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{{more citations needed|date=December 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Queen Elizabeth's School for Boys, Barnet | logo = QE logo.png | logo_size = 300px | logo_alt = | seal_image = | seal_size = | seal_alt = | image = Tudor Hall, Chipping Barnet 03.jpg | image_size = 300px | alt = | caption = Tudor Hall, the original {{Ordinal|16|sup=yes}} century schoolhouse | motto = ''[[Dieu et mon Droit]]'' | motto_translation = God and my Right | address = Queen's Road | region = [[Chipping Barnet]] | city = [[London Borough of Barnet|Borough of Barnet]] | county = [[Greater London]] | postcode = EN5 4DQ | country = England | coordinates = {{Coord|51.65495|-0.21341|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|display=inline,title|format=dec}} | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom London Barnet | pushpin_image = | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the London Borough of Barnet | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | other_name = <!-- or | other_names = --> | former_name = <!-- or | former_names = --> | schooltype = [[Grammar School]] | type = | religious_affiliation = None | denomination = | patron = | established = {{Start date and age|1573|df=y}} | founded = | opened = | founder = <!-- or | founders = --> | status = Open | locale = | sister_school = | school_board = | district = | local_authority = Barnet (302) | educational_authority = <!-- or | authority = --> | category = <!-- use | category_label = to override the default label --> | oversight = <!-- use | oversight_label = to override the default label --> | trust = | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist = <!-- or | specialists = --> | session = | school_number = | school_code = | urn = 136290 | ofsted = yes | president = | chair = Barrie R. Martin | chair_label = Chair of Governors | dean = | administrator = | director = | principal = Emi Aghdiran | principal_label = [[Chief financial officer|CFO]] | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | executive_headteacher = Neil Enright | acting_headteacher = | head = <!-- use | head_label = to override the default label --> | r_head = <!-- use | r_head_label = to override the default label --> | officer_in_charge = | staff = | faculty = | teaching_staff = | employees = | key_people = | grades = <!-- use | grades_label = to override the default label --> | years = | years_taught = <!-- use | nursery_years_taught =, | primary_years_taught =, | secondary_years_taught = for additional information --> | gender = [[Single-sex education|Boys-only]] | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | pupils = 1,245 | pupils_as_of = 2012 | capacity = 1,200 | pupils in first year = 180 or 189 | sixth_form_students = | grade_preK = | gradeK = | grade1 = | grade2 = | grade3 = | grade4 = | grade5 = | grade6 = | grade7 = | grade8 = | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | grade13 = | other = <!-- use | other_grade_label = to override the default label --> | other_grade_label_1 = | other_grade_enrollment_1= | other_grade_label_2 = | other_grade_enrollment_2= | international_students = | classes = | average_class_size = | ratio = | system = | classes_offered = | medium_of_language = | language = | schedule_type = | schedule = | hours_in_day = | classrooms = | campuses = | campus = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = | houses = {{Bulleted list|Broughton|Leicester|Harrisons|Stapylton|Pearce|Underne|list_style=background: none; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;|item1_style=background: #fffff5; color: #e5053a;|item2_style=background: #000; color: #fca311;|item3_style=background: #fffff9; color: #930;|item4_style=background: #01080c; color: #0084c9;|item5_style=background: #fffff5; color: #909;|item6_style=background: #0b0b0c; color: #009e49;}} | student_union = <!-- use | student_union_label = to override the default label --> | school_colours = {{Color box|#3333CC}}{{Color box|#3399FF}} [[Navy blue|Navy]] and [[Shades of blue|pale blue]] | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | athletics = | athletics_conference = | sports = | mascot = | mascot_image = | nickname = | teams = <!-- use | teams_label = to override the default label --> | team_name = | rival = <!-- or | rivals = --> | accreditation = <!-- or | accreditations = --> | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | school_roll = | publication = ''The Elizabethan'' | newspaper = | yearbook = | products = | endowment = £23,303,827 (2017)<ref name="audit_2017">{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-for-Year-ended-31_08_171.pdf |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2017 |last=Martin |first=Barrie R. |date=2017-12-11 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet |page=23 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> | budget = £8.19m (2017–18)<ref name="fb_1718" /> | revenue = £8.16m (2017–18)<ref name="fb_1718" /> | communities = | feeder_schools = | feeder_to = | graduates = | graduates_year = | affiliation = <!-- or | affiliations = --> | alumni = [[#Notable alumni|Old Elizabethans]] | nobel_laureates = | information = | free_label = Key Stage 4 Test Scores<ref name="ks4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/136290/queen-elizabeth%27s-school,-barnet/secondary|title=Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet|website=Find and compare schools in England - GOV.UK|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> | free_text = {{URL|https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/136290/queen-elizabeth's-school%2c-barnet/secondary|2018 Scores Report & Comparison}} | free_label1 = Financial Benchmarking<ref name="fb_1718">{{Cite web|url=https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=136290|title=Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet|website=Schools Financial Benchmarking - GOV.UK|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> | free_text1 = {{URL|1=https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=136290|2=2019 Report}} | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | free_label4 = | free_text4 = | free_label5 = | free_text5 = | website = {{URL|https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/}} | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = | lastupdate = September 24, 2019 }} '''Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet''' is a boys' [[grammar school]] in [[Chipping Barnet|Barnet]], northern Greater London, which was founded in 1573 by [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester]], and others, in the name of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]. It is consistently ranked as one of the most academically successful [[secondary school]]s in England, having topped [[A-level]] league tables for [[grammar schools]] for five consecutive years, as of 2016, and was chosen by the ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'' as "State School of the Year" in 2007.