School Events Cancelled

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation, we have made the decision to cancel all trips, visits, events and fixtures until further notice. This includes: Year 10 Q Band Parents’ Evening (Thursday 19 March) Opportunity Ready (Friday 20 March) University talk for Sixth Form students (Monday 23 March) Spring Concert (Monday 23 March) Year 10 E Band Parents’ Evening (Wednesday 25

Opportunity Ready Postponed

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation we have cancelled the Opportunity Ready Conference, due to take place at Hexham Abbey on Friday 20 March 2020. We will publish further information when we are able to reschedule. Curriculum Team

British Rowing Volunteer Award

We are delighted that the long-standing head coaches of the QEHS Rowing Club, Pauline and Geoff Higgins, have won the British Rowing Northern Volunteer of the Year Award. They have been invited to a presentation and celebration dinner in London later this month. This follows even more good news from the QEHS Rowing Club – firstly that two of our

Sixth Form Bulletin 13/02/20

The Sixth Form Bulletin contains notices for Sixth Form students and information on university and college events, enrichment opportunities, and apprenticeships and employment vacancies. The latest edition is out now on the Sixth Form Bulletin page.

German Exchange 2020

Last week our German Exchange group welcomed their exchange partners from Germany to Hexham for a week. The German students had a packed week full of activities, including visits to Newcastle, Durham, the Beamish Museum, a day taking part in lessons at QEHS, and a joint trip with their QEHS partners to Edinburgh.

GCSEPod

We are delighted to announce that we have recently invested in GCSEPod, the award-winning digital content and revision provider used by over 1,250 schools worldwide.  Students in Years 10 and 11 have already received information about GSCEPod during assembly last week; students in Year 9 and will also be receiving information in the coming weeks. As a subscriber, your child

Sixth Form Bulletin 06/03/20

The Sixth Form Bulletin contains notices for Sixth Form students and information on university and college events, enrichment opportunities, and apprenticeships and employment vacancies. The latest edition is out now on the Sixth Form Bulletin page.

World Book Day 2020

To celebrate World Book Day 2020 (5 March), we held two events: a Book Swap and a Book-Themed Bake Off. Mrs Curry commented that the cakes were incredible and the book swap also seemed to be a big hit.  We will shortly have a total of the money raised during the day! The cake competition results were as follows: First

Former QEHS Rowers in Oxford v Cambridge Race

More great news from QEHS Rowing; two ex-QEHS rowers have been selected for the 2020 Oxford v Cambridge Lightweight Boat Race Crews. Nick Ryan, studying Mathematics at University College, Oxford, has been selected for a second year after being in the winning crew last year (third from left in the below photo). He was national J18 single sculls champion in