Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School For Boys
Coordinates: 51°39′06″N 0°11′48″W / 51.6518°N 0.1968°W / 51.6518; -0.1968
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet is a boys' grammar school in Barnet, North London, which was founded in 1573 by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and others, in the name of Queen Elizabeth I.
It is one of the most academically successful secondary schools in England and was chosen as The Sunday Times State School of the Year 2007. The school was the subject of some controversy in the 1990s, but an Ofsted report published in January 2008 stated: "It is held in very high regard by the vast majority of students and their parents, and rightly so." It has a specialist status in Music and also from April 2009 as a Training School
The school is also known as Queen Elizabeth's School or simply QE Boys.
Read more about Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School For Boys: Culture and Sports, Sixth Form, Founder's Day Fête, Senior Staff List, Kerala Partnership, Traditions, Academic Performance, Notable Former Pupils
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