Going Dutch: team spirit and good rugby abound on expanded Holland tour
May 3, 2022
A 46-strong group of rugby players developed their skills and bonded as teams on a spring tour to Holland. The short tour, resumed after a two-year break because of the pandemic, was previously open to Year 9, but this year was opened to Year 10 as well, attracting 23 players...
Instrument Donation Scheme
May 27, 2022
The School welcomes donations of pre-loved instruments to support our loan scheme, which provides valuable assistance to those boys just starting to learn a new instrument. This academic year, 26 boys have benefitted from this scheme on a range of instruments including flute, clarinet, oboe, violin, viola, cello, trumpet and...
QE defence team acquit themselves well to win heat of national mock trial competition
May 31, 2022
A QE team triumphed in their heat of the Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition, beating both fellow Elizabethans acting as prosecutors and a team from another school. After successfully grappling with a case involving harassment across the two rounds, the defence team amassed enough points to beat all other competing...
Bidding farewell to the Class of 2022: QE’s first Valediction ceremony
July 9, 2022
This year’s leavers may have missed out on a few things because of the pandemic, but they enjoyed one opportunity not open to their predecessors: their own Valediction ceremony. With their A-level examinations now behind them, all of Year 13 gathered in the Shearly Hall together with parents, teachers and...
Shifting perceptions of refugees: learning from an old boy’s first-hand account of life in a camp
August 16, 2022
Old Elizabethan Sajjad Dar spoke to QE geographers about the powerful lessons he learned while volunteering at Eleonas refugee camp in Greece. Sajjad (OE 2009–2016), who graduated in Human Geography from Durham University, highlighted how media portrayals often create negative perceptions of refugees, often showing them either as a threat...
Best-ever A-level results cap a vintage year for Queen Elizabeth’s School
August 18, 2022
QE is today celebrating its best-ever results, with seven out of every ten A-levels awarded the highest-possible A* grade. The results are yet another golden achievement at the end of a year that has seen the School earn an ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, win the Sunday Times’ coveted State Secondary...
Ace trader Pavan’s double triumph at hi-tech finance simulation
December 5, 2022
Year 11 pupil Pavan Kovuri came first on both days of a two-day simulated financial trading event open to Year 11–13 students from across the country. Pavan, who already has his sights set on a career in trading, was among 20 senior QE boys to be commended for their performance...
“In a world of wannabes, Woods is the real deal”
December 26, 2022
Until recently, Ali Woods was, as one reviewer put it, PR man by day, comedian by night. Better known to his QE contemporaries as Alister Heywood (OE 2005–2012), he first made a name on TikTok and then gained a big boost when his debut solo show at this year’s Edinburgh...
Musical treats, royal honours and kindness to others: the most wonderful time of the year!
December 16, 2022
Traditional festivities brought the term to an end for the pupils and staff of Queen Elizabeth’s School – while one member of the Elizabethan family was singled out for the honour of an invitation to The Princess of Wales’ Carol Service at Westminster Abbey. Highlights of the final days of...
QE’s new role in reviving classics
December 29, 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s School is to work with the charity, Classics for All, as a ‘Hub’ for developing the study of classics across schools in North London. Based at King’s College London, Classics for All was established to halt the decline of classics in state schools nationwide. As a Hub School,...
