Queen Elizabeth's School
The Elizabethan
NE WSLET TER TO PARENTS
AUTUMN 2022
ROYAL WELCOME: HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited to herald the start of QE’s 450th anniversary celebrations, 90 years after his uncle, Prince George, came to open the Main Building. See p4-6.
From the Headmaster Dear Parents,
impressive performances. Just weeks
The Sunday Times Parent Power survey.
after that, Ofsted confirmed our status
Year 11 put in their own record-breaking
As I told HRH The Duke of Gloucester
as an ‘outstanding’ school, the inspectors
performance, with the proportion of
in my formal address during his historic
awarding us this highest rating across all
GCSEs at level 8–9 (equivalent to the old
visit last month, 2022 has been an annus
five of their categories.
A* grade) rising to 85.9%. The Autumn
mirabilis for Queen Elizabeth’s School – a wonderful year and a year of wonders!
Term therefore opened in an atmosphere Underpinning such success is, of course,
of high optimism.
our academic record. It was tremendous We got off to a joyous start in January,
to celebrate with our senior boys their
The death on 8th September of Queen
having been named State Secondary
truly stunning A-level and GCSE results
Elizabeth II, and the national period of
School of the Year for 2022 by The Sunday
in August. Following the first set of
mourning and reflection that followed,
Times. May’s opening festival for The
public examinations since the pandemic,
suddenly brought home to us all the
Friends’ Recital Hall and Music Rooms
a remarkable 98.3% of A-levels taken
extraordinary nature of her seven decades
was a great celebration, with musicians
received grades A*-B (and 70.8% were at
of exemplary service. It was also an
and the concert audiences enjoying fun
A*) – a performance that only this week
opportunity to appreciate the remarkable
aplenty while savouring some seriously
was adjudged the best in the country in
continuity that her reign brought to the