Headmaster’s update
March 20, 2017
This has been a good term, punctuated in the middle by the significant event of our English department moving into the refurbished and extended Heard Building. This building is especially important in the recent history of our School since, in the late 1990s, its construction was one of the very...
World-beating QE team celebrate competition success
February 1, 2024
A Year 12 team have been presented with their trophy after seeing off competition from 1,200 teams from Slovenia to Singapore to triumph in the international Ritangle Mathematics competition. The five-strong team submitted the best answer to the final question, thus winning them the title in the competition run by...
Exercise Cockney Fire: QE’s sharpshooting cadets make their mark
July 12, 2016
Twenty-six members of QE’s Combined Cadet Force headed off to Kent for a week-long camp, giving them the chance to put into practice the skills they have learned over the past year.
The camp, or Exercise Cockney Fire, at St Martin’s Plain, Folkestone, featured a demanding shooting test –...
Top grades for more than 19 in every 20 A-levels as QE maintains standards amid national examination ‘turbulence’
August 14, 2014
Boys at Queen Elizabeth’s School once again performed very strongly at A-level, with the proportion of A*-B grades awarded reaching 96%. There were only a handful of C grades among the 471 A-levels taken this year and no pupil received any grade lower than a C. Almost all the Year...
‘Ground-breaking and exhilarating’ – boys see West Side Story
October 2, 2013
QE young musicians enjoyed a golden opportunity to see a sell-out performance of West Side Story – the first London revival of the ever-popular musical since 2008.
The show, featuring famous songs including Maria, America, Somewhere and Something’s Coming, was staged at Sadler’s Wells for just six...
