Queen Elizabeth's School
The Elizabethan
NE WSLET TER TO PARENTS
AUTUMN 2024
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From the Headmaster Dear Parents,
95% for the 19th consecutive year.
I congratulate our pupils on their
These results saw our newest OEs
achievement. My colleagues and
The announcement earlier this month
secure quite phenomenal destinations
I celebrate with the boys and with
that Queen Elizabeth’s School was the
– half going to universities ranked in
their families, without whose support
Sunday Times Schools Guide State
the World Top 10. No less impressive
such results would not be possible.
Secondary School for A-levels 2025 was
were the GCSE results. Multiple records
That parental support for the School
welcome independent confirmation
were broken, with, over two-thirds
was evident in the response to the
that the performance of this summer’s
of examinations taken awarded the
recent parents’ survey. RSAcademics,
leavers at A-level really was superb.
highest grade 9 and 87% at grades
the education specialists whom we
8-9. This excellence, too, was reflected
commissioned to conduct it, tell us
This performance was especially
by the Sunday Times: QE came a very
that the level of engagement was
marked at the highest grades. A
close second among state schools in
exceptionally high. Thank you for your
remarkable 52.9% of A-levels taken
the overall Parent Power rankings for
commitment; I thank, too, our pupils
in 2024 at QE were at A*.There was
academic performance ( just behind
for their own high level of participation
consistency, too: the proportion of
Henrietta Barnett) based on both
in our separate students’ survey.
grades at A*–B remained above
A-level and GCSE results.