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Middlesex Academy selection: quite a result for QE batsman

14.10.2014

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Middlesex Academy selection: quite a result for QE batsman

Kushal Patel has been selected to train with the Middlesex County Cricket Club Academy. Kushal, who is in Year 12, has already played for the county’s Second XI, U17...

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Old Elizabethan Richard is runner-up in final of The Great British Bake Off

10.10.2014

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Old Elizabethan Richard is runner-up in final of The Great British Bake Off

Former QE pupil Richard Burr was a runner-up after reaching the final of the BBC’s The Great British Bake Off. Richard (OE 1987-1994) impressed the judges once...

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Mapping out a successful future?

09.10.2014

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Mapping out a successful future?

Year 13 student Koji Takahashi’s reasoned argument on the benefits of continuing to map the Earth’s surface won him a place on the shortlist of a Cambridge University geography...

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Old Elizabethan is front-runner in The Great British Bake Off

03.10.2014

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Old Elizabethan is front-runner in The Great British Bake Off

Old Elizabethan Richard Burr is now widely being tipped as the favourite to win the BBC’s The Great British Bake Off after an impressive showing in the semi-final. ...

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Rising to the occasion: Old Elizabethan’s Great British Bake Off success

30.09.2014

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Rising to the occasion: Old Elizabethan’s Great British Bake Off success

Past and present pupils alike are tuning in eagerly to the BBC’s The Great British Bake Off to find out if Old Elizabethan Richard Burr can continue his successful...

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Engineering stimulates QE boys at summer school

25.09.2014

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Engineering stimulates QE boys at summer school

Two QE Sixth-Formers learned about cutting-edge aerospace and structural engineering technologies at summer schools held at universities. William Forrester, of Year 12, and Marcus Rodin, of Year...

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Choir place is high note in singer’s career

18.09.2014

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Choir place is high note in singer’s career

A QE boy has been invited to join a critically acclaimed youth choir. Year 13 pupil Kavi Pau was chosen to join the Rodolfus Choir after excelling in a...

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Finding the right words: Alex’s story goes national

15.09.2014

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Finding the right words: Alex’s story goes national

Whilst still at Cambridge, Alex Davis (OE 2006-2013) is already becoming established in his chosen career of journalism. He is rapidly creating a name for himself in student journalism...

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Seven again! Excellence of QE teachers recognised by Prince’s charity

12.09.2014

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Seven again! Excellence of QE teachers recognised by Prince’s charity

QE has again received the Prince’s Teaching Institute Marks for seven academic departments – one of only a handful of schools to have earned and then retained so many...

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Et voilà! A week in Normandy helps boys improve their French

10.09.2014

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Et voilà! A week in Normandy helps boys improve their French

Boys from both ends of the School benefited from the opportunity to immerse themselves in the French language during a summer holiday trip to Normandy. Thirty-eight Year...

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Facing a grilling: boys given university practice interviews by top academics

08.09.2014

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Facing a grilling: boys given university practice interviews by top academics

Next year’s QE leavers completed their university practice interviews over the summer, seizing the opportunity to experience questioning from senior academics. The School arranges such practice interviews...

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“Total commitment” on Sri Lanka sports tour

01.09.2014

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“Total commitment” on Sri Lanka sports tour

The School’s rugby and cricket tour of Sri Lanka, organised to mark the centenary of the introduction of rugby at QE, proved to be both rewarding and challenging for...

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