<ref name="ks4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/honoured-by-the-standard-best-state-schools-in-london-6770552.html|title=Honoured by the Standard: best state schools in London|date=2009-05-07|website=[[Evening Standard]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504000036/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/honoured-by-the-standard-best-state-schools-in-london-6770552.html|archive-date=4 May 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/achievements/state_school_of_the_year_2007|title=State School of the Year - 2007|website=Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724165223/http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/achievements/state_school_of_the_year_2007|archive-date=24 July 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-12-04|df=dmy-all}}</ref> An [[Ofsted]] report published in January 2008 stated: "It is held in very high regard by the vast majority of students and their parents, and rightly so."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/images/cms_files/File/January%202008%20OFSTED%20report.pdf |title=January 2008 Office for Standards in Education Report |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415120850/http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/images/cms_files/File/January%202008%20OFSTED%20report.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2010 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="ofsted_08">{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/leadership-governance/an-outstanding-school/ |title=Ofsted reports |date=January 2008 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School }}</ref> It has also been a [[Training school (United Kingdom)|Training school]] since April 2009 and has a specialism in [[Music]].<ref name="ofsted_12">{{Cite web |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136290 |title=Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet |date=2012-02-14 |website=Ofsted |language=en-GB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924184238/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136290 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |access-date=24 September 2019 }}</ref> == History == === Foundation and location === The school was founded in 1573 by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]], petitioned by [[Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester]], and assisted by local alderman Edward Underne.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history |title=School Website: History |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304061312/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history |archive-date=4 March 2017 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]'s [[Royal charter|charter]] of 1573 describes the school's purpose thus: <blockquote> Bringing up and instruction of boys and youth, to be brought up in grammar and other learning, and the same to continue for ever, and the said School for one Master and one Usher for ever to continue and remain and that there shall be for ever four-and-twenty discreet, honest governors<ref name="london_encyc">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=The London encyclopaedia |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |date=2008 |edition=3rd |isbn=9781405049245 |oclc=141381380}}</ref> </blockquote> The original [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] building, known as [[Tudor Hall, Chipping Barnet|Tudor Hall]], was erected in 1577 opposite the Church of St John the Baptist on Wood Street, with money raised by the first governors of the school and by collections in London churches. It was repaired in 1597 and again in 1637. During the 17th century, further extensive repairs were carried out, in spite of a poor financial situation following the [[English Civil War|Civil War]]. Financial conditions became progressively more comfortable during the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/our-history/ |title=Our History |date=2019 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506003455/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/our-history/ |archive-date=6 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> The trustees of Elizabeth Allen's Charity, which had been established by her will dated 10 February 1725, gave financial assistance to save it from a state "very ruinous and unfit for habitation".<ref name=autogenerated2>''The London Encyclopedia'': Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay and Keay (2008)</ref> It then became a private boarding school.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> It was closed in 1872 and restored in 1874 with many additions. In 1885 a governor, H. E. Chetwynd Stapylton, bought a plot of land behind the Jesus Hospital, a building in Wood Street dating back to 1679; today the Stapylton Field stands in front of the main school building and is used for rugby and cricket.<ref name=autogenerated1>"[http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history Queen Elizabeth's School – Our history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304061312/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/who_we_are/our_history |date=4 March 2017 }}". www.qebarnet.co.uk.