| 2011 July | Queen Elizabeth’s sends a greater proportion of its students to Oxbridge than any other state school in England. Sutton Trust research into top university placements also ranks QE as the only state school among the top 37 independent schools in England. Sutton Trust finds QE sends 87% of its pupils to the most selective universities and as such is the top state school in England and 13th including independents. |
2011
March | OFSTED inspectors once again confirmed Queen Elizabeth's status as an "outstanding" school marking 15 years of sustained excellence in OFSTED reports. |
| 2011 March | Financial Times Top 1000 Schools: QE Top state school in England. The FT’s is the most demanding measure of all league tables as it measures the schools' performance in difficult “core” academic subjects. |
| 2010 | Secretary of State for Education invites an application from, and subsequently grants, Academy status to Queen Elizabeth's School. |
| 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". |