Northumbrian Piping at QEHS

Congratulations to Kay Adamson and Alex Barrass who both competed in recent competitions held by the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society. The event was held via YouTube and, as it was not restricted by geography, goes down in history as the first World Championship! Entries poured in, not only from the UK but from America and Canada. Judges were Kathryn Tickell OBE,

Sixth Form Bulletin 16/10/20

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.

Year 13 Geography Field Work: Update!

Our Year 13 Geographers continue their work for their non-examined assessment, analysing the soil samples that they collected from Cresswell Fields on their first field trip. For their second field trip, they visited the Ouseburn valley (inner-city Newcastle) in order to collect data on the impact of a local regeneration project. Students spoke with locals (socially distanced and masked), took

Sixth Form Bulletin 09/10/20

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.

NCC Online Music Ensembles

Northumberland County Council are now running online music ensembles – see below for the full details from Music Partnership North: Act now to get involved in our Online Ensembles!  We have an exciting opportunity for young musicians in Northumberland and we’d love you to be a part of it.  We are moving our ensembles online and working towards a virtual

Be You

A group of Year 10 students are currently involved in developing a peer mentor programme in QEHS, working in partnership with Northumbria Healthcare Trust, as part of the Northumberland Trailblazer mental health in schools initiative ‘Be You’. This term, the students taking part will be working on developing posters and leaflets to advertise the programme. Additionally, the group will be

Infection Control Video

Northumbria Healthcare Trust have produced an infection control/COVID-19 video appropriate for secondary and high schools, which they have asked schools to share online for students and parents/carers. See the video below for more details!

Virtual Open Evening

For parents/carers interested in Year 9 entry in September 2021: we will be holding our virtual open evening on Monday 5 October at 6pm. Stay tuned for more details about what will be happening during the event! If you would like to speak to a senior member of staff regarding a place at QEHS, please use our online booking form.

Macmillan Update

NEW UPDATE – our final total is a whopping £1061.78! We even managed to surpass our amazing total from last year! Many thanks to all parents/carers, students and staff. A huge thank you to everyone for donating to Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday! Your donation will make a huge difference. Our total at the end of Friday was an amazing

Sixth Form Bulletin 02/10/20

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.