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QE’s Combined Cadet Force: “first-class young men”

30.11.2011

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QE’s Combined Cadet Force: “first-class young men”

The School’s Combined Cadet Force is celebrating after a successful biennial inspection. The Reviewing Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Cliffe, of the Royal Engineers, commended the cadets’ “exceptional personal standards” and...

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QE’s excellence in Geography recognised

25.11.2011

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QE’s excellence in Geography recognised

QE has been awarded the Geographical Association’s Secondary Geography Quality Mark (SGQM). The Award reflects the high standard of teaching and learning in Geography at the School as well as...

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QE named top boys’ state school in Sunday Times’ Parent Power league table

15.11.2011

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QE named top boys’ state school in Sunday Times’ Parent Power league table

Queen Elizabeth’s School has maintained its position as the country’s top boys’ state school in the Sunday Times’ 21st annual Parent Power schools guide. QE was second overall, with a...

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QE debaters in European Youth Parliament event

11.11.2011

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QE debaters in European Youth Parliament event

Ten Year 13 QE pupils took part in a four-day European Youth Parliament event in Durham. Led by the School’s teacher in charge of debating, Nisha Mayer, the boys engaged...

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Gold and silver for QE sprinter

04.11.2011

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Gold and silver for QE sprinter

A Year 12 athlete is celebrating his best season so far after picking up gold and silver medals at championships this year. John Otugade competed in the 100m at the...

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QE pupil crowned British Chess Champion

29.10.2011

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QE pupil crowned British Chess Champion

Year 8 pupil Ananthanarayanan Balaji has won the U13 British Chess championship. He took part in seven matches at the Ponds Forge leisure and conference complex in Sheffield, scoring 5½...

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BLOG: Boston Music Tour (October 2011)

19.10.2011

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BLOG: Boston Music Tour (October 2011)

The music department is on tour to Boston in the United States. Kieron Howe, Director of Music, aims to keep parents and friends of QE informed of events in Boston...

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Leadership qualities praised

19.10.2011

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Leadership qualities praised

Two boys who took part in a QE Duke of Edinburgh Gold award expedition this summer have received unprecedented praise from the DofE assessor. Alpesh Mapara and Nathanael Jackson were...

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National honours for Taekwon-Do champion

11.10.2011

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National honours for Taekwon-Do champion

A Year 13 pupil has been selected to represent England in the European Taekwon-Do Championships in Slovakia this month (October 2011). Jaymin Thakrar won his division for both sparring and...

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QE success highlighted by The Times

06.10.2011

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QE success highlighted by The Times

Queen Elizabeth’s has been cited as ‘one of the highest performing schools in the country” in a feature in The Times. The article, which appeared in the newspaper’s Saturday colour...

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Meeting the challenge

30.09.2011

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Meeting the challenge

An old boy has helped his team progress to the second round of a prestigious BBC quiz. Ben Pugh (QE 2002-2009) was part of the Pembroke College, Cambridge, team who...

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Invitation to prestigious chess tournament

28.09.2011

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Invitation to prestigious chess tournament

A Year 9 pupil has been invited to take part in a top junior chess tournament in the Czech Republic in April next year. Thirteen-year-old Jake Breindel has been asked by...

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