New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

20.11.2024

Ten years on, the 2014 leavers turn out in force for alumni dinner

Attendance at the 2024 Old Elizabethans Annual Reunion Dinner matched the record figure achieved amid 2023’s 450th anniversary celebrations, with some 120 guests heading to Queen’s Road this year. There...

Paarth named national AI winner after designing app to help autistic children

15.11.2024

Academic enrichment | Technology

Paarth named national AI winner after designing app to help autistic children

Year 11 pupil Paarth Aggarwal has been named the UK winner in a global artificial intelligence competition run by technology giant Intel. Parth took the national title in the AI...

Tradition and creativity combined as the School honours its fallen

13.11.2024

Alumni | CCF | English | Service

Tradition and creativity combined as the School honours its fallen

Queen Elizabeth’s School remembered its war dead in traditional fashion with a wreath-laying ceremony, the 11am two-minutes silence, and the participation of the Combined Cadet Force in the High Barnet...

Double top! QE takes first two places in prestigious Chemistry competition

11.11.2024

Academic enrichment | Chemistry

Double top! QE takes first two places in prestigious Chemistry competition

Queen Elizabeth’s School extended its proud record in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of the Bench competition with victory in the regional final. One team, pictured top, took first...

Taken to the cleaners: money-laundering, fraud and other white-collar crimes under the spotlight in pupil-run Economics journal

31.10.2024

Academic enrichment | Economics

Taken to the cleaners: money-laundering, fraud and other white-collar crimes under the spotlight in pupil-run Economics journal

The focus is firmly on financial crime in the latest issue of The Econobethan, which takes a detailed look at the misuse of money around the world. Over 28 pages,...

Vanquishing the ‘immortals’: Year 7 enjoy a day of challenge and fun

25.10.2024

Trips

Vanquishing the ‘immortals’: Year 7 enjoy a day of challenge and fun

Just a few weeks after starting at the School, QE’s youngest pupils had the chance to bond with others in their year-group during a day out at an adventure park....

From choirs to chalkboards, Old Masters to modern politics, School Captain loved his Dresden Scholarship

15.10.2024

Academic enrichment | Languages

From choirs to chalkboards, Old Masters to modern politics, School Captain loved his Dresden Scholarship

2024 School Captain Chanakya Seetharam relished learning about German culture, benefitted greatly from his deep dive into the language, and met many “incredible people” – including an Old Elizabethan –...

“The greatest benefit to humankind”: Old Elizabethan’s “stunning breakthrough” in protein research wins him a Nobel prize

10.10.2024

Alumni | Chemistry | STEM

“The greatest benefit to humankind”: Old Elizabethan’s “stunning breakthrough” in protein research wins him a Nobel prize

Old Elizabethan Sir Demis Hassabis has been awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry, jointly with a colleague at the AI company he founded and with an American scientist. Demis (OE...

QE’s production of Lions and Tigers hailed for ‘sensitive’ depiction of Indian independence struggle

08.10.2024

Academic enrichment | Drama

QE’s production of Lions and Tigers hailed for ‘sensitive’ depiction of Indian independence struggle

The 2024 School Play delved deep into the tumultuous events that marked the decades-long run-up to Indian independence in 1947. Lions and Tigers explored not only the conflict between the...

Best young economists in Europe – and at their first attempt, too!

03.10.2024

Academic enrichment | Economics

Best young economists in Europe – and at their first attempt, too!

Both QE teams have qualified for the final, global round of the World Economics Cup – with ‘Team 2’ coming first and ‘Team 1’ second in Europe. Their success in...

01.10.2024

Alumni | STEM

Supporting our Silicon Valley set!

Three Old Elizabethan entrepreneurs in San Francisco have linked up and are now connecting with other alumni working in the world’s leading centre for technology companies. Pavir Patel sent Headmaster...

Fresh air, fun, fire, friendship – and no phones! Year 10 enjoy Outward Bound trip to Wales

27.09.2024

Trips

Fresh air, fun, fire, friendship – and no phones! Year 10 enjoy Outward Bound trip to Wales

Ninety-five Year 10 boys headed off to Aberdovey for a long weekend of outdoor activities and team-building on the Welsh coast. After the successful inaugural trip last year, the 2024...