Headmaster’s update
July 15, 2019
As the academic year closes, I look back on a term that has brought fresh renown to Queen Elizabeth’s School. In April, I received a letter from Schools Minister Nick Gibb congratulating QE on being in the top 1 per cent of state schools in two separate areas. One was...
Body blows: Year 7 practise percussion without instruments
August 30, 2019
The whole of Year 7 found out more about the amazing musical potential of the human body in a pair of percussion workshops. During the events, organised by the Music department as part of QE’s Enrichment Week, the boys had ample opportunity to try out for themselves techniques used to...
From worrier to warrior: fashion entrepreneur speaks to sixth-formers on his mental health battle
October 2, 2019
A campaigner addressed sixth-formers about his own mental health journey and told how it inspired him to start a socially conscious fashion business. George Hodgson, founder of the successful Maison de Choup* brand, visited the School just a few days before World Mental Health Day. “I’m using fashion as a...
Spice of life: Electrum combines career investigating financial fraud with Latin dance and teaching the Bible
October 25, 2019
Eleven years after he left the School, Electrum Anpitan’s life is as varied as it is full. Electrum (OE 2001–2008) manages to fit in his demanding role as a Forensic Analyst for KPMG with extensive work in the local community and with running a dance business that has led to...
One to watch! Magazine shines its spotlight on Abbas as a future leader
February 3, 2020
Abbas Adejonwo is in the spotlight after being named one of the UK’s most outstanding African and African-Caribbean students. Abbas (OE 2011-2018), who is at Warwick, was named among the top 100 in the current issue of Future Leaders magazine after impressing the selectors with his academic record and his...
Marco on making a difference: “I tried to get as far away from corporate life as possible and found a job in mental health”
March 29, 2020
After graduating from Cambridge, Marco Miglio took a long, hard look at the opportunities open to him in the commercial world – and decided to go in another direction altogether. He recently began a new post working for an NHS Crisis Resolution Team, which involves directly helping people suffering from...
Hot-seating and sword-fighting as a troupe calls
February 12, 2020
Boys gained an invaluable fresh insight into their GCSE set English texts when a visiting theatre company staged two plays, along with innovative interactive workshops. The Say Two Productions company performed Romeo and Juliet – a set text for Year 11 pupils – and J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls,...
Leading by example
April 16, 2020
School Captain Ivin Jose reports on how he has been spending his time since the virus-related restrictions hit. “First and foremost, I have been prioritising my studies, at what would have been an important time of year in terms of AS exam preparation, completing the tasks set for me by...
Génial! Creativity to the fore as linguists show their mettle
May 18, 2020
Pearce took the honours in two separate competitions run by the Languages department to encourage boys to flex their linguistic muscles and show off their creativity during the lockdown. For both contests, boys had to show their mastery of written French or German, while a challenge set by Languages teacher...
Ms Tara O’Reilly: Biography
May 15, 2020
Tara O’Reilly BEng, Deputy Head (Operations) and Company Secretary, brings many years’ experience of managing business teams and leading digital transformation to her role at Queen Elizabeth’s School. Before her appointment to the Deputy Head position in 2020, she spent nearly 16 years with the BBC, the last six of...
