We are delighted to announce that the Hexham Book Festival will be bringing author, director and screenwriter, Moira Buffini, to QEHS to present to Y9 on the morning of Tuesday 25th March. Moira Buffini is one of the UK’s leading playwrights and screenwriters whose credits include ‘Jane Eyre’ (2011), the Bafta-nominated ‘The Dig’ (2021) and Olivier-award-winning play ‘Handbagged’ (2025). Moira’s
We are pleased to have completed our 6th form options process. After the summer exams, we will put in writing your option choices and the details of the summer admissions process. As in previous years, any current QE or external students who now wishes to make option choices at QE should contact Joanne Smeatom on sixthform@qehs.net – space on courses will
Two QEHS teams completed in the finals of the ESAA Cross Country Cup. This event was held at the Grammar School in Leeds. This venue provides a quick and testing course. It is a good challenge and provides good racing. The IBs raced over 4090m. Arthur D had the best run of the day finishing an excellent 13th place. The
Congratulations to The Derwent Valley Allstars Cheerleading Club, whose team Fierce (Level 3 U18) competed at the recent NCA Championships in Dallas, Texas.In an extremely competitive division and facing stiff competition from the best cheer programmes in the world, the girls hit the stage twice at the weekend, making the coveted finals and then competing for the second time in
Yesterday year 9 had taster sessions, to help them decide on their options, students really enjoyed the fine art and textiles tasks. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Year 12 Fine Art, Photography and Graphics students had a brilliant time in Barcelona last week!The students visited many Art Galleries, Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, and Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres. We explored the city, taking photographs, drawing sketches, and researching artists, respectively, towards their up and coming Year 13 Personal Investigation projects.There were some lovely moments captured during our
Magnus competed at the Keely Klassic in the U17 800m and won the race, beating the current Scottish champion in a time of 1:53.66. As a result of winning he and his coach were invited to the VIP area where he met and chatted with Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic 800m champion and mixed with other current and former Olympians, including Molly Caudrey,
Ideas for the February Half Term 🙌Hexham Youthy👫 🌱Planting Party🧤 – The Sele Park 🪟Windowful 🎨 – Help Hexham shine bright 🍽DISH🍝- Hexham Trinity Methodist Church 🪐Planetarium Show 💫 at the Twice Brewed Inn ⚽️Full of Beans🏸 – Multi Activity Sports Club 🍞National Stottie Week🥖– The Great Stottie Trail 🔥Durham Fire & Ice❄️– A musical journey around the city #Respect
Northumberland Youth Parliament & Cabinet Election voting takes place this week. Young people aged 11-19 across Northumberland will be voting for their next Youth Cabinet and UK Youth Parliament members. We have one student standing for the Youth Cabinet this year.Ian P, in year 10, is campaigning for: Weather warning systems to better protect us against damaging weather events. Proper road
After a successful Samling workshop last week in school, singers aged 14+ are now being invited to audition for the Samling Academy. Details are here: https://www.samling.org.uk/samling-academy/samling-academy-auditions/ #Respect #Engage #Aspire