New & noteworthy - Queen Elizabeth's School

03.04.2025

Old Elizabethans’ triumphant return to Dinner Debate

It is just two years since Sudhamshu Gummadavelly and Ashwin Sridhar won the Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate as sixth-formers in the School’s 450th anniversary year. Now the young alumni, who...

28.03.2025

Music

QE accredited by Royal College of Organists

QE has become only the second state school nationally – and the first in the south of England – to be accredited by the Royal College of Organists. A rare...

The long and the short of it: QE’s Richard III was “brilliant”

25.03.2025

Drama

The long and the short of it: QE’s Richard III was “brilliant”

The cast of Richard III enjoyed the honour of being the first to put on a drama production in QE’s new Robert Dudley Studio – before attracting a rave review...

Out of this world: following regional victory, senior QE pupils aimed to impress at space competition’s national level

21.03.2025

Academic enrichment | STEM

Out of this world: following regional victory, senior QE pupils aimed to impress at space competition’s national level

Having already blasted through the regional round, a dozen QE scientists and engineers have lit up the national finals of a design competition that challenges competitors to plan for a...

19.03.2025

Sport

Celebration at an exciting QE Sevens

One of the great highlights of QE’s sporting calendar – the Rugby Sevens tournament – brought a day of spirited, exciting play. With the weather good, the 49th Annual QE...

Oxford Vice-Chancellor points prize-winners along a very human path to happiness at Senior Awards

13.03.2025

School performance

Oxford Vice-Chancellor points prize-winners along a very human path to happiness at Senior Awards

Queen Elizabeth’s School welcomed Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, as Guest of Honour at this year’s Senior Awards Ceremony. Professor Tracey handed out prizes in the...

Mapping his way to medical success with competition win

11.03.2025

Academic enrichment | Biology

Mapping his way to medical success with competition win

Sixth-former Soham Kale has won a national medical essay competition for a piece of writing that combined humour with a serious look at preventing disease. Soham took joint first place...

Delegates shine at DIAMUN international debating event in Dubai

07.03.2025

Academic enrichment | Debating & public speaking

Delegates shine at DIAMUN international debating event in Dubai

QE was named as one of the top-performing schools at the Dubai International Academy Model United Nations conference, with three of QE’s delegates picking up awards. The seven sixth-formers joined...

Going further with Shakespeare: record-breaking theatre trip for younger boys, while sixth-formers take their studies to the next level

03.03.2025

Academic enrichment | Drama | English | Trips

Going further with Shakespeare: record-breaking theatre trip for younger boys, while sixth-formers take their studies to the next level

In a QE first, an entire year group headed off to a West End theatre to watch a Shakespeare production. The 190 Year 9 boys saw Hollywood A-lister Sigourney Weaver...

Celebrating endeavour, rewarding success

27.02.2025

Sport

Celebrating endeavour, rewarding success

QE’s annual Rugby Dinner brought together players from throughout the School who share a love of the game. With awards galore, the evening was a celebration of the 2024-2025 season...

Fine vintage: Year 13 continues QE’s sparkling Oxbridge run, winning 49 offers

13.02.2025

Alumni | School performance

Fine vintage: Year 13 continues QE’s sparkling Oxbridge run, winning 49 offers

Queen Elizabeth’s School pupils have secured 49 offers from Oxford and Cambridge this year – a figure only surpassed by last year’s all-time record. This year’s tally, comprising 34 offers...

Halfway to tomorrow: QE’s economists reflect on the tumultuous COVID era and look ahead to an “exciting, unnerving” future

12.02.2025

Academic enrichment | Economics

Halfway to tomorrow: QE’s economists reflect on the tumultuous COVID era and look ahead to an “exciting, unnerving” future

This month’s edition of the Econobethan, entitled Halfway to Tomorrow, looks both backwards and forwards. QE’s student-run Economics journal reflects in its first section on the profound changes of the...