| 2009 October | Cambridge newspaper "Varsity" ranks Queen Elizabeths's 8th of top 20 Schools (state and independent) for admissions to Cambridge university. |
| 2009 | DCSF Sportsmark Award. |
| 2009 | Top State School in England at A Level in Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. Top State School in London in the Evening Standard. |
| 2009 | English Chess Federation award Queen Elizabeth's the prestigious "British Chess Educational Trust Award". |
| 2009 May | Secretary of State for Education presents QE with the Evening Standard “School of the Year” award for Academic Excellence. |
| 2009 April | Queen Elizabeth’s award of Training School status takes effect. |
| 2009 March | Financial Times Top 1000 Schools: QE ranked 5th among Independent and State Schools. |
| 2008 | DCSF award Queen Elizabeth's "High Performing Specialist School" status. |
| 2008 | A record 37 boys take up places at Oxbridge. |
| 2008 | Top State School in England at A Level in Daily Telegraph, The Times. Top State School in London in the Evening Standard. |
| 2008 | Investors in People status re-recognition. |
| 2008 | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools named Queen Elizabeth’s as an “Outstandingly Successful School. |
| 2007 | OFSTED subject inspection of Music Department judged “outstanding”. |
| 2007 | Top State School at A Level in London in Evening Standard and Daily Telegraph. |
| 2007 | Top State School in England in Financial Times’s ‘traditional A Levels listing’. |
| 2007 | Sunday Times “State School of the Year”. |
| 2006 | DfES top school in London and record in England for Key Stage 3 "Added Value". |
| 2006 | Top State School in England at A Level in Daily Telegraph. |
| 2006 | Secretary of State for Education presents QE with the Evening Standard “School of the Year” award for Academic Excellence. |
| 2005 | Investors in People status re-recognition. |
| 2005 | Top State School in England at A Level in Daily Telegraph. |
| 2004 | Award of Music Specialist School status. |
| 2004 | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools named Queen Elizabeth’s as an “Outstandingly Successful School". |
| 2004 | Top State School in England at A Level in Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. |
| 2003 | Top State School in England at A Level in Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. |
| 2003 | DfES Achievement Award. |
| 2002 | DfES Achievement Award. |
| 2002 | Investors in People status re-recognition. |
| 2001 | Top state school in London at A Level in Evening Standard. |
| 2001 | DfES award of Beacon School status. |
| 2001 | DfES Achievement Award. |
| 2001 | Sunday Times “State School of the Year”. |
| 2000 | Top state school in England at A Level in The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent and London Evening Standard. |
| 2000 | Financial Times rates Queen Elizabeth's the "Flagship Grammar". |
| 2000 | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools named Queen Elizabeth’s an “Outstandingly Successful School". |
| 1999 | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools named Queen Elizabeth’s an “Outstandingly Successful School". |
| 1996 | National Training Award: top-rated organisation in England for "Excellence in the training of its employees". |
| 1996 | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools named Queen Elizabeth’s an “Outstandingly Successful School by comparison with schools in similar circumstances". |