Spring Concert – Save the Date

It’s that time of year and one of the highlights of the calendar! Save the date for our Spring Concert on 9th April.  The concert will feature our brand-new Soul Band as well as favourites such as the Jazz Band, Show Choir, Wind Band, QEHS Choir, String Ensemble and much more!

Student Success – Cricket

Congratulations to Thomas H of QEHS Sixth Form who has been selected to represent Northumberland County Cricket (Under 18s) in the forthcoming season! Thomas plays for his local club (Shotley Bridge CC) in County Durham but is eligible to represent Northumberland due to attending school in the county. Thomas has a great love for the game and not only plays great

Year 12 – Still Life

The art department is thrilled with the current year 12’s ‘still life’ paintings, based on their own photography. We are excited to see the outcomes more developed, the students are working incredibly hard and really enjoying this creative task.

World of Music Event

The Tenth Avenue Band Presents A World of Music This accessible session is a celebration of music from around the globe and is aimed at anyone who has an interest in world music and has at least some basic facility on their instrument.While a knowledge of a few scales and some basic technique are certainly enough to access the session,

Song from the Shows Event

It is not too late to join our ‘Songs from the Shows’ event.  We are looking for talented soloists from QEHS who love musical theatre! Come along to the next rehearsal/meeting this Friday from 3:20-4:30 – meet at the Hydro Hall. There will be an opportunity to find out which songs you can audition for as well as rehearsing a

Student Success with Derwent Valley Allstars

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

Barcelona Trip

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

Athletic Achievements

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,

Northumberland Youth Cabinet and Parliament Elections

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