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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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Sixth-Former picks up prize in national competition

23.09.2011

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Sixth-Former picks up prize in national competition

A Year 13 pupil has won second prize in a national essay-writing competition. David Alam was amongst 500 entrants to the 2011 Royal Economic Society Essay competition. The participants were...

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QE achieves quality teaching award from Prince’s Teaching Institute

16.09.2011

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QE achieves quality teaching award from Prince’s Teaching Institute

The School has been awarded the prestigious Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) Mark in four subjects, with a fifth expected to follow. The award, which is given retrospectively for 2010/11, recognises...

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Gold medal for Tom Aggar

12.09.2011

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Gold medal for Tom Aggar

Tom Aggar (1995-2002) has taken the Gold medal at the World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled in Slovenia – his fifth consecutive title. He was chased hard by Russian newcomer...

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Diver’s Olympic dream

05.09.2011

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Diver’s Olympic dream

A Year 8 pupil has been placed 12th in a national diving competition. 12-year-old Gil Segev competed at Level 3 at this year’s National Age Group Diving Finals in Sheffield....

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GCSE results exceed previous best, as proportion of A* and A grades reaches 90%

25.08.2011

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GCSE results exceed previous best, as proportion of A* and A grades reaches 90%

Queen Elizabeth’s School has once again exceeded all previous years’ GCSE results, it announced today [25 Aug 2011]. 90% of examinations taken by the 179 boys in Year 11 were...

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Best-ever A-level results at Queen Elizabeth’s School

18.08.2011

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Best-ever A-level results at Queen Elizabeth’s School

Queen Elizabeth’s School has recorded its best-ever A-level results, with A*s making up more than four of every ten grades awarded. The School saw widespread improvements on last year’s already-strong results. With...

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Headmaster retires after 12 years of high achievement

22.07.2011

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Headmaster retires after 12 years of high achievement

John Marincowitz retires this month after 12 years as Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet. During this period, the School has been rated as ‘outstanding’ in five consecutive Ofsted reports...

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