Hockey News

🏑 Hockey News 🏑 Well done to Anna, Beth, James and Finn from QEHS and Ivor, Ben and Aurelia from HMS Who recently competed in the inaugural State County Hockey competition in Cambridge in June. 👏👏 They’re pictured with their certificates at the Tynedale summer tournament last week. Respect. Engage. Aspire.

Wimbledon Trip 2026

A group of eight Year 9 and 10 students enjoyed a fantastic two-day trip to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. On Wednesday, students watched several high-quality men’s and women’s doubles quarter-final matches on Court 2, as well as taking the opportunity to experience the incredible Wimbledon atmosphere across the grounds. They also joined the crowds on Henman Hill to watch British

Go Ape Trip

🌲 Go Ape trip!  On Tuesday, 42 students and 6 members of staff enjoyed an action-packed day at the Go Ape Treetop Adventure Plus course in Whinlatter.Our students were a real credit to the school, demonstrating excellent behaviour throughout the day. Many challenged themselves to step well outside their comfort zones as they tackled the high ropes, crossings and zip

Talkin Tarn Regatta

QEHS rowers competed in the Talkin Tarn Regatta. Talkin Tarn is a beautiful small lake situated near Brampton in Cumbria. It is our last local competition of the year and it’s always a firm favourite amongst the QEHS rowers. QEHS took a large contingent across to the event and it is always a long day for athletes and coaches. QEHS

Biology Fieldwork

Year 13 Biologists have completed their first day of field work at Seaton Sluice. We explored the rocky shore, before carrying out both random and systematic sampling as well as using the “mark release recapture” technique. The sunny weather was definitely appreciated! Respect. Engage. Aspire.

Cricket News

The U15 lads have kept their incredible run going by qualifying for National Round 2 of the new Knight-stokes cricket cup. They are now in the last 16 teams in the country! They will be playing other area winners down in Wakefield next week. They won their first game v’s Thorp academy. Thorp batted first and made 93 all out

Schools Bouldering Competition

This month we had a couple of trips to Climb Newcastle’s annual schools bouldering competition representing QEHS and HMS. As you’ll be able to see all the girls did their school proud with some absolutely brilliant scores and team work. There were children there from 18 different schools across the north east. 🔵Individual resultsCategory 2009/ 20101st Beth N- QEHS Category