New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth School

15.01.2019

Two through! QE teams qualify for national robotics final

Two senior QE teams have qualified for the national finals of the VEX EDR robotics competition after convincing performances in the regional rounds. The teams are aiming to build on...

Punching above their weight: Year 8 pupils impress with their debating skills

14.01.2019

Debating | Symposia

Punching above their weight: Year 8 pupils impress with their debating skills

With topics that included a second Brexit referendum, a joint Year 8 debating symposium with a leading girls’ school looked sure to be lively – and so it proved. The...

QE’s first-ever Stanford student returns to talk about life at one of the world’s leading universities

11.01.2019

Alumni | Careers

QE’s first-ever Stanford student returns to talk about life at one of the world’s leading universities

The first Elizabethan ever to go to California’s Stanford University sang the praises of studying stateside when he returned to speak to senior pupils at QE. Stanford comes at or...

Perfect score: senior mathematicians perform to the highest standard in national competition

10.01.2019

Academic enrichment | Maths

Perfect score: senior mathematicians perform to the highest standard in national competition

Two QE sixth-formers scored maximum marks in this year’s UK Senior Maths Challenge. Bashmy Basheer and Nico Puthu, of Year 13, both scored 125 out of 125, earning themselves jointly...

Much to their profit: boys end up in the black while learning from policy-makers at top-flight Economics conference

08.01.2019

Academic enrichment | Economics | Trips

Much to their profit: boys end up in the black while learning from policy-makers at top-flight Economics conference

A team of five Year 12 QE economists was the only one to turn a profit in an auction at a prestigious conference attended by over 200 delegates from a...

Flying on and off the shelves! Parents give books generously as youngest pupils prove avid readers in first term

07.01.2019

Library & creative writing

Flying on and off the shelves! Parents give books generously as youngest pupils prove avid readers in first term

The School Librarian has described as “incredible” the parental response to efforts to boost The Queen’s Library’s fiction collection – and has been impressed by the voracious literary appetites of...

QE’s New Year’s honours: top team take over at the start of 2019

03.01.2019

House system | Service | Support & guidance

QE’s New Year’s honours: top team take over at the start of 2019

New School Captain Bhiramah Rammanohar and his team take up their positions today at the start of the new term. Together with his Senior Vice-Captains Fozy Ahmed and Oscar Smith,...

Putting Science in the picture: diverse subjects chosen in poster competition

02.01.2019

Academic enrichment | House system | Lower School Science

Putting Science in the picture: diverse subjects chosen in poster competition

From Leonardo da Vinci to Stephen Hawking, this year’s entries to QE’s Science House competition covered a full gamut of top scientists across the ages. Participants were required to research...

So you want to be a lawyer? Different routes to the same goal outlined by visiting old boys

01.01.2019

Alumni | Careers

So you want to be a lawyer? Different routes to the same goal outlined by visiting old boys

Senior boys gained valuable insights into how to pursue a career in Law when two alumni visited the School – with both stressing the importance of preparation and persistence. Suraj...

From ‘maids-a-milking’ to Mandelbrot, Mathematics lectures interest and inspire

31.12.2018

Academic enrichment | Maths

From ‘maids-a-milking’ to Mandelbrot, Mathematics lectures interest and inspire

Speakers at the Maths in Action lectures introduced Sixth Form mathematicians to aspects of the subjects not necessarily covered in the A-level syllabus – and even enlisted the seasonal help...

The ‘blast of war’ blows again: QE draws national attention in Shakespeare Schools Festival

28.12.2018

Drama

The ‘blast of war’ blows again: QE draws national attention in Shakespeare Schools Festival

While the School’s actors impressed their local audience as they took on Henry V for a second consecutive year, at a national level the Shakespeare Schools Festival also turned the...

Confident, capable and with buckets of enthusiasm! A QE first as sixth-formers head to New York for top legal competition

27.12.2018

Academic enrichment | Careers | Trips

Confident, capable and with buckets of enthusiasm! A QE first as sixth-formers head to New York for top legal competition

For the first time ever, a QE team qualified for the prestigious Empire Mock Trial competition in New York, where they pitted their legal knowledge and courtroom acumen against some...