Queen Elizabeth's School
The Elizabethan
NE WSLET TER TO PARENTS
AUTUMN 2025
SERIOUS FUN: Hundreds of QE musicians enjoyed performing to a high standard in the Winter Concert. See p7.
From the Headmaster Dear Parents,
after August’s public examination
receiving the
results. Our biggest-ever Year 13 shone
Sunday Times
We returned from the summer
brightly, with more than half of all
Schools Guide’s
holidays in September with our
grades (53%) at A*, while the proportion
State Secondary School of the Year
sportsmen still basking in the glow
of A*-B grades reached 98% – the
for Academic Excellence and State
of the Sri Lankan cricket and rugby
20th consecutive year in which this
Secondary School of the Year for
tour. Their exciting fixtures in grand
benchmark figure has been above
A-levels awards.
stadiums half-way around the
95%. Eighty-seven per cent of grades
world, along with their encounters
awarded were A* or A. At GCSE, the
However, we are not just an academic
with elephants and sea turtles,
results were equally impressive: 63.6%
school; we have a wide-ranging
constitute a very visible example of
of examinations received the highest
offer delivered through programmes
our aim to broaden horizons and give
possible grade – level 9 – with 95.7%
such as QE Flourish, QE Futures and
Elizabethans a global perspective.
awarded grades 7-9.
our bespoke pastoral care system, which seeks to promote happiness
The term also began, of course, with a
Such sparkling academic performance
and resilience among our boys. Our
continuing atmosphere of celebration
at the highest level lies behind QE
successful alumni draw on their career
TOP TEAM: 2026 School Captain Tunishq Mitra stands with prefects including Senior Vice-Captains Peter Atanasov & Vu-Lam Le-Nguyen.
ALUMNI UNITED: OEs of different generations relaxed together at the Old Elizabethan Reunion Dinner.
and life experiences to help current
underpinning all that we do. That is
and the serried ranks of vocalists in the
pupils. The widely admired QE digital
much in evidence in our Global Schools
School Choir. The repertoire was broad
strategy helps inspire and equip boys
initiative – which represents the first
and the quality of the music excellent,
so they can take full advantage of emerging careers in areas such as AI, virtual reality, blockchain and
“ Savouring our successes”
time that any UK state
often breath-taking, in fact. It was good
school has opened
to see the trend towards using pupil
affiliate schools abroad.
conductors continuing: what better way
It is very encouraging
to develop “leaders of influence and
to be able to report that
valued collaborators”, which is one of
robotics. And our ever-evolving set of
we now have a date for our first school,
safeguarding measures reinforces our
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Dubai Sports
pupils’ wellbeing as challenges emerge,
City, to open.
the six key Boundless qualities! Most striking of all was the evident joy
whether in the physical world or online.
that our musicians showed throughout Closer to home, the £2.3m Main
the evening. There were moments of
It is this proven combination that led to
Building project, now in full swing, is
festive fun and revelry, side by side with
QE being awarded the most prestigious
a sterling example of the “thoughtful
precise execution – from the way the
Sunday Times award of them all: State
improvement of existing buildings”
boys stood up and made their way on
Secondary School of the Year 2026. We
enjoined by Boundless. (You can read
and off the stage to their musicianship.
rightly savour and celebrate such public
more about this project in our new
A highlight of these occasions is
recognition: it is important to mark our
FQE Impact Report). In 2026, we will be
the great warmth with which they
successes.
moving ahead to a full planning
“ This School at its very best”
celebrate their peers awarded music
What is equally important, however,
application for our
is that we guard against complacency
new sports hall
and do not in any way take such success,
– thus fulfilling
and the praise that comes with it, for
another key aspect
granted. In a world that never stands
of our new estates strategy, namely “the
something, typically you enjoy it. The
still, we must continue to progress.
creation of new, high-quality facilities”.
