New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

01.01.2025

Stepping up: both QE chess teams reach regional finals after qualifier victory

The School’s top chess players of all ages are looking forward to doing battle in the new term in the regional finals of the English Schools’ Chess Championships, after emerging...

Talking up a storm: studio proves its worth through events featuring debating and The Tempest

30.12.2024

Academic enrichment | Debating & public speaking | Drama | English | House system

Talking up a storm: studio proves its worth through events featuring debating and The Tempest

The Robert Dudley Studio, QE’s new facility for drama and the spoken word, has been demonstrating its flexibility in a string of events. The studio, created from two existing large rooms...

A winter’s tale of two sides battling it out in style

27.12.2024

Sport

A winter’s tale of two sides battling it out in style

When QE’s First XV meet traditional rivals Haberdashers’ Boys’ School, expectations are always high – and this year’s game fully lived up to its billing. Finely balanced and hugely physical,...

QE celebrates the season in traditional style, but with the School’s musicians keeping it fresh at the carol service

23.12.2024

Charity | Music

QE celebrates the season in traditional style, but with the School’s musicians keeping it fresh at the carol service

Pupils at Queen Elizabeth’s School enjoyed themselves at the end of term with all the festivities, but also made time to remember those less fortunate than themselves during the season...

18.12.2024

Academic enrichment | Geography

Young Geographer of the Year!

Year 7 pupil Aarav Kumar has been chosen as Young Geographer of the Year in his age category in the Royal Society of Geography’s prestigious international annual competition. Having first...

10.12.2024

Economics

Onward and upward in Economics: sixth-former wins again

Final-year pupil Avi Juneja was invited to the Foreign Office after winning a prestigious essay competition, beating off competition from 600 other entrants. Avi triumphed in the Next Generation Essay...

Queen Elizabeth’s School is Sunday Times Parent Power’s top State Secondary School for A-levels

06.12.2024

School performance

Queen Elizabeth’s School is Sunday Times Parent Power’s top State Secondary School for A-levels

Queen Elizabeth’s School has today been announced as the Sunday Times Schools Guide top State Secondary School for A-levels 2025, jointly with Henrietta Barnett School. QE also came second (just...

Busy in Berlin! Pupils learn about the city’s past and present on packed visit

02.12.2024

Languages | Trips

Busy in Berlin! Pupils learn about the city’s past and present on packed visit

While his 20 fellow pupils savoured the culture of the German capital during a four-day trip – and then told their classmates about it afterwards in the local language –...

29.11.2024

Music

Both quantity and quality as QE’s massed musicians entertain at Winter Concert

Well over 400 boys performed at this year’s Winter Concert, delivering a highly entertaining programme drawn mostly from the pop and rock repertoire. The evening featured fun elements aplenty, and...

Learning about UK politics, from high ceremony to the nitty-gritty of democracy

26.11.2024

Academic enrichment | Politics

Learning about UK politics, from high ceremony to the nitty-gritty of democracy

In a year in which political power has changed hands on both sides of the Atlantic, QE Politics students had the chance to find out more about elections on a...

QE pupils win gold in huge international competition on climate change

22.11.2024

Academic enrichment

QE pupils win gold in huge international competition on climate change

As delegates from around the world discuss critical environmental matters at COP29 in Azerbaijan, two QE sixth-formers have come seventh out of 37,000 entries in the Climate Science Olympiad. With...

20.11.2024

Alumni

Ten years on, the 2014 leavers turn out in force for alumni dinner

Attendance at the 2024 Old Elizabethans Annual Reunion Dinner matched the record figure achieved amid 2023’s 450th anniversary celebrations, with some 120 guests heading to Queen’s Road this year. There...