New & noteworthy
22.09.2025
Academic enrichment | Music | Trips
Variations on a Belgian theme: Music tour had it all, from playing in a park and historic town square to entertaining VIPs in a church
Young musicians enjoyed an action-packed five-day tour, which gave them multiple opportunities to perform in Belgium as well as the chance to sample the country’s cultural delights. They played at...
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11.09.2025
QE Futures helps boys find their path to the best degree apprenticeships and work experience
QE Futures, the School’s programme of careers and universities guidance, is enjoying a surge of success as boys secure places on highly sought-after degree apprenticeships. Degree apprenticeships are attracting increasing...
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08.09.2025
QE Sixth Form ranked as the best in the country
QE’s Sixth Form comes top in a new national league table published by The Telegraph. The Telegraph analysed data from more than 2,000 state-school sixth forms and sixth-form colleges, allocating...
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04.09.2025
Medicine for the many, not the few: sixth-former’s plea on genetics wins European competition
Sixth-former Tanush Gupta has won first prize in a prestigious European competition for his video on genetic diversity. His name was announced in front of more than 5,000 international scientists...
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29.08.2025
Academic enrichment | QE Flourish | School performance
Above and beyond: awards for teacher and nine pupils reflect their excellence and dedication
Nine pupils won achievement awards for accomplishments in areas ranging from sport to robotics, while teacher Xiangming Xu took a Leader Award both for his dedication in the classroom and...
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28.08.2025
Academic enrichment | Economics
Method in the madness? QE’s economists explore the impact of Donald Trump’s policies
The shadow of the 47th president of the USA looms large over the latest edition of The Econobethan – QE’s pupil-run Economics journal. Under the overall theme of International Relations,...
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21.08.2025
Top class! QE’s GCSE results impress at the highest grades while also showing strength in depth
Year 11 pupils maintained the superb record of Queen Elizabeth’s School with another very strong set of GCSE results. More than three-fifths of the examinations taken (61.4%) at the School...
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14.08.2025
Twenty years of excellence: Queen Elizabeth’s School continues to shine as pupils deliver a golden set of A-level results
Year 13 pupils have maintained a formidable record of consistent A-level excellence, with the proportion of grades at A*–B hitting 98% – the 20th consecutive year this benchmark figure has...
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11.08.2025
Academic enrichment | Technology
Going out with a bang! Leaver wins national technology competition with his comms system design
Year 13’s Muhammad Shah has won The Big Bang UK Young Technologist of the Year title for 2025. His winning project, Icarus, is a decentralised telecommunication system designed for low-cost...
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09.08.2025
Academic enrichment | Alumni | Careers
Sixth-formers stage their own event for aspiring medics, featuring leading doctors and academics
Three Year 12 pupils successfully hosted what is believed to have been QE’s first-ever Medicine conference. The one-day event gave pupils the chance to hear from leading doctors across a...
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