joy so apparent in the Shearly Hall last
Our new School Plan, Boundless,
colours, confirming the camaraderie that exists within the community. When you are good at
week was the result of the confidence
covering the period 2025–2030, which
In closing, I would like to point to the
that comes only with a high degree of
was launched at the start of this term,
Winter Concert as an example of what
accomplishment. At the Winter Concert,
puts it like this: “Queen Elizabeth’s
makes Queen Elizabeth’s, Barnet,
our confident, able and responsible
School continues to move forward with
so special – the QE experience in
pupils showed this School at its very
determination, focused on the future
microcosm, if you will. The concert was
best.
and on ensuring our boys are equipped
delivered at quite a scale, with well
to take on the opportunities and
over 400 of our musicians taking part.
I wish everyone an enjoyable holiday
challenges of tomorrow.”
They ranged from smaller groups, such
season.
as the Barbershop and Electric Guitar Boundless gives “bold decision-
Ensemble, through to the massed
Neil Enright
making” as the first of four foundations
instrumentalists in the Orchestra
Headmaster
State Secondary School of the Year award – and four more! QE was not only named national State Secondary School of the Year 2026, but won four other awards in the Sunday Times Schools Guide. Two further national awards – State
Sunday Times’ State School Parent
Secondary School of the Year for
Power rankings, based on GCSE and
Academic Excellence and State
A-level results.
Secondary School of the Year for A-levels – as well as two regional titles,
The State Secondary School of the
namely State Secondary School of the
Year title is particularly sought after
Year in London and State Secondary
because it is based on a broad
School of the Year in London for
assessment, beyond just examination
Academic Excellence, came to Queen’s
results. QE has now won it four times,
Road. Furthermore, QE topped the
most recently in 2022.
Play on! Twelfth Night triumph Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night brought love and merriment to The Robert Dudley Studio. Performed twice there before its Shakespeare Schools Festival appearance at the Arts Depot in Finchley, the play was hailed by Assistant Head (Pupil Involvement) Crispin Bonham-Carter as “another outstanding QE Shakespeare production”. The senior school cast was led by director Penny Gkritzapi. A romantic comedy, the play features several famous quotations, including “If music be the food of love, play on.”
Geography stars shine Three Sixth Form geographers have won prizes in respected national competitions. Year 12’s Vivan Paul was named Young Geographer of the Year in the 16–18 age category, while finalyear students Ishaan Bhandari and Laksh Aggarwal won the Most impactful category in a Cambridge competition. Vivan’s winning entry on the theme of Understanding islands for the Royal Geographical Society competition was created using ArcGIS StoryMaps. He attended this month’s awards ceremony at the society’s South Kensington base, where he is pictured with other winners and highly commended entrants. The Homerton College Design Programme 2025 challenged entrants to “design a sustainable solution to any environmental or health problem that we are facing”. Ishaan and Laksh’s response was to look at water provision in informal settlements such as Mumbai’s Dharavi, sometimes known as the biggest slum in Asia. Deputy Head (Academic) Anne Macdonald described Ishaan and Laksh as “excellent and keen geographers”. She added: “Ishaan is an aspiring engineer and Laksh an economist – both brought their expertise from those areas to the design.”
Connecting lives, deepening communication Language-learning for today’s lives and careers Elizabethans in 2025 live in an interconnected world, where both opportunities and challenges span borders and cross cultures. Many current pupils aspire to global
other people’s lives.”
citizenship and impact: having another language can help significantly in this,
Foreign languages are not easy for
opening them up to more professional
some to learn. While QE embraces that
and personal experiences and, thus,
intellectual challenge, there is support
greater rewards.
from language assistants in French and German, who provide additional one-
The Headmaster says: “We believe
to-one attention to those either needing
language-learning is important, which
help, or looking to extend their skills. In
is why all pupils here are required to
addition, there are academic clinics and
take a foreign language at GCSE.”
co-curricular clubs, such as that offering Language board games.
