Tunishq at the top: new School Captain and team take over
Queen Elizabeth’s School starts 2026 with a new School Captain, Tunishq Mitra, who took up his post this week, together with a 130-strong prefect team.
Tunishq will be assisted by the two Senior Vice-Captains, Peter Atanasov and Vu-Lam Le-Nguyen (pictured to the left and right of him) and ten Vice-Captains, who will be in post throughout 2026. All in the School Officials (prefects) team are drawn from Year 12.
Headmaster Neil Enright said: “My congratulations go to Tunishq, Peter, Vu-Lam and all the new team. Prefects are very effective role models to younger boys in the School, and these positions are well-deserved, having been earned through service over several years.”
Deputy Head (Pastoral) David Ryan gave this assessment of Tunishq, Peter and Vu-Lam: “All three are committed and loyal to the School. They have accumulated a significant number of involvements in music, sport and debating, to name just three.
“Their QE journey has been a fantastically successful one; they have been chosen to be form captains, sports captains, junior prefects, and now senior prefects. Their talents were obvious from their first year with us, and they have picked a number of prizes at our awards ceremonies over the years.”
Tunishq has been involved in drama productions and music ensembles (playing the electric guitar), and been a peer mentor. He is one of the editors of The Econobethan – QE’s pupil-run Economics publication. He has been involved in VEX robotics, too, including qualifying with his team for the World Championships.
Vu-Lam is known for debating and public-speaking, which has included English-Speaking Union debating events, Model United Nations conferences, and Mock Trial competitions. He is one of the leaders of the Politics Society and an editor of The Arabella – a student-led literary journal at the School. He is also a musician, playing the violin in various ensembles. Like Tunishq, he has been involved in VEX Robotics and is a veteran of the World Championships.
Peter has been involved in representative sport, notably rugby and water polo, as well as acting as a peer mentor. He was in the Combined Cadet Force.
Tunishq, who was formally given the role towards the end of last term by the Headmaster, joins a long line of QE School Captains (head boys) dating back to at least 1876. He takes over from the 2025 School Captain, Simardeep Sahota and his cohort, who, the Headmaster said, enjoyed a successful year.
The 2026 Vice-Captains are: Advay Bhat; Aahan Shah; Ameen Elamin; Faaiz Adil; Ishaan Mishra; Jasmaan Sahota; Keeyan Shah; Rishi Watsalya; Rithwik Gururaj; and Tuhin Mitra.
Other roles include House Captains and Deputy House Captains for each of QE’s six Houses:
- Broughton: Paarth Aggarwal (Captain) and Oscar Kaltenbronn (Deputy)
- Harrisons’: Ahsan Rahman (C) and Noah Morley (D)
- Leicester: Soham Sapra (C) and Victor Varbanov (D)
- Pearce: Vivan Paul (C) and Kavya Amin (D)
- Stapylton: Jaydon Lad (C) and Olic Fan (D)
- Underne: Yash Mehta (C) and Vihaan Salunke (D)