Big wins for the younger boys and an epic swansong for the First XV, as QE’s rugby players take on Habs at Saracens’ stadium
December 10, 2021
QE’s First XV pulled on their navy and sky blue-hooped shirts for one last time as they took on rivals Habs at Saracens’ StoneX Stadium, 99 years after the fixture was first played between the two schools. The evening got off to a great start, with resounding wins against Haberdashers’...
“You’ve had the golden ticket: now shine!” Final inspiration for leavers at Valediction
June 27, 2024
Lord Simon Woolley, Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, challenged this year’s leavers to make the world a better place when he came to QE as guest speaker for Valediction. All of Year 13 gathered in the Shearly Hall with their parents for the ceremony – a last chance to celebrate...
Labour of love for QE Collections
July 21, 2024
Shaun McSweeney (OE 1970–1977) is now volunteering regularly to support QE Collections, working with the School’s archivist, Jenni Blackford, with his personal knowledge of his era already proving valuable in the cataloguing. Shaun is a History graduate and qualified as a History teacher, even doing some supply teaching at QE...
Head for the hills! (and for the theatre, zoo, air museum, ancient ruin…) Almost 1,000 pupils and staff take a break from the classroom
September 17, 2024
With most pupils set to enjoy two days off, while the School conducts its annual entrance test, inspiration can be drawn from the two-day Flourish Festival that saw 940 boys and 53 staff head out from Queen’s Road on 25 separate trips, taking full advantage of QE’s position within easy...
Academic Enrichment
June 20, 2017
At Queen Elizabeth’s School, education is not simply a means, but rather an end in itself. Our academic enrichment programme seeks to cultivate in every boy a lifelong love of learning and the attributes of a genuine scholar. Recognising the considerable natural ability of our pupils, we seek to stretch...
Delving deep: QE teams up with leading girls’ school for academic discussion event
November 11, 2016
Seventy senior pupils from QE and one of London’s leading girls’ schools met up for an academic symposium, organised by Geography teacher and Academic Enrichment Tutor, Helen Davies.
The afternoon event saw QE and North London Collegiate School pupils sharing ideas, discussing complex topics and challenging the ideas of...
Learn from these ‘interesting times’, BBC’s Evan Davis tells audience at QE
February 22, 2016
Pupils and teachers turned out in force for a talk at the School by political journalist and TV presenter Evan Davis.
Organised by Year 12 pupil Adrian Burbie under the auspices of QE’s Politics Society, the lunchtime lecture drew large numbers to the Main Hall.
Mr Davis, who...
QE sixth-formers take broad approach after reaching national final of prestigious Economics competition
March 15, 2019
A QE team won praise from the judges for their multi-faceted presentation at the final of an Economics competition run by one of the country’s oldest thinktanks. The team of four sixth-formers, including the co-presidents of QE’s Economics Society, were shortlisted among the final 12 teams for the final of...
Headmaster’s update
April 2, 2019
With next term’s examinations fast approaching, my colleagues and I have been further reflecting on questions of how young people study, of effective learning habits and of the best ways to revise. A recent staff training day focused on how to improve information recall. Research has indicated that reading through...