On these pages, The Elizabethan highlights some of the ways in which the School inspires and supports languagelearning, while interacting with modern technologies and approaches. It is important, adds Head of Languages Helen Shephard, to recognise that learning a language is about broadening horizons – helping pupils grow in self-awareness and feel more confident of their place in the world – as well as developing practical skills. “Language-learning and travel opportunities build cultural capital and awareness. Linguists develop empathy, as they gain a fuller understanding of the similarities and differences with
CRE ATIVE LINGUISTS Two pupils were commended
written by Year 12’s Shashank
for their entries to the Anthea Bell
Pothuganti – a rueful reflection
Prize for Young Translators. Azlaan
on the experience of moving
Ali, of Year 9, was recognised for his
to a new area.
German, and Year 13’s Colin Copcea
UMZÜGE
for his French, in the competition run by The Queen’s College, Oxford.
„Eine neue Gegend, ein neues Leben,
Closer to home, QE’s literary
Eine neue Schule, viele neue Freunde,
magazine, The Arabella, offers opportunities for writing in other
TALKING THE TALK : EXCHANGE NEWS For anyone serious about learning a foreign language, there is no substitute for the experience of cultural and linguistic immersion offered by an exchange. This term saw an addition to QE’s long-established programme – a study exchange specifically for Sixth Form linguists. Year 12 & 13 boys studied in classes relevant to their A-levels at the Lycée Saint-Pierre – all in French. The private school, in Bourg-en-Bresse, north of Lyon, is also QE’s longstanding partner for its Year 8 exchange. Other exchanges are: • German: Year 9 go to the Friedrich von Bodelschwingh Gymnasium in Bielefeld, northern Germany • German: Year 12 undertake work experience in Aachen on Germany’s western border. Several other 2025 trips have provided scope to practise French or German, including the: dual trip to Normandy by Year 7 (for activities) & Year 12 (work experience); Belgian World War I battlefields trip to Messines; History trip to Berlin; and Belgian Music tour.
languages. Here is the first verse of a poem in the latest edition
Es wird schön sein, es wird besser sein“ – du hast es oft genug gehört!
Snapshot of the term WHY STUDY LANGUAGES? WE’LL TELL YOU! Alumni who studied languages at A-level shared about their careers with Year 12 & 13 linguists in a QE Futures seminar. The OEs included a doctor who uses French when treating patients from francophone Africa and those who use languages in international legal careers or at academic conferences.
AI TRANSFORMATION Year 12 French & German students learned about linguistics and AI in a special QE conference. It focused on how AI is transforming language-learning globally by offering new ways to practise speaking, improve pronunciation, and expand vocabulary.
HUMAN VOICES
QE pupils shone at North London Collegiate School’s celebration of linguistic diversity and creativity. Year 13’s Rayyan Ahmad Patel won the German competition; Edward Muscat, Sofien Ziri (both Year 13) and Aahan Shah (Year 12) triumphed in French. Participants worked without AI or online translators. Assistant Head of Languages Gina Garzone said: “This highlighted the power of human expression, in line with the Human voices theme.”
TEN WIN AWARDS
Year 13’s William Joanes and Aahan Shah took silver in the UK Linguistics Olympiad (Advanced). Eight boys won bronze.
On the big stage in Trafalgar Square Eleven QE pupils performed before
QE Global Schools: opening date for Dubai QE Barnet and its partner, Global Education (GEDU), have made rapid strides with QE Global Schools – the first-ever plan by a UK state school to open affiliate schools abroad. First came outline approval to open
A special event at the new school’s site
Queen Elizabeth’s School, Dubai Sports
attended by Mr Enright featured former
City, in August 2026. Then Dan Clark
England Test captain Sir Alastair Cook,
was appointed as its Founding Principal.
who will advise on QE Global Schools’
Mr Clark has held senior leadership
planned élite sports programmes.
positions at Repton and Marlborough
Among the guests were more than
College.
a dozen supportive OEs and former QE members of staff who live locally.
