Queen Elizabeth’s School has retained its place as the country’s top boys’ state school in the Sunday Times Top 200 State Secondary Schools league table.
QE has twice been the Sunday Times’ State School of the Year. This year, as in 2011, it took second place nationally behind a girls’ school – The Henrietta Barnett School – although its 2012 A-level results were, in fact, slightly better than those of HBS.
Headmaster Neil Enright said: “It is very satisfying to be the top boys’ state school once again.“I am also pleased to note that, in terms of the A-level statistics published in the Sunday Times’ table for independent schools, QE is matching the top-placed boys’ school, St Paul’s, and narrowly outstripping the next, namely Westminster. QE can thus lay claim to being the joint top boys’ school – whether from the state or independent sector – in 2012.”
Earlier this term, QE was also named the best boys’ state school in the Financial Times’ Top 1,000 Schools table.