It was a busy week last week for girl’s rugby, with some excellent results. On Wednesday the U14 (Y8 & Y9) team travelled to Blyth for a triangular tournament with Blyth and Ponteland. When we got there Blyth could not field a full team. With strength in numbers QEHS/HMS were able to field our own team and also most of a
Philosopher(s) of the week! John & Harriet Mill # Respect #Engage #Aspire
Our Y11 GCSE lads were involved in a Basketball tournament last week at St Cuthbert’s. They came 3rd overall after 2 very close games. We narrowly lost 21-24 to Emmanuel in the first game. We beat Durham Johnstone 19-17 in the second game. The lads were brilliant considering we’ve never all played together competitively before. The attitude and work rate
Many of our rowers competed and delivered exceptional performances at the Birmingham event this weekend. Massive achievements, well done! Morty C – 2nd place (500m)Isla M – 1st place (500m)Ariel L – 2nd place (500m) #Respect #Engage #Aspire
After two qualifying rounds and making it to the English Schools finals (less than 30 schools across the country make the finals), our Intermediate (Y9 and 10) boys and girls teams, and senior boys (Y11-13) qualified to compete at Rugby this weekend. Massive credit to all runners……but the Intermediate boys’ team finished in 3rd place! An amazing achievement Intermediate boys –
Save The DateQEHS Winter ConcertFebruary 3rd 2026
You are warmly invited to the HMS Christmas Carol Concert, which takes place at Hexham Abbey on Monday 15th December at 7pm. It features over a hundred students, including a large number of HMS as well as a significant number of QEHS students. #Repsect #Engage #Aspire
Philosopher of the Week! Jeremy Bentham
As part of UK Parliament Week, we were delighted to welcome Joe Morris MP into school to take part in a Q & A with our sixth form politics and history students. This was a fantastic opportunity for students to ask about the role of an MP and also discuss important local issues. This was a great end to the
Philosopher of the week… Mary Astell