New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

29.04.2026

“One of those experiences you just don’t forget” – cadets on camp

The spirits of QE’s Combined Cadet Force remained high during their spring training camp, despite their getting ambushed and enduring freezing nights in a forest. During the two-day exercise in...

Flourishing through blizzards, hail and high winds: Year 8 pupils play a Peak District blinder

27.04.2026

Geography | QE Flourish | Trips

Flourishing through blizzards, hail and high winds: Year 8 pupils play a Peak District blinder

Forty-six boys triumphantly conquered Kinder Scout, explored deep inside a cave, and overcame their fears to abseil off a high bridge during a memorable trip to the Peak District. The...

22.04.2026

QE Flourish

QE receives RHS School Gardening Award

After pupils and staff put their back into weeks of work at the new QE allotment, the School has been given the RHS School Gardening Award Level 1. The QE...

20.04.2026

Music

Their final countdown: QE bids a grand musical farewell

Well over 400 pupils performed in the Leavers’ Concert, with many from the lower years turning out to support the musicians of Year 13. The Class of 2026 have made...

17.04.2026

Academic enrichment | Chess

Chess players make history

Queen Elizabeth’s enters the record books this term as the first school ever to have two teams in the 30-team national final of the English Schools Chess Championship. The seeds...

The artist as a young bug: looking at the environment through the eyes of other species

15.04.2026

Academic enrichment | Art & Design

The artist as a young bug: looking at the environment through the eyes of other species

Two visiting artists helped QE pupils take a fresh look at familiar spaces through a project that embraced a variety of materials and techniques and got them out and about...

Investiture of Old Elizabethan economist as President of American university

14.04.2026

Alumni | Economics

Investiture of Old Elizabethan economist as President of American university

Internationally respected economist Dr Sandeep Mazumder has been formally inaugurated as the ninth President of Georgia’s Berry College. Sandeep (OE 1993–2000), who frequently gives his time online to support Economics...

World Championships in St Louis, Missouri, beckon for award-winning QE robotics teams

11.04.2026

Academic enrichment | STEM | Technology

World Championships in St Louis, Missouri, beckon for award-winning QE robotics teams

QE’s robotics competitors start the Summer Term fighting fit, with six teams qualifying for the Vex World Championships in the US later this month. After battling it out at the...

Delegates enjoy their moment in the sun at Model United Nations

07.04.2026

Debating & public speaking

Delegates enjoy their moment in the sun at Model United Nations

QE diplomats representing Spain at one of the leading Model United Nations conferences won both individual and collective success. Spain secured three of the five resolutions at the 18th annual...

Brexit must mean Brexit! Dinner Debate 2026

03.04.2026

Academic enrichment | Debating & public speaking

Brexit must mean Brexit! Dinner Debate 2026

Two visiting Old Elizabethans narrowly defeated the Sixth Form pair who proposed the motion, This House would rejoin the European Single Market, at The 59th Annual Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate....

Yash crowned Laureate after winning oratory competition

31.03.2026

Academic enrichment | Debating & public speaking

Yash crowned Laureate after winning oratory competition

Year 12 pupil Yash Mehta took first place in a national speaking competition, winning a £10,000 prize and a handcrafted spear inlaid with 24-carat gold. Yash was named Laureate after...

Careers Convention 2026 “our most inspiring yet”

26.03.2026

Alumni | Alumni Newsletter | QE Futures

Careers Convention 2026 “our most inspiring yet”

A record 65 guests signed up to support Year 11 boys at this year’s Careers Convention – more than 30 of them alumni. New workshops were added to cover degree...