New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

03.09.2023

Hisham’s star performance in space competition

QE pupil Hisham Khan has been named the UK winner of an international space competition and reached the top 5% of competitors from around 100 nations across the world. In...

Performing in Paris: a successful summer Music tour

31.08.2023

Academic enrichment | Music

Performing in Paris: a successful summer Music tour

QE musicians of all ages gave performances at iconic venues in the French capital during a summer Music department tour. Fifty-two boys from Years 8–13 combined concerts with seeing the...

Building on excellence: “Highly impressive” GCSE results continue QE’s ever-upward path

24.08.2023

School performance

Building on excellence: “Highly impressive” GCSE results continue QE’s ever-upward path

Huge success at the top GCSE grades have made 2023 another vintage year for QE as it celebrates its 450th anniversary. With no GCSE examinations taken in 2020 and 2021,...

Making history: A-level winners excel in Queen Elizabeth School’s 450th anniversary year

17.08.2023

450th anniversary | Alumni | School performance

Making history: A-level winners excel in Queen Elizabeth School’s 450th anniversary year

As A-level grading returns to pre-pandemic standards this year, QE is celebrating “brilliant” results that cement the School’s place in the very top echelons of the country’s academic schools –...

Joint life-drawing classes with the girls, as QE Together expands its scope

14.08.2023

Academic enrichment | Art & Design | Debating & public speaking | Support & guidance

Joint life-drawing classes with the girls, as QE Together expands its scope

Senior pupils from Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School joined A-level Art students at Queen’s Road for special life-drawing sessions during QE’s Arts Week. Together with the girls’ participation in filming a...

10.08.2023

Sport

Taking on the international tourists

The final days of term brought two opportunities for QE’s cricketers to play against top opposition from two different continents on home territory. First, the élite academy squad from Sri...

Stapylton storm through to take the House trophy, while Broughton’s long Sports Day winning streak continues

08.08.2023

House system | Sport

Stapylton storm through to take the House trophy, while Broughton’s long Sports Day winning streak continues

Stapylton were crowned winners of the 2022–2023 House competition, with House Captain Shivam Singh and his deputy, Madhav Menon, proudly lifting the Shearly Cup. The eagerly awaited result was announced...

04.08.2023

Academic enrichment | STEM | Symposia

QE robotics goes intercontinental

Robotics at QE went international as never before this summer, with no fewer than nine teams heading to the VEX World Championships in Texas and then, in the last week...

Entrepreneur Arian passes on lessons from Silicon Valley

01.08.2023

Academic enrichment | Alumni | Careers | STEM

Entrepreneur Arian passes on lessons from Silicon Valley

3D printing entrepreneur Arian Aghababaie, co-founder of California-based Holo, shared insights into the latest developments in additive manufacturing and gave advice on engineering careers when he led two inspirational events...

Success across the boards: record-breaking chess performance at national championships

28.07.2023

Academic enrichment | Chess

Success across the boards: record-breaking chess performance at national championships

QE’s chess team achieved third place – the School’s highest-ever finish – and won the Plate trophy at the game’s national UK school finals. Propelled by a string of strong...

Winners one and all: prize-winners collect their awards besides Saracens’ giant trophy

24.07.2023

450th anniversary | School performance

Winners one and all: prize-winners collect their awards besides Saracens’ giant trophy

Almost 120 prizes were awarded to boys in the first three years of the School at Junior Awards. Former QE First XI cricket captain and First XV rugby player Sunil...

Rubbing shoulders with the best: Ranvir’s reward as he is named among top 50 young physicists

20.07.2023

Academic enrichment | Physics

Rubbing shoulders with the best: Ranvir’s reward as he is named among top 50 young physicists

A Year 12 pupil took up a coveted place on a prestigious summer residential at Cambridge after securing a top-50 place in the Senior Physics Challenge. Ranvir Sinha completed 586...