</ref> As the number of pupils outgrew the capacity of Tudor Hall, so the school was transferred in 1932 to a new site in Queen's Road, which backed on to the Stapylton Field. It was administered by the South Herts Division of [[Hertfordshire County Council]], until 1965 when it became part of the borough of Barnet. In the 1960s, there were around 550 boys with 150 in the sixth form. Tudor Hall was completely restored in 1968 by the [[London Borough of Barnet]], and is now part of [[Barnet and Southgate College]].<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Two plaques are located on the walls of the original school building, Tudor Hall. Inscribed on the stone plaque is: <blockquote>This is to commemorate the original school founded here by Queen Elizabeth and built in 1573. The school was removed in 1932 to new building in Queens Road, Barnet. This plaque was erected by the Visitors of Jesus Hospital Charity, the owners in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-stone/ |title=Tudor Hall - stone |date=1952 |website=London Remembers |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209012316/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-stone |archive-date=9 February 2017 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref></blockquote> A more recent blue plaque was erected by the London borough of Barnet which dictates: <blockquote> This Tudor Hall housed the free grammar school of Queen Elizabeth I who granted its charter in 1573.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-blue/ |title=Tudor Hall - blue |website=London Remembers |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209012354/http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tudor-hall-blue |archive-date=9 February 2017 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> </blockquote> ===Grammar school reinstatement=== Under Eamonn Harris (Headmaster 1984 - 1999), who took over the school when earmarked for closure, it returned to its previous selective [[grammar school]] status in August 1994, having opted out of the London borough and become a [[grant-maintained school]] in 1989. Other schools in Greater London did this, and many became [[Partially selective school (England)|partially selective]] (up to 50%) at this time. In the 1990s it went on to become England's top state school for A-levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/leadership-courage-and-commitment-reforming-headmaster-eamonn-harris-1984-1999-has-passed-away/|title=Leadership, courage and commitment: reforming Headmaster Eamonn Harris (1984-1999) passes away|date=7 November 2019|website=Queen Elizabeth's School}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4183309/Queen-Elizabeths-boys-show-the-girls-they-too-can-excel.html |title=Queen Elizabeth's boys show the girls they too can excel |last=Lightfoot |first=Liz |date=2002-08-15 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111092736/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4183309/Queen-Elizabeths-boys-show-the-girls-they-too-can-excel.html |archive-date=11 January 2018 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> The [[Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls|girls' school]] remained a comprehensive.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} From 1999 to 2011, the headmaster was John Marincowitz, who commissioned the new Martin [[swimming pool]], opened in 2006, the Shearly Hall, opened in 2009, and a library. In 2011 Neil Enright became the 40th headmaster, and the completion and use of the Queen's library took place.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} QE has been criticized by many current and former pupils for a very strict approach to discipline.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} In April 2000, this led a group of current and former pupils to create a website where they could talk about their experiences. This was known as 'QE Boys: The Truth'. It gained more hits than the official website, and the school excluded three pupils for posting messages on it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/haze129/faq.html |title=FAQ |date=2000-04-20 |website=QE Boys: The Truth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208103354/http://geocities.com/haze129/faq.html |archive-date=8 February 2009 |access-date=27 April 2009 }}</ref> The current system uses 'bad notes' sent directly to parents via e-mail if a pupil repeatedly shows poor behaviour.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} If too many accumulate, the issue is referred to the pupil's tutor and then to their year head. ==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> ==A-level and essential skills assessments== Boys usually choose four [[Course (education)|subjects]] to study at [[GCE Advanced Level|A-level]], but may drop one, either voluntarily, or because it does not appear that they can continue with outstanding performance in the subject.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} These subjects can, liable to some controversy, only be chosen after receiving offers of study, commonly referred to as 'recommendations', in those particular subjects.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} Given the large number of students who achieve many, sometimes straight, grades 8 or 9 at [[GCSE]], achieving an outstanding grade in a given subject at GCSE level is not sufficient to judge suitability for A-level. Instead, students must show that they have the 'essential skills' required to thrive at A-level in the subjects.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} Once departments are confident that a student possesses the required 'essential skills', only then will they issue a recommendation.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} To judge this, criteria are set by each department which must be met either in regular end-of-topic tests during the GCSE course, or by 'Essential Skills' tests which are sat exclusively to measure performance against these criteria.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} The majority of recommendations are issued to those who have met the criteria in November of year 11, but will have an opportunity to meet the criteria in further tests, often including the GCSE [[Test preparation|mock exams]], to then get a recommendation in February.