get involved in QE events or simply have news to share about themselves or former classmates. To get in touch with our Alumni Office, please contact alumni@qebarnet.co.uk As reported in the first issue of...
Parallel lines: OE architects’ shared career path
March 27, 2013
OEs Andrew Grethe and Devan Mistry, who were both at the School from 2000 to 2007, are both well on the way to qualifying as architects. But the pair have far more than just their School and workplace in common: “Having been in the same form and Leicester House since...
BBC man Peter helps budding journalists at QE
December 15, 2013
OE Peter Sumpter’s successful career with the BBC has resulted in the School getting involved in an award-winning national project aimed at developing journalistic skills among 11-16 year-olds. Peter (1968-74), who is the Craft Lead of the Technical Managers for BBC TV news, has worked alongside a huge number of...
Sweet success: perfect score in Dessert round helps QE team secure top points total in Maths Feast
March 6, 2019
Four Year 10 boys shone in this year’s Maths Feast competition, rising to the challenge of tough questions that even included topics from the A-Level Further Mathematics syllabus. They won two of the four rounds at the London Academy of Excellence in Tottenham, taking the maximum possible points total in...
Top three finish for QE in prestigious national Chemistry competition
April 26, 2019
Having swept other schools aside to win the regional round of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of the Bench competition, QE went on to take third place at the national final. The team of four were competing against 32 other finalists – mostly from across the UK, but with...
Leading lights of the charging brigade
February 10, 2020
Two QE boys are among the prizewinners in a national competition aimed at finding better designs for electric vehicle charging points. Year 8’s Tharsan Nimalan won a prize in the seven–14 category, while Ashwin Sridhar, of Year 10, achieved success in the 14-–19 age group in the Eco-Innovators Competition run...
Keeping pupils safe: experts lead special workshops
October 24, 2016
Special workshops conducted by a pioneering North London charity have been held for Year 10 as part of the School’s efforts to keep its pupils safe and guard against extremism.
The workshops were organised by QE’s Head of Pupil Development, Sarah Westcott, as an element within the School’s pastoral...
