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Double success in national engineering scholarship

03.07.2009

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Double success in national engineering scholarship

QE Year 11 pupils Priyesh Patel and Sam Catchpole-Smith have both secured places on the prestigious Arkwright Scholarship scheme for young engineers. The Arkwright Scholarship is recognised as the flagship...

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Sustained success of enterprising pupils

03.07.2009

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Sustained success of enterprising pupils

A group of QE boys who reached the North London finals of the Young Enterprise Award have gone on to run their own professional company successfully for a year. The...

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Cricket: National and regional success on the field

02.07.2009

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Cricket: National and regional success on the field

QE’s U13 cricket XI qualified for this year’s national David English/Bunbury Cup as last season’s Middlesex champions – the first time a QE team has achieved this feat. The team...

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Learning about Hinduism

01.07.2009

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Learning about Hinduism

The whole of Year 7 took part in a visit to Bhaktivedanta Manor in the village of Aldenham as part of the Summer Term’s Religion & Society topic of Hinduism....

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A rewarding visit

30.06.2009

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A rewarding visit

Twenty QE students who had shown particular commitment to the School’s play, Animal Farm, were rewarded with a visit to The Globe theatre. The theatre on the South Bank is...

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A clean sweep

25.06.2009

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A clean sweep

Boys from QE achieved success across the board in a competition about World Citizenship. The competition, which was organised by the Baha’i Community, was open to Year 7 pupils in...

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Bollywood Orchestra’s to perform on national stage

19.05.2009

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Bollywood Orchestra’s to perform on national stage

QE’s Bollywood Orchestra has won a place in the Music for Youth National Festival. Eighteen boys from Years 9-12 prepared a version of A R Rahman’s Raga’s Dance, including elements...

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QE boys triumph in regional Mathematics competition

14.05.2009

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QE boys triumph in regional Mathematics competition

A team of four QE pupils beat off 35 other teams to win the regional Team Maths Challenge and secure a place in the competition’s national finals. Team captain Nigethan...

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QE wins London-wide award for academic excellence

07.05.2009

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QE wins London-wide award for academic excellence

Schools Secretary Ed Balls and Ofsted Chief Inspector Christine Gilbert presented Queen Elizabeth’s School Headmaster John Marincowitz with the Evening Standard’s Secondary Academic Excellence Award. QE was one of only...

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Tom Palmer, of England and Wasps, leads drills for QE U15s

03.04.2009

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Tom Palmer, of England and Wasps, leads drills for QE U15s

England and Wasps rugby star Tom Palmer arrived at Queen Elizabeth’s at the end of this term to give an elite session for the Under 15s rugby team. Tom, who...

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Queen Elizabeth’s School is top state school in Financial Times league table

31.03.2009

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Queen Elizabeth’s School is top state school in Financial Times league table

Queen Elizabeth’s School is the highest-ranked state school in the country in the Financial Times 2009 Top 1000 schools. QE came in fifth place behind four independent schools in the...

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Queen Elizabeth’s School’s commitment to teacher training praised as it gains Training School status

27.03.2009

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Queen Elizabeth’s School’s commitment to teacher training praised as it gains Training School status

Queen Elizabeth’s School has been awarded Training School status by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. According to the DCSF, Training Schools must “demonstrate training experiences that go beyond...

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