New & noteworthy
06.04.2011
Putting a price on education: annual dinner debate
QE’s 46th annual dinner debate was “arguably the most interesting and engaging of the last few years”, according to the teacher in charge of debating, Nisha Mayer. Old Elizabethans Aaron...
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04.04.2011
Victory for QE Saxophone Quartet
The QE senior Saxophone Quartet has taken first prize in the Popular category of the Spring Grove Music Festival. “The boys performed their pieces beautifully, overcoming a high-quality field to...
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01.04.2011
National award for mathematician Madhi
A QE student has won a prize in a prestigious, national awards scheme. Madhi Elango, who is in Year 10, was named winner of the Best Use of Maths prize...
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30.03.2011
QE boys linking the past and the future at Royal visit
A quintet from QE performed at the official opening of Barnet College’s new £50m Wood Street campus by the Duke of Gloucester, who is the Queen’s cousin. They were invited...
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24.03.2011
Oxford college sponsors new QE prizes
Year 13 boys Year Joseph Masters and Joseph Phelan have become the first-ever recipients of two new QE prizes being sponsored by Queen’s College, Oxford. The prizes reward the best...
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18.03.2011
Poetry competition winner
The QE Sixth-Form poetry competition was won by Jed Wilsher with a poem entitled Absence. “The boys are studying Wilfred Owen and war poetry as part of A-Level English,” said...
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17.03.2011
Winners of Year 7 Music Scholarships announced
The names of the School’s five new Music Scholars have been announced. Year 7 boys Jonathan Beresford, Himal Bulathsinhala, Jason Mui, Nitharsan Sathiyalingam and Kavi Shah all succeeded in the...
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11.03.2011
QE old boy goes from strength to strength with online business
Former QE pupil Alex Halliday made his first forays into online business while still at the school – and now, at 25, he is the youngest CEO of a company...
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03.03.2011
Queen Elizabeth’s in top ten in Financial Times Top 1000 Schools
Queen Elizabeth’s School is the highest-ranked state school in the country in the Financial Times 2011 Top 1000 schools. It was also the highest-climbing school in the table, up 14...
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24.02.2011
Paralympian Tom Aggar wins global award – again!
British Paralympic champion and former QE pupil Tom Aggar (1995-2002) continues to dominate his sport. He was named 2010 World Rowing Adaptive Crew of the Year by the sport’s international...
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17.02.2011
Research collaboration with girls’ school builds key skills for future success
Thirty Year 12 pupils from a girls’ school have teamed up with QE boys for an innovative research collaboration focusing on the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). During a one-day symposium...
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15.02.2011
Stapylton the victors in House competition
Stapylton House has won the School’s inter-house trophy for 2010, it has been announced. Over the course of the year Stapylton amassed 263 points to clinch the Eric Shearly House...
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