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} ==Founder's Day Fête== The Founder's Day [[Fête]], and the preceding service of celebration at St John the Baptist's Church, Barnet, is held every year, regardless of weather, on the third Saturday in June, and celebrates the founding of the school in 1573.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/friends-of-queen-elizabeths/ |title=The Friends of Queen Elizabeth's |date=2019 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506003735/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/about-us/friends-of-queen-elizabeths/ |archive-date=6 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> ==Kerala partnership== QE Boys has formed a long-term partnership with a school in [[Kerala]] called the Sri Sathya Sai School, funded by the 'Sathya Sai Appeal'.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} ==Academic excellence== In 2007, QE came first in the [[GCE Advanced Level|A-level]] league table for state schools, and twelfth in the [[GCSE]] league table.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1560500/Two-grammars-lead-the-field.html |title=Two grammars lead the field |last=Lightfoot |first=Liz |date=2007-08-16 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506182400/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1560500/Two-grammars-lead-the-field.html |archive-date=6 May 2018 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> In 2008 QE again topped the league table in A-level results and a record number of 37 pupils gained a place at [[Oxbridge|Oxford and Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=178 |title=QE is top state school |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165047/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=178 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2559622/A-levels-Queen-Elizabeths-Grammar-tops-table-for-third-year-in-a-row.html |title=A-levels: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar tops table for third year in a row |last=Paton |first=Graeme |last2=Bingham |first2=John |date=2008-08-14 |website=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505225131/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2559622/A-levels-Queen-Elizabeths-Grammar-tops-table-for-third-year-in-a-row.html |archive-date=5 May 2018 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> In January 2014, Barrie Martin, Chairman of the QE Governing Body and the Friends of Queen Elizabeth's was awarded an [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for 'Services to Education'.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-12-30 |title=New Year honours 2014: the full list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/30/new-year-honours-2014-the-full-list |access-date=2025-02-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Headmaster Neil Enright described Martin as: 'an asset to QE in so many ways, combining a tireless work ethic with tremendous focus and an utterly reliable good nature'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/queen-elizabeths-school-chairman-of-governors-awarded-mbe-2/ |title=Queen Elizabeth's School Chairman of Governors awarded MBE |date=2014-01-01 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924215327/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/queen-elizabeths-school-chairman-of-governors-awarded-mbe-2/ |archive-date=24 September 2019 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> In 2016, QE came first in the A-level league tables for selective state (grammar) schools for the 5th year in a row, also coming sixth in the [[GCSE]] league tables for grammar schools.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} 2016 would make the eighth year in the past decade that the school achieved the top spot in the A-Level league tables, solidifying its position at the forefront of the modern British educational scene.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} == Notable alumni == {{See also|Category:People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys}} * [[Demis Hassabis]], CEO and co-founder of [[Google]] [[DeepMind]]. * [[Mustafa Suleyman]], CEO and co-founder of [[Inflection AI]]. * [[William Broughton (bishop)|William Broughton]], first [[Bishop of Australia]]. * [[Allastair McReady-Diarmid]], [[Victoria Cross]] recipient in [[World War I]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww1.nam.ac.uk/stories/captain-allastair-mcready-diarmid/ |title=Captain Allastair McReady-Diarmid |website=National Army Museum, London |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207212410/http://ww1.nam.ac.uk/stories/captain-allastair-mcready-diarmid/ |archive-date=7 December 2017 |access-date=2019-09-24 }}</ref> *[[Jay Shetty]], internet personality and lifestyle blogger. * [[Lucian Grainge]], chairman and Chief Executive since 2005 of [[Universal Music Group International]], and of Universal Music UK from 2001 to 2005<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=238 |title=Queen Elizabeth's School – New & Noteworthy |access-date=28 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228050104/http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=238 |archive-date=28 February 2010 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> * [[Tim Bell]], advisor to [[Margaret Thatcher]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/tim_bell_s_fond_memories_of_qe/ |title=Tim Bell's fond memories of QE |date=2016-01-01 |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |language=en-US |access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> * [[Kelvin Hopkins]], Labour [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Luton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton North]] since 1997<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/kelvin-peter-hopkins |title=Kelvin Hopkins |website=Politics.co.uk |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> * [[Duncan Maskell]], Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne * [[Cameron McVey]], singer/songwriter/record producer, married to [[Neneh Cherry]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} * [[George the Poet|George Mpanga]], stage name George the Poet, a