QE have won the regional round of the Royal Society of Chemistry Top of The Bench Competition for the first time and will take part in the National Final at Imperial College.
After being prepared over the last half-term by their teacher, Elizabeth Kuo, the School’s team saw off competition from several high-achieving schools at the Chilterns and Middlesex round, held at St Benedict’s School, Ealing. QE has been entering the competition for 10 years and its previous best place was fourth.
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“We will now take part in the National Final in April and will start preparing for this in January by undertaking extra practical work with the team,” said Dr Kuo.
The team comprises: Mehul Jesani ,Year 11; Aniruddh Raghu, Year 10; Allessandro Zanre and Tianlin Zhang, both of Year 9.