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Although there had been some apprehension about weather conditions, Sports Day 2008 proved highly successful, incorporating the true spirit of house competition and pride.

It included more events than ever before, with the introduction of the hammer, Year 8 hurdles and the 4x400m relay incorporating one pupil from each year group. All pupils were involved, either as competitors or because they were organising or officiating.

The winning house was Underne.

This year’s Sports Day saw the introduction of a new computer system (created by Head of IT Amanda Golding and PE & Games teacher Richard Scally) to monitor and record the results, so that QE can now officially create School records for each event and use the data in future Sports Days.

PE & Games teacher Nicholas Bird said: “A special ‘thank you’ must go to all pupils, prefects and staff for their contribution in making the day as big a success as ever! Thanks are also due to my colleagues in the PE department for their hard work and commitment throughout the week leading up to Sports Day, in which events have also taken place.”

Although there had been some apprehension about weather conditions, Sports Day 2008 proved highly successful, incorporating the true spirit of house competition and pride. The winning house was Underne.

It included more events than ever before, with the introduction of the hammer, Year 8 hurdles and the 4x400m relay incorporating one pupil from each year group. All pupils were involved, either as competitors or because they were organising or officiating.

This year’s Sports Day saw the introduction of a new computer system (created by Head of IT Amanda Golding and PE & Games teacher Richard Scally) to monitor and record the results, so that QE can now officially create School records for each event and use the data in future Sports Days.

PE & Games teacher Nicholas Bird said: “A special ‘thank you’ must go to all pupils, prefects and staff for their contribution in making the day as big a success as ever! Thanks are also due to my colleagues in the PE department for their hard work and commitment throughout the week leading up to Sports Day, in which events have also taken place.”

83.2% of all A-Levels taken at Queen Elizabeth’s have been graded A, confirming the School’s position as one of the top boys’ schools in the country. Thirty-seven QE boys will now take up places at Oxford and Cambridge in the Autumn, representing a new record for the School.

This year also saw the number of A-levels taken at the School rise by 22%. The Headmaster, John Marincowitz, said, "Our A-Level candidates have achieved magnificently with 96% of all their examinations graded at A or B. I am delighted for the boys, all of whom will now take up top university places, and for their teachers who have achieved such splendid academic outcomes with a significantly enlarged cohort of boys." 

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Boys, parents and staff are celebrating following the publication of this year’s GCSE results. 96% of all GCSE examinations taken by boys at Queen Elizabeth’s were graded A*, A or B, with 83.1% achieving the top two grades. An impressive 138 boys in the cohort secured an A* in mathematics.

The Headmaster, John Marincowitz, said: “I am delighted by the boys’ performance at GCSE. All boys met the national measure of 5 + A to C grades (including maths, English and science), indeed the average points score per pupil equates with an average score of 10 A* grades per pupil. Teachers have maintained very high academic standards and provided their pupils with solid foundations for success at A Level and beyond."

Head of Mathematics, Gee Scarisbrick, reports that Andre Dalcher was amongst the top ten (out of 285777 entries) who achieved the highest overall marks in the June 2008 GCSE Mathematics exam.

In addition, out of 33784 entries in the June 2008 AS exams, Jenk Killich, Yathooshan Ramesh, Kalil Rouse, Daniel Rowe, Jian Siang Poh and Akhil Shah were amongst the top ten who achieved the highest overall mark.

Mrs Scarisbrick said, "Heartiest congratulations to them all for their excellent perfomances."