London-born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage * [[Wilfred De'Ath]], writer and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ofcxAQAAIAAJ&dq=editions:LCCNb70024924 |title=Barbara Castle: a Portrait from Life |last=De'Ath |first=Wilfred |date=1970 |publisher=Clifton Books |language=en-GB |lccn=b70024924}}</ref> * [[Edward Blishen]], writer * [[Beardyman|Darren Foreman]], better known as 'Beardyman', UK beatboxing champion<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=271 |title=Queen Elizabeth's School – New & Noteworthy |access-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630004023/http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/new_and_noteworthy?newsID=271 |archive-date=30 June 2010 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> * [[Robert Rinder]], barrister best known for his role on the [[reality court show|courtroom series]] ''[[Judge Rinder]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/Judge_Rinder_and_QE |title=Judge Rinder and QE |access-date=3 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916160240/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/Judge_Rinder_and_QE |archive-date=16 September 2016 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> * [[Jay Foreman (comedian)|Jay Foreman]], comedian and songwriter chiefly known for his [[YouTube]] channel. * [[Peter Wells (athlete)|Peter Wells]], Olympic, Empire and Commonwealth Games high jumper representing Great Britain, England and New Zealand between 1950 and 1956 ==Notable staff== During the Second World War the athletics coach [[Franz Stampfl]] taught [[physical education]] at the school until his internment in 1940 as an enemy alien.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Elizabethan headmaster, 1930-1961: the personal record of his headmastership of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet from January 1930 to August 1961 |last=Jenkins |first=Ernest Harold, 1897- |publisher=Old Elizabethan (Barnet) Association |year=1972 |isbn=0950202509 |location=Barnet |language=en-GB |oclc=570969 }}</ref> The future headmaster of [[Eton College|Eton]], [[John Lewis (headmaster)|John Lewis]], briefly taught [[Latin]] in the early 1970s. [[Crispin Bonham-Carter]], a former television and film actor, has been assistant headteacher at the school since 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mr Crispin Bonham-Carter: Biography |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/mr-crispin-bonham-carter-biography/ |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |access-date=10 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010073621/https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/mr-crispin-bonham-carter-biography/ |archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> ==Other Information== ===Admissions procedure=== Admission to the school is strictly by academic selection, and boys may apply to join the school for Year 7. Roughly 3,600 applicants compete in a series of examinations to be awarded one of the 192 places offered annually, making places at the grammar school some of the most sought after and oversubscribed in the country.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} Parents of boys not admitted to the school have protested against the school's selective admissions policy.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} Sometimes this has been because the prospective boy's parents have moved to the area assuming a place will be guaranteed,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} when this is not the case.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/images/cms_files/Prospectus%202008.pdf |title=Admissions Policy |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010031818/http://www.qebarnet.co.uk/images/cms_files/Prospectus%202008.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2008 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }}</ref> The school was also on a list of schools breaching admissions laws in England.<ref name="standard.co.uk">{{Cite web|title = Balls names schools that broke rules|url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/balls-names-schools-that-broke-rules-6685733.html|website = Evening Standard|access-date = 2016-01-07|language = en-GB}}</ref> The Barnet education authority asked for an investigation by Her Majesty's Inspectorate.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} === Contribution requests === In 2014 it was reported that the school, despite not being of independent school status, was making regular requests to parents for 'voluntary donations' in order to provide the facilities pupils needed, with parents contributing monthly, usually around £60.<ref name="Tobin">{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/lucy-tobin-today-s-school-lesson-how-to-beg-off-parents-9136230.html|title=Today's school lesson – how to beg off parents|last=Tobin|first=Lucy|date=18 February 2014|work=[[London Evening Standard]]|access-date=25 October 2024|page=15}}</ref> The school justified these requests by saying that state funding was not sufficient to provide a sound education and "the polish for boys to go on to the best universities".<ref name="Tobin"/> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Portal|London|Schools}} * {{Official website}} * [http://www.oldelizabethans.org Old Elizabethans] * [https://archive.today/20120515221653/http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=101358 EduBase] === News items === * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6062373/A-levels-need-to-provide-more-intellectual-challenge.html ''Telegraph'' August 2009] * [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/16/theobserver.uknews ''Observer'' May 1999] {{Schools and colleges in Barnet}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Boys' schools in London]] [[Category:1573 establishments in England]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in the 1570s]] [[Category:Academies in the London Borough of Barnet]] [[Category:Training schools in England]] [[Category:Chipping Barnet]] [[Category:Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet]]
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