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Up for debate!

22.05.2023

Academic enrichment | Debating & public speaking

Up for debate!

QE boys teamed up with pupils from a local leading girls’ school for a morning of enthusiastic debates on some of the hottest topics of the day. After the initial...

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Chamber Choir and organists impress in evensong at Southwark Cathedral

19.05.2023

Music | Service

Chamber Choir and organists impress in evensong at Southwark Cathedral

In only their second-ever choral evensong, the boys of QE’s Chamber Choir shone amid the splendour of Southwark Cathedral. They sang music by composers including Mozart and Stanford, while three...

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Rising fives: QE nominated for Team of the Year award

15.05.2023

Alumni | Sport

Rising fives: QE nominated for Team of the Year award

The recent rise of Eton Fives at Queen Elizabeth’s School has now been recognised with a nomination for the Team of the Year award from the sport’s governing body. Having...

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Learning from leaders at Amazon, “diving deep into careers in the cloud”

12.05.2023

STEM | Technology | Trips

Learning from leaders at Amazon, “diving deep into careers in the cloud”

A group of sixth-formers enjoyed the privilege of a special day at the Shoreditch offices of Amazon Web Services, where leaders shared their insights into the fast-moving technological world they...

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Sixth Form geographers have coastal erosion in their sights

09.05.2023

Geography | Trips

Sixth Form geographers have coastal erosion in their sights

The sands of time may be slipping away for the crumbling coast of Essex – but not if QE’s A-level geographers can help it! Braving a biting chill on the...

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Friends and enemies both! QE’s cadets forge new alliance

05.05.2023

CCF | Trips

Friends and enemies both! QE’s cadets forge new alliance

After a successful joint camp with the Beds and Herts Army Cadet Force, members of QE’s CCF are now looking forward to working with their near-neighbours again. The School is...

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Beating the armada but battered by bacteria! Anniversary Science festival takes boys back to Tudor times

02.05.2023

Academic enrichment | Lower School Science

Beating the armada but battered by bacteria! Anniversary Science festival takes boys back to Tudor times

Pupils learned about the often grim – yet sometimes surprisingly positive – realities of life at the time the School was founded in 1573. Year 8 boys conducted experiments to...

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Reclaiming the crown: senior robotics team takes the title at Telford

28.04.2023

Academic enrichment | STEM

Reclaiming the crown: senior robotics team takes the title at Telford

As many of QE’s Vex robotics teams pit themselves against the best on the planet this term at the world championships in Dallas, the senior boys in the VRC competition...

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Anniversary festival celebrates rugby’s place in the School’s history

27.04.2023

Academic enrichment | House system | Sport

Anniversary festival celebrates rugby’s place in the School’s history

The PE department rounded off the season with its own anniversary celebrations in a QE 450 Rugby Festival. With events targeted at players from all years, the festival was one...

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If I were you…getting the inside track on university life

25.04.2023

Alumni | Careers

If I were you…getting the inside track on university life

Large numbers of last year’s leavers returned to QE to support current pupils at the School’s University Convention. Organised as part of the QE’s extensive programme to support boys preparing...

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Anniversary to the fore at 56th Annual Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate

21.04.2023

450th anniversary | Academic enrichment | Alumni | Debating & public speaking

Anniversary to the fore at 56th Annual Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate

With the QE 450th anniversary celebrations at the forefront of everyone’s mind, the subject chosen for this year’s Dinner Debate was especially apt. Sixth-formers gathered to take on the visiting...

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Eton Fives stars shine at Shrewsbury!

18.04.2023

Sport

Eton Fives stars shine at Shrewsbury!

Fives pair Yash Kedia and Zayn Phoplankar are fully fledged national champions in their sport after beating off multiple challenges in the U15 finals. They sealed their achievement – thought...

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