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Monday 28 July 2025 Six Words, Endless Stories: Literary Festival Competition Inspires Student Creativity As part of the HET Literary Festival, the school library launched a Six-Word Story Competition designed to spark creativity, celebrate brevity and showcase the power of storytelling in its simplest form.
Thursday 24 July 2025 Headteacher’s Commendation – Summer Term 2025 We are delighted to recognise a number of students who have received a Headteacher's Commendation for the summer term.
Wednesday 23 July 2025 Amelie Thorpe Shines at English Schools Athletics Championships Amelie Thorpe proudly represented her school and county at the prestigious English Schools Athletics Championships, held this past weekend at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Competing in the highly demanding 400-metre hurdles, Amelie demonstrated resilience and determination in