Exam Certificate Collection: Update

Reminder: if students sat exams in Summer 2019, their exam certificates are ready for collection from the Exams Office in the Hydro Building until July 2020. We would prefer students to collect certificates before the end of April 2020. Please note: any parents/carers who are collecting on a student’s behalf (see below) or students who have left school must make

Christmas Lunch

On Wednesday 11 December 2019 we are offering students the opportunity to have a traditional Christmas lunch with all the trimmings for £3.25. All students are welcome to have a Christmas lunch. If your child is entitled to Free School Meals this will be covered by their daily allowance. Form tutors will carry out a ‘hands up’ survey on Monday

Food Bank Collection: Rewards Breakfast

Congratulations 9-DWN and form teacher Mr Noble for being the tutor group who collected the most food donations this year for West Northumberland Food Bank on Burn Lane, Hexham. As you can see they fully enjoyed their rewards breakfast last Friday in the Year 9 café. Well done again to all staff, students and parents/carers who donated this year! Mr

The Sunday Times Parent Power League Table

QEHS is the second top state secondary school in the North East of England, according to the 2019-20 edition of Parent Power, published by The Sunday Times. This is the third year in a row that QE has been second in the region on the basis of high attainment in GCSE and A Level results. Vocational qualifications are not reflected

Sixth Form Open Evening

Thank you to everyone who attended our most recent Sixth Form Open Evening, held on Thursday 14 November 2019. Miss Innes’ presentation from the evening is available below to view and download: Sixth Form Open Evening Presentation (PDF)

Maximising Year 12 Day

Yesterday was our ‘Maximising Year 12’ day for our Year 12 students. We had a series of workshops running throughout the day, designed for students to develop as successful Year 12 students and further preparing them for their A Level studies.  The sessions covered topics such as revision (run by Northumbria University), managing stress (run by Educational Psychologists), and how

Exam Timetables: January 2020

The exam timetables for the Year 10 Exam Week (w/c 13 January 2020) and the unit exams for vocational BTEC/OCR subjects (held throughout January 2020) have now been released. Please see below for a downloadable copy. Year 10 Exam Week: w/c 13 January 2020 (PDF) Exam Timetable for January 2020: vocational subject unit exams (PDF)

Exam Certificate Collection

If students sat exams in Summer 2019, their exam certificates will be ready for collection from the Exams Office in the Hydro Building from November 2019 to July 2020. This office is open between 9.30am and 1.30pm, Monday to Friday. We would prefer students to collect certificates before the end of April 2020. Any unclaimed certificates will eventually be returned

Year 9 Ski Venture 2020

Many thanks to the parents/carers who attended the recent parent information meeting regarding the Year 9 Ski Venture (January 2020). Mrs Bevan’s presentation from the meeting can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. Year 9 Ski Venture Presentation (PDF)

Great EGGER Make Off

Over the past few months, eight students from Year 10 in two teams have been working on a project for the ‘Great EGGER Make Off’ competition. They were given a brief from EGGER: to carry a log over a straight obstacle course and had to design and build it themselves. Yesterday (Thursday 7 November 2019) was competition day, and after