Editing Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (section)

==Culture and sports==
Queen Elizabeth's School is divided into six houses, named after famous old boys, patrons and former teachers. They are Broughton, Harrisons', Leicester, Pearce, Stapylton and Underne.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/beyond-the-classroom/qe-houses/ |title=QE Houses |date=2019 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506004448/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/beyond-the-classroom/qe-houses/ |archive-date=6 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref>

Queen Elizabeth's school has outstanding sports facilities, with an 8-lane 50-meter swimming pool and a 23-acre field.

[[Rugby union]], played during the winter and spring terms, is compulsory for boys in their first four years at the school, as are [[cross country running]] and most other school sports, which include [[orienteering]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]],[[water polo]], [[basketball]], [[tennis]], [[cricket]], [[Eton fives]] and [[Sport of athletics|athletics]].<ref name="Clubs & Extra-Curricular">{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/beyond-the-classroom/clubs-extra-curricular/ |title=Clubs & Extra-Curricular |date=2019 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506004211/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/beyond-the-classroom/clubs-extra-curricular/ |archive-date=6 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> QE is well known for not playing [[association football|football]] competitively against other schools, although it is occasionally played internally in friendly games and at lunchtimes. Students also take part in cross country runs semi-annually, at the start of the autumn and spring terms. A particularly muddy part of the cross-country route, suitably nicknamed the 'Elephant Dip', owing to its extreme depth in wet weather, links the Byng Road Open Space (Barnet RFC) and the north-west gate of the bottom fields, however there is also a paved route turning right from the gate and going down Byng Road towards the Open Space. Students regularly use the Barnet RFC's fields (the Byng Road Open Space) which are a short run from the back field gate.

There is much competition in the summer term when frequent competitions between houses are held before the summer examinations begin in June, including the QE Sevens Tournament which takes place in the school for the U14s and U16s. It is normally held at the end of the Spring Term.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/academic_departments/physical_education |title=qebarnet.co.uk: PE |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624111733/http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/academic_departments/physical_education |archive-date=24 June 2013 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref>