New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

11.03.2022

Dramatic, dynamic…deadly! QE’s Othello ‘a brilliant evening of theatre’

A performance of Othello by the School’s senior actors has been roundly praised by a representative of the Shakespeare Schools Festival. The production of the tragedy, performed during the SSF...

Much achieved; much yet to be done – LGBT History Month at QE

09.03.2022

Support & guidance

Much achieved; much yet to be done – LGBT History Month at QE

QE marked LGBT History Month with a string of special activities, including a talk by one of the UK’s leading advocates for inclusion in schools. Shaun Dellenty, who has been...

Putting the drama back into Shakespeare, tapping into QE’s Tudor legacy

04.03.2022

450th anniversary | Drama | English

Putting the drama back into Shakespeare, tapping into QE’s Tudor legacy

With their impressive and impassioned delivery of Shakespeare’s best-known speeches, finalists in a Year 8 competition gave their classmates a powerful reminder that the bard’s plays were written for the...

Hitting the high notes: QE boys enjoy performing on the national stage

02.03.2022

Music

Hitting the high notes: QE boys enjoy performing on the national stage

Five QE musicians of different ages have had their talents recognised at a national level, being chosen to participate in a number of National Youth orchestras and bands. Among the...

Elizabethans one and all: huge new photo display shows the way we were

26.02.2022

450th anniversary | Alumni

Elizabethans one and all: huge new photo display shows the way we were

A major new photographic installation charts the history of School photos at QE, as preparations for next year’s 450th anniversary gather pace. The carefully curated collection of 232 photos of...

Story of a genius: award-winning biographer tells sixth-formers about one of the world’s greatest minds

21.02.2022

Academic enrichment | Lecture Programme | Maths | Physics | STEM

Story of a genius: award-winning biographer tells sixth-formers about one of the world’s greatest minds

Author, scientist and QE parent Dr Ananyo Bhattacharya gave a talk to senior pupils on his book about John von Neumann, the brilliant Hungarian-American polymath who made breakthroughs in fields...

A first for QE? Sixth-formers delve deep into the School’s history through new Palaeography Society

17.02.2022

Academic enrichment | English | History

A first for QE? Sixth-formers delve deep into the School’s history through new Palaeography Society

A new School society – believed to be the first of its kind in the country – is working hard to decipher QE’s earliest written records. English teacher Kanak Shah...

Fortitude and focus lie behind another year of outstanding Oxbridge success

11.02.2022

Alumni | School performance

Fortitude and focus lie behind another year of outstanding Oxbridge success

Thirty-five Elizabethans received offers from Oxford and Cambridge universities this year, having successfully surmounted all the extra challenges posed by Covid throughout their A-level studies. The 29 Cambridge and six...

Allez les bleus! QE teams impress in German and French debating competitions

08.02.2022

Academic enrichment | Languages | Trips

Allez les bleus! QE teams impress in German and French debating competitions

Four Year 12 linguists have reached the next stage of a prestigious German debating competition after enjoying success in two early rounds. Two of the four also appeared in a...

Towards a healthy understanding: American university interns help highlight differences between UK and US medical systems

04.02.2022

Academic enrichment | Economics | Support & guidance

Towards a healthy understanding: American university interns help highlight differences between UK and US medical systems

Three interns from the University of Connecticut helped deepen boys’ knowledge of American healthcare at a meeting of QE’s Personal Finance Society. Pupils heard about the high costs and complexity...

From stereotypes to stimming: workshop helps boys understand and accept neurodiversity

01.02.2022

Academic enrichment | Religion & Society | Support & guidance

From stereotypes to stimming: workshop helps boys understand and accept neurodiversity

Two academics who discovered they were autistic as adults explained how they and other neurodivergent* people experience the world in a special workshop at the School. Dr Chloe Farahar and...

A taste of the latest technology: partnering with local primary schools in robotics and 3D-printing

28.01.2022

Outreach | STEM | Technology

A taste of the latest technology: partnering with local primary schools in robotics and 3D-printing

Pupils and teachers from QE’s Technology department have been visiting local primaries to help them dip their toes into 3D-printing and robotics. First, QE donated 3D printers to Northside Primary...