New & noteworthy

Winners in Cambridge! Trio using design to ‘make the world a better place’

25.10.2023

STEM | Technology

Winners in Cambridge! Trio using design to ‘make the world a better place’

Three sixth-formers won a Cambridge University competition with their design project aimed at protecting construction workers’ hearing. After being highly commended in the Homerton College Design Programme, Shivam Singh, Yash...

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Facing fears, having fun and building friendships in the great outdoors

23.10.2023

Trips

Facing fears, having fun and building friendships in the great outdoors

Hundreds of QE boys have been enjoying new experiences and testing their limits on a series of trips. First, 72 Year 10 pupils headed off to Wales for a three-day...

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Close to home: play about Gandhi’s assassin stirs up family memories

19.10.2023

Academic enrichment | History | Trips

Close to home: play about Gandhi’s assassin stirs up family memories

Boys on a Sixth-Form theatre trip explored one of the seminal moments in modern Indian history – the 1948 assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Twenty-two Year 12 boys and their teachers...

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Pupil’s plea for a greener world impresses judges in Imperial art competition

11.10.2023

Academic enrichment | Art & Design

Pupil’s plea for a greener world impresses judges in Imperial art competition

Year 9’s Kelvin Chen will see his work displayed on billboards in London ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) starting next month after achieving success in a...

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‘Blood will have blood’: Year 9 witness Macbeth’s descent into murder and madness on QE latest visit to Globe Theatre

09.10.2023

English | Trips

‘Blood will have blood’: Year 9 witness Macbeth’s descent into murder and madness on QE latest visit to Globe Theatre

Year 9 boys relished the opportunity to watch a dramatic modern production of Macbeth, complete with witches portrayed as forensic scientists, fight scenes enhanced with special effects, and the spilling...

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From Kabul to Cambridge: former refugee, who is now a doctor and leader of two medical charities, urges boys to remember to give back

05.10.2023

Academic enrichment | Lecture Programme | Support & guidance

From Kabul to Cambridge: former refugee, who is now a doctor and leader of two medical charities, urges boys to remember to give back

Former Afghan refugee Waheed Arian told Year 9 boys the remarkable story of his life, from arriving near-penniless in the UK aged 15 to becoming a doctor and the leader...

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Feel the power! QE debuts electric racing car

02.10.2023

Academic enrichment | STEM | Trips

Feel the power! QE debuts electric racing car

After two-and-a-half years of hard work, patience and perseverance, an electric car built by QE’s first Greenpower team overcame both mechanical challenges and terrible weather to perform strongly against much...

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Creativity inspired by tragedy: remembering the Grenfell Tower fire on A-level Art trip

28.09.2023

Art & Design | Trips

Creativity inspired by tragedy: remembering the Grenfell Tower fire on A-level Art trip

Ten Art & Design pupils from Year 13 spent a day exploring some very different exhibitions in London to gain inspiration for the final stages of their A-levels. First stop...

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Lighting a path towards life on Mars

26.09.2023

Academic enrichment | Partnership

Lighting a path towards life on Mars

Teams from QE and The Henrietta Barnett School aimed to turn science fiction into future reality when they planned for a settlement of the red planet in a space design...

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Boys’ mature response to film about assassination attempt on Hitler wins plaudits

21.09.2023

Academic enrichment | Alumni | Support & guidance

Boys’ mature response to film about assassination attempt on Hitler wins plaudits

QE boys were the first-ever under-18s to watch producer Ilana Metzger’s film about her father, a Holocaust survivor who once attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. And she was so impressed...

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Fired up and loving their STAARring roles!

18.09.2023

Academic enrichment | Careers | STEM

Fired up and loving their STAARring roles!

Five QE boys got to grips with cutting-edge aerospace technologies at a summer residential after triumphing in a spring competition. The group headed to Shropshire for the Summer Time Advanced...

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QE is leading state school for Oxbridge places, new table reveals

14.09.2023

School performance

QE is leading state school for Oxbridge places, new table reveals

New figures show that QE pupils received more offers from Oxford and Cambridge universities than those at any other state secondary school last year. Queen Elizabeth’s School is the top...

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