New & noteworthy
22.10.2010
Top-quality performances by School’s chess players
QE’s 2010 Swiss Chess Tournament was won by Year 8 pupil Jake Breindel, who scored six points by winning all six of his games. The tournament was open to boys...
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14.10.2010
Old Elizabethan aims for gold at World Championships
OE Tom Aggar (1995-2002) is aiming for another gold medal at the World Championships in New Zealand at the end of October. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Tom...
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14.10.2010
Chess team among the winners at international championship
The School Chess team achieved both individual and team success at this year’s Millfield International Schools’ Chess Team Championship. Captained by Anup Desai of Year 13, the team went through...
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14.10.2010
German exchange
Two QE boys took the opportunity to celebrate the festival of Sukkot with the local Jewish community during the sixth QE exchange visit to Bielefield. Thirty Year 9 and 10...
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07.10.2010
Academic success for Old Elizabethans at Cambridge
Several Old Elizabethans have achieved notable academic success at Cambridge University, the School has learned. Ares Kokkinos (2001-08) has been awarded a First for Part IIA of his Economics Tripos...
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20.09.2010
£100,000 project to create Sixth Form Learning Centre is completed
Sixth-formers at Queen Elizabeth’s School are benefiting from a £100,000 investment in the Heard Building – QE’s Sixth Form centre. The old Heard Private Study Area has been replaced by...
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15.09.2010
California calling for Old Elizabethan music industry mogul
Old Elizabethan Lucian Grainge, a leading music industry executive, is to re-locate to California – a move seen as significant by business commentators. Mr Grainge received his CBE at Buckingham...
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01.09.2010
Queen Elizabeth’s School becomes an Academy
Queen Elizabeth’s School today became an Academy – one of the first schools to make the transition under legislative changes introduced by the new Government. In a letter to the...
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24.08.2010
Record-breaking GCSE results
Queen Elizabeth’s School today recorded its best-ever GCSE results. Announcing the results, the Headmaster, Dr John Marincowitz, said the exceptional performance of the Year 11 boys augurs well for them...
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19.08.2010
High number of new A* grades at Queen Elizabeth’s School – and average grade is higher than A
Almost a third of all A-levels taken at Queen Elizabeth’s School gained the new A* grade, it was announced today. The introduction of the new mark – awarded for scores...
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13.08.2010
Old Elizabethans hoping for success at London 2012
Brunel University has named four Old Elizabethans among its 2012 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls. Tom Aggar (OE 1995-2002), who is now taking an MSc in Sport Sciences, will be looking...
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12.08.2010
Science is up to the Mark
The Prince’s Teaching Institute has awarded its prestigious Schools Programme Mark to QE’s Science Department. The Mark recognises the department’s work to challenge and stretch students and is awarded after...
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