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Going out with a bang! Leaver wins national technology competition with his comms system design

11.08.2025

Academic enrichment | Technology

Going out with a bang! Leaver wins national technology competition with his comms system design

Year 13’s Muhammad Shah has won The Big Bang UK Young Technologist of the Year title for 2025. His winning project, Icarus, is a decentralised telecommunication system designed for low-cost...

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Sixth-formers stage their own event for aspiring medics, featuring leading doctors and academics

09.08.2025

Academic enrichment | Alumni | Careers

Sixth-formers stage their own event for aspiring medics, featuring leading doctors and academics

Three Year 12 pupils successfully hosted what is believed to have been QE’s first-ever Medicine conference. The one-day event gave pupils the chance to hear from leading doctors across a...

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Hands on: getting to grips with the ‘Great War’

05.08.2025

History | Trips

Hands on: getting to grips with the ‘Great War’

Year 9 pupils did more than just learn about the experiences of World War I soldiers during their battlefields trip, they lived a little of them, too. During their visit...

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Harik makes history by winning silver at the International Physics Olympiad

01.08.2025

Academic enrichment | Physics

Harik makes history by winning silver at the International Physics Olympiad

Sixth-former Harik Sodhi took a silver medal and was the highest-ranked performer from western Europe at the 55th International Physics Olympiad in Paris. Harik is not only the first-ever QE...

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From ancient Rome and Shakespeare to the Cold War and the Science Museum, the 2025 Flourish Festival had it covered

28.07.2025

Academic enrichment | Trips

From ancient Rome and Shakespeare to the Cold War and the Science Museum, the 2025 Flourish Festival had it covered

Every pupil and all members of staff enjoyed the opportunity to get out and about during this year’s Flourish Festival. The summer festival, part of QE’s Flourish co-curricular programme, offers...

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Harrisons’ take the crown as champion House for 2024–2025

26.07.2025

House system

Harrisons’ take the crown as champion House for 2024–2025

Harrisons’ House swept past last year’s winner, Broughton, to win the Eric Shearly House Cup. The announcement came at the end of the traditional end-of-year assembly, with Headmaster Neil Enright...

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QE’s young success stories get an invitation to fail at Junior Awards 2025!

22.07.2025

Academic enrichment | School performance

QE’s young success stories get an invitation to fail at Junior Awards 2025!

Junior Awards formed a happy highlight of the final days of the School year at QE, with some 80 prizes presented to boys in Years 7, 8 and 9. Prizewinners,...

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Rising to the challenge: young actors triumph with performance of ancient play in QE’s newest facility

17.07.2025

Drama

Rising to the challenge: young actors triumph with performance of ancient play in QE’s newest facility

The 2025 School Play is the first ever to have been staged in The Robert Dudley Studio – QE’s new facility for drama and the spoken word. The production of...

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U15s are county champions following ‘extraordinary’ QE cricket season

08.07.2025

Sport

U15s are county champions following ‘extraordinary’ QE cricket season

The U15 cricket team have been crowned county champions after beating Harrow School in the thrilling final of the Middlesex cup competition. The squad also made QE history with a...

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Reach for the stars – and remember to be kind

03.07.2025

Alumni

Reach for the stars – and remember to be kind

Britain’s favourite character actress sent the class of 2025 on their way with this challenge: that they should try to follow their dreams, make an impact in the world, but...

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QE is simply outstanding for Oxbridge offers: survey confirms huge success

30.06.2025

Uncategorized

QE is simply outstanding for Oxbridge offers: survey confirms huge success

New figures show that no other state school secured more offers from Oxford and Cambridge last year than Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet. Sixty-two QE pupils received offers from the two...

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All the fun of the fete – and some serious fundraising, too

25.06.2025

Alumni | House system | Service

All the fun of the fete – and some serious fundraising, too

Founder’s Day 2025 drew large numbers of visitors for the afternoon fete, who helped smash a £25,000 fundraising target. The day, a traditional highlight of QE’s calendar, began with a...

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