“I aspire to shape a world-class community where heritage inspires
Progress is also being made in India,
innovation and where every student
especially in Gurugram, a satellite city
is encouraged to discover their
of Delhi, where architectural plans for
Boundless potential,” he said.
the new QE School are now in place.
Simply excellent: QE’s worldwide win Year 12’s Snehal Das won an Ambassador Award – the UK’s only such award – for the “excellent encouragement” he provided in helping to organise the competition rounds. And Head of Digital Teaching and QE is one of only three schools worldwide to receive an Award for Excellence in the International Computer Science Competition (ICSC).
Learning Michael Noonan was one of just eight educators worldwide, and the only one in Europe, to win a Teacher Impact Award.
more than 30,000 people for Diwali on the Square, organised by the Mayor of London’s office. The boys, from Years 8–12, each portrayed various characters in Ramayana – The Musical, a creative initiative from four QE parents, Abhinav Sahai, Deepika Banerjee Sahai, Mayuri Harish, and Priya Shivkumar.
Third in the world! A Year 12 team took third place in the Economics World Cup – a prestigious competition headed by an Oxford economist. Open to pupils aged 12–18 and involving one round taken individually and one in teams, the global competition is designed to test entrants’ ability to think like an economist, rather than their knowledge of economics. The QE team – comprising Nayaenesh Jayabalan, Yash Kedia, Aryan Kheterpal, Adithya Raghuraman, Samrath Sareen and Vid Shankar – also took the opportunity to join a virtual roundtable with competition organiser Dr Craig Holmes, Economist and Senior Academic Fellow at the University of Oxford. First and second places went to schools in Bucharest, Romania, and Georgia, USA, respectively.
Double success QE’s A and B teams have both qualified for the knockout stages of the English Chess Federation’s National Schools’ Championship.
Spotlight on a musical term Whether home or away, QE pupils relished a range of opportunities to make music spanning the genres. The Music department’s summer
modern organ, built by the German
trip to Belgium saw the tourists play
firm of Klais in 2001.
The A team took first place in the regional qualifier at St Albans School, while the B team were runners-up. With six members apiece, the teams comprise boys of all ages, from Year 7 to 13. Sixty boys took part in the Year 7 tournament in what teacher in charge of chess, Geoff Roberts, described as “an excellent morning of chess”. Gautam Sriram won the tournament after a playoff.
in Antwerp’s oldest parish church, at a bandstand in the historic Parc de
Hundreds of performers were in
Bruxelles, and in front of the splendid
action for the Winter Concert – an
Cloth Hall in Ieper (Ypres) town square.
evening spectacular in the Shearly Hall
(Thoughts are already turning to next
featuring repertoire from Tchaikovsky to
summer’s tour to Prague.)
Metallica played by more than a dozen ensembles. With festive touches aplenty,
September brought a special concert
the concert ended with the School
arranged by the Royal College of
Choir singing Run Rudolph Run. QE’s
Organists exclusively for six QE
musicians were kept busy right to the
organists and four vocalists at historic
end of term, with the Chamber Choir
St Lawrence Jewry Church in the City
especially in demand for the Service of
of London. The venue may have been
Nine Lessons and Carols in St John the
old, but they played on a high-quality,
Baptist Church.
International genetics competition prize
Adyansh triumphs Even though he was the youngest participant and Hindi is not his native language, Year 10’s Adyansh Sahai
Year 12’s Tanush Gupta’s competition
Contest. Pupils from 26 European
took first place in a public-speaking
win was announced in front of more
countries submitted 31 videos in the
event organised jointly by the UK
than 5,000 international scientists
video competition and 298 essays in
High Commission of India and by the
and doctors at the European Human
the parallel essay contest.
community charity, Sangam, UK.
He submitted a five-minute, richly
He impressed the audience at the
Tanush took first prize in the European
illustrated video entitled Genes
celebration of the Hindi language held
Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)’s
Across the Globe: Why Genetic
at The Nehru Centre in Mayfair, London,
17th annual European DNA Day Video
Diversity Matters.
with his talk on robotics.
Genetics Conference in Milan.
From the archives: the beginning of war On 28th July 1914, QE pupils broke up for the summer holidays on the same day that World War I started, as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. By the time the boys returned in the autumn, Germany, Russia, France and Britain were all involved in the conflict. In this From the Archives, we report through the eyes of the writers of The Elizabethan 111 years ago, in December 1914. The edition makes for sombre reading. Any thoughts that the conflict – already referred to within its pages as the “great War” – would be over by Christmas were well and truly gone. Instead, the front page is decorated with a memorial to one who was probably the first Old Elizabethan to die in the conflict – Lancelot A. Robinson, who had perished the month before in the HMS Bulwark disaster,
an internal explosion which destroyed the British battleship at anchor in the Medway. The terrifying conditions on the Western Front are already becoming evident. Lieutenant H L Trist, on the staff at QE in 1906–07, had had “his scabbard hit” in the retreat from Mons, been wounded in the shoulder at the battle of the Aisne, and been “badly wounded” by shrapnel in the battle
Remembering them
of the Marne, “which necessitated a long stay in hospital”. He visited the School in early November; still lame, he “was anxious to get back to the Front again”. He survived the war. At the November Old Elizabethan Club Dinner, Headmaster William Lattimer knew of more than 80 OEs serving in the armed forces, and “was sure that was by no means an exhaustive list”.
Already by December, the first member of staff had left for the war. “Mr. Bryant… has deserted us for a season. May he return safe and sound!” The ‘season’ proved to be a long one – the duration of the war – but he was later honoured for his service with an OBE. Older pupils, too, were starting to head off: “The School has lost two of its Prefects within the last few weeks. The Senior Prefect, L. O. Chapman, has joined the London
Rifle Brigade, and A. L. Smith the Honourable Artillery Company.” The School, then still at its Tudor Hall home in Wood Street, supported the war effort from the outset. "The School playground was put to a somewhat novel use in early August, providing accommodation for horses of the Army Service Corps. Later also ten men of the 7th Middlesex were quartered on the premises – six in the Headmaster’s house and four in the porter’s rooms.” It was during these months that the School Cadet Corps was established. Enrolment was for all boys over the age of 12. Over 60 boys initially joined, and plans were being made to acquire uniforms and rifles. There was no formal prizegiving ceremony at the end of 1914. Instead, “to their great credit, all prize-winners decided to sacrifice their prizes and hand over the value as a contribution to the Daily Telegraph Christmas Gift to King Albert and his Belgian people”. The image above lists Old Elizabethans decorated in World War I and the Boer War.
Queen Elizabeth’s School marked Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day in traditional fashion, honouring Old Elizabethans who have given their lives in conflict. The CCF marched in the Remembrance Sunday parade and took part in the church service in High Barnet. They played a leading role in the Armistice Day event at 11am on 11th November. This was centred around the memorial in the crush hall that records the names of the 48 Elizabethans who died in World War I. Pupils and staff also deepened their knowledge of QE’s wartime history through a special Remembrance quiz.
Moving on in the Mace QE won Round 1 of the English Schools’ Union Mace debating competition against St Michael’s Catholic Grammar School, North Finchley. Proposing the motion This House
Younger boys enjoyed a morning’s
would ban short-haul domestic flights
debate when their Year 8 counterparts
where transport alternatives exist were
from The Henrietta Barnett School
Sejal Bobba, of Year 13, and Year 12’s Vu-
visited. Mixed teams tackled topics
Lam Le-Nguyen and Keshav Aggarwal.
including bans on fossil fuels and
Vu-Lam says: “Round 2 against Mill Hill
giving 16-year-olds the vote. Assistant
School at Harrow promises to be very
Head Crispin Bonham-Carter said the
competitive, not least because both
surprise final debate on a proposal
schools have previously gone on to
to merge the two schools was “very
become national champions.”
entertaining!”
From Robert Dudley to Grayson Perry GCSE Art students flexed their own creativity in a special workshop, took in a famous portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and enjoyed exclusive access to a Sir Grayson Perry exhibition on a visit to London’s Wallace Collection.
Role models rewarded Three boys won achievement awards from the Jack Petchey Foundation, while Year 13’s Shailen Patel was recognised for his dedication to environmental action.
In the frame for creative careers Thirty Year 9 boys enjoyed the chance to create short films on a visit to Sky Studios Elstree. QE Futures Coordinator Nathan Lawson said: “We wanted to widen student understanding of creative careers. The very affirmative team there – director, producers, stylists
The achievement awards went to: • Yash Mehta, Year 12, for his STEM work within the School; • Kelvin Chen, Year 11, as an acrossthe-board role model; • Jeremy Shi, Year 10, as a musician and for activities from rugby to charity support. Shailen’s award recognises his work in founding QE’s Eco-Schools Club and his enthusiasm and leadership, credited for creating momentum for long-lasting change.
Delusions of Grandeur is the latest exhibition by the popular ceramicist and tapestry-maker, and the Year 11 boys had it to themselves. Before leaving, the group found time to see the portrait of Dudley – a key figure in QE’s founding in 1573 – which is attributed to the 16th-century Flemish artist, Steven van der Meulen.
Young Economist of the Year finalist Year 12 Hardik Ingale’s essay was among only five entries to reach the final of the Discover Economics contest, backed by the Royal Economic Society. His prize involved a visit to Downing
and camera crew – all worked hard to
Street (including a tour of no. 11, official
create memories that I am sure will last
residence of the Chancellor of the
with the boys for a very long time.”
Exchequer) and a tour of the Treasury.
Managing stress
Dream big, think bold Old Elizabethan AI entrepreneur Amar Shah (1999– 2006) gave an inspiring assembly on Dream Jobs to Year 7 and 9 boys – just one of a large number of QE Futures activities this term that included the launch of the new Find your path to… programmes. Assistant Head (Pupil Destinations)
13 Oxford & Cambridge interview
James Kane said afterwards: “Amar’s
workshop. Other OEs delivered
message – with its focus on skills, being
talks on careers ranging from global
adaptable to emerging opportunities
communications to medicine.
QE parent Puja Datta Sharma, a holistic life coach and breathwork practitioner, led Year 10 in a special stress-busting interactive assembly. After first exploring what stress is – “the body’s alarm system” – Mrs Datta Sharma led the boys through exercises, ranging from shaking their bodies and swinging their arms to “bellows breath” (raising and lowering arms in time with breathing), box breathing (breathing in and out while counting), and a guided meditation
and lifelong learning – dovetails very well with our QE Futures strategy. Thank
The last Futures session of 2025
you for doing so much to get our pupils
came from another member of the
dreaming big and thinking boldly.”
wider Elizabethan community, parent Sumeet Bhatia. Mr Bhatia, from
Henry Zhu's (OE 2012–2019) Find your
global technology firm Cisco, gave
path to accounting, banking, and
an assessment centre-style workshop
finance session related his own journey
on degree apprenticeships – a rapidly
from studying Chemistry at Durham
rising area of success for QE, with
University to qualifying as a Chartered
leavers this year offered places at
Accountant at PwC. Jason Tao, a first-
companies including Goldman
year Cambridge medic, gave a Year
Sachs, Amazon and Deloitte.
Awards at Battle of Barnet QE’s own robotics teams were among
teams, including visits to competitions
the winners as the School hosted some
at Coventry and Stowe School in
400 competitors at the Battle of Barnet.
