QE shines in national newspaper league tables for both GCSE and A-level results
August 24, 2018
QE is the country’s top boys’ state school for GCSEs, according to The Times, and its A-level results were better than any 11-18 independent school, a table published in the Daily Telegraph reveals. The Times ranked schools according to the proportion of top grades achieved, taking account both of the...
Podcasts, Pepys and pandemics: The Queen’s Library spans the centuries
May 21, 2020
A new podcast series from The Queen’s Library starts with a look at the contemporary challenge of climate change, while Library staff have also put together a lavishly illustrated historical account of a Londoner facing a pandemic even worse than the present one. Both the podcast and the account –...
Mr James Kane: Biography
May 23, 2022
James Kane BA, PGCE, NPQSL, NPQH, who joined QE as Assistant Head (Pupil Destinations) in September 2022, took up his first teaching post, as a Geography teacher, in 2006. He took his first degree at the London School of Economics and has remained in the capital ever since, working in...
‘Hidden beauty’ – but talent on full display in creative magazine
January 5, 2023
Boys from across the School gave free rein to their creative side in the latest edition of the pupil-run magazine, The Arabella. The 37-page colour publication features contributions from boys in every year group under the theme of ‘hidden beauty’. The contents from the 26 contributors include poetry, art, creative...
“Reasoned and powerful” presentation on genetics wins gold award and more than £10,000 for QE sixth-former
April 29, 2024
Year 12’s Nikhil Banerjee took first prize in a national competition with his five-minute presentation on the ethics of using genome editing to eradicate genetic diseases. He beat more than 400 entrants – and 11 other finalists – to triumph in the Gresham Oracy Competition run by Gresham College, London’s...
