Queen Elizabeth's School

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Queen Elizabeth's is a state-funded grammar school, with 445 years experience of in producing confident, able, and responsible young men. We provide a meritocratic environment, in which our boys reach their very considerable potential both in their academic and extra-curricular pursuits.
Our rich history is reflected in the School Chronicle, which is read annually on Founder’s Day and which records the Governors’ requirement that the education we provide should be as much in “good manners as in nurture for learning”. Similarly, our formal mission is “to produce young men who are confident, able and responsible”.Our mission is to produce young men who are confident, able, and responsible
We are committed firstly to the pursuit of academic development at the highest level among our boys. As a meritocracy, we unashamedly celebrate intellectual accomplishment and we seek to nurture clear thinking and scholarly curiosity. The fruit borne by this relentless focus is seen every year in our public examination results: QE is consistently placed at or very near the top of national league tables.
Second, we aim to inculcate in our boys attributes such as confidence, resilience, and perseverance – qualities that will equip them to thrive at school, at university, and beyond, whatever the storms of life may throw at them. This is achieved partly through our bespoke tutoring system and carefully structured pastoral arrangements, and partly through our expectation that all boys participate fully in the life of the School. We have an exciting, diverse range of extra-curricular activities through which every boy can pursue his interests and stretch himself as he learns new skills and talents.
Finally, through an emphasis on service within the School and initiatives such as our Sixth Form external volunteering program, we encourage boys to devote themselves to causes greater than themselves. We thus develop in them an awareness that genuine fulfillment comes through seeking to make a contribution to society rather than in pursuing only personal gain.
Queen Elizabeth’s School, then, offers a meticulous and richly faceted holistic approach to the education of the boys in our charge. It is this approach, combined with our excellent facilities and a proud history dating back to 1573, that make the QE experience truly a state school experience like no other.
The original charter, granted by Queen Elizabeth I, established the School, “for the education, bringing up and instruction of boys”. This holistic view of the School’s role has continued to this day. When boys leave us they not only have exceptional academic records but are prepared to go and take their place in the world. We want them to go on to enjoy successfully, fulfilled and happy adult lives, whilst making a positive contribution to others in society.
Boys typically perform incredibly strongly in public examinations, with a clean sweep of A* at GCSE or A-level not being uncommon. They then take up places at the very best universities, both in the UK and overseas – with a recent trend for more boys going to Ivy League institutions in the United States. Further details on these outcomes can be found on our School Performance page.
However, there is far more to life at QE than examination results. Boys gain a fully rounded experience, with as much focus on what goes on beyond the classroom as within it. In keeping with the School’s ancient traditions, but recognizing the opportunities presented by technological advances, the Governors have recently reconfirmed the School’s mission.

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