Dissenting voice: George the Poet on Question Time
March 12, 2018
Old Elizabethan George ‘The Poet’ Mpanga brought his trademark eloquence and sharp insights to BBC TV’s flagship political discussion programme, Question Time. George (OE 2002–2009) repeatedly challenged the stance of the Conservative Government on topics including housing, positive discrimination and the Russian government’s suspected involvement in the attempted murder of...
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...
Olympiad performance puts QE boys among the mathematical élite
July 15, 2010
Pupils from QE performed strongly in a competition that is open only to the country’s best young mathematicians. Fifteen QE boys were among 1,200 of the highest scorers in the UK Mathematics Trust’s Junior Challenge and thus qualified for the Junior Mathematical Olympiad. Of the 15, five were awarded certificates...
On the right course: QE sixth-formers learn keys for success in life
January 10, 2023
Ten sixth-formers completed a personal development course designed to help young people take charge of their own lives. The WhyOhYou programme is run by the DVS Foundation – a philanthropic organisation established by the family of Old Elizabethan Priyan Shah (1991–1998). Priyan’s wife, Asmi Shah, who is the Programme Lead,...
