Queen Elizabeth’s School: 1573–2023
May 18, 2022
In 2023, we celebrated the 450th anniversary of the founding of Queen Elizabeth’s School by royal charter. It was on 24th March 1573 that Queen Elizabeth I acceded to a request from court grandee Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and granted the charter ‘for ever to establish a Grammar School...
The Friends of Queen Elizabeth’s
December 5, 2022
The Friends of Queen Elizabeth’s – FQE, or just ‘the Friends’ – is a registered charity which exists solely to support the School and its pupils. Founded in 1966, it has a fantastic track record. In fact, over several decades, FQE has been at the heart of major capital projects...
Covid-19 testing at QE – and your consent
January 11, 2021
In line with previous Government requirements, QE had expected to launch a mass Covid-19 testing programme in School in the first weeks of term. This has now been postponed because of the lockdown. However, it is still expected that such testing will form part of the measures to enable a...
Is life in Tower Hamlets getting better? Geographers head east to look for answers to this and other questions
June 29, 2018
Year 12 boys got to grips with ethnography – the systematic study of people and cultures – and used modern mobile technology to help their research during a Geography field trip to East London. The two days were arranged to help the sixth-formers prepare for their A-level independent investigation, which...
It’s complicated: senior geographers get some surprising answers to their questions during field trips
October 19, 2021
Boys studying Geography headed off to both city and country as field trips returned to their pre-pandemic ‘normal’ for the first time. On their Human Geography trip, A-level students investigated gentrification in Wandsworth, where they met residents only too willing to share their views on how their area had changed....