Buckinghamshire, and at the John
The VEX IQ robotics competition in
Warner School in Hoddesdon. Year
the Shearly Hall attracted 42 teams,
12’s Team Hybrid were Tournament
including three who flew in from Türkiye.
Champions at the John Warner School, as well as picking up no fewer than
Award-winners included QE’s own Gear Squad, who took the Innovate Award, as well as Team Omega, who won the coveted Design Award. The event followed a busy term of action for QE’s older robotics V5RC
three Design Awards.
Double AI winner Year 12’s Paarth Aggarwal won the national category for his age group in Intel’s AI Global Impact Festival 2025 – having won the same prize in 2024. His success this year was for an AI-powered app for visually impaired people.
To read more about FQE’s work in support of the School, read the new 2025 FQE Impact Report.
Lessons from NASA Fresh from his summer experiences at NASA, Year 13’s Vinujan Sivakumar has been helping younger boys with their own space competition. After QE’s entrants in the UK Space Design Competition were part of the
The face of QE: conserving the Main Building QE’s iconic Main Building is having its biggest overhaul in well over half a century. After the Friends of Queen Elizabeth’s
and redecorating nearly 50 separate
contributed nearly £300,000, the
areas. As well as putting an end to
School secured an additional £2m from
frequent leaks, the work will have major
the Government to carry out major
environmental benefits, with insulation
work on the structure, which opened in
being upgraded (or, in some places,
1932. The project includes re-covering
put in for the first time), some windows
16 pitched & flat roofs, repairing or
replaced, and solar panels installed.
mock ‘company’ crowned as national champions at Imperial College in March 2025, Vinujan was picked as one of just 12 UK team members for the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC), held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This term, Vinujan passed on the benefit of that experience, assisting boys wanting to take part in the 2025–2026 competition.
replacing external stone and pipework,
Human interest Senior girls from North London Collegiate School came to QE for an academic symposium on Being Human. The two schools’ students enthusiastically embraced the topic in their presentations and discussions, looking at, for example, the legal consequences of the development
Perfect points in computing Three pupils achieved perfect scores in the Bebras Challenge, with QE boys winning gold medals galore in the international computing contest. Year 8’s Ehan Islam and Robin Peng, together with Ryan Uppal, of Year 10, were joint-top in the country with their unbeatable scores.
No space here! Two hundred boys packed into the Main Hall for a voluntary after-school assembly to hear Peggy Hollinger, the Space Industry Editor for the Financial Times, talking about her career in journalism. The event was organised by Year 12’s Vu-Lam Le-Nguyen and Keshav Aggarwal. Assistant Head (Pupil Involvement) Crispin Bonham-Carter said: “Peggy Hollinger is wonderful and
of AI and how to have more patient-
it was fantastic to see how she captivated
centred medicine.
the audience.”
For more on this term’s sports news, read our Sports Bulletin.
Hard won against Habs QE’s first XV took on and beat their friends and rivals, Haberdashers’ Boys’ School, at Saracens’ mighty StoneX Stadium. In an intense evening encounter under the lights, both sides showed grit, determination and skill, with QE taking a 12-5 victory. An early try and conversion from Year
performance from all the players and
12’s Victor Varbanov got the game off to
a fantastic last match for all the Year 13s.
a good start, but Habs responded well.
A game we will never forget." Player of
Then a solo try from Year 13’s Timi Banjo
the Match Yashwant Sunkara, of Year 12,
– described by Head of Rugby Oliver
added: "It was a very physical game and
Di-Lieto as “a moment of magic”– gave
we knew we had to play at our best.
QE back the momentum. “Having
Every player worked their socks off,
combined attacking flair with resolute
and I am so proud we managed to get
defence, our boys secured a memorable
the win." Earlier that evening, the two
victory.” Captain Krutarth Behera, of Year
schools’ U15 sides played: Habs won
13, said afterwards: "It was an incredible
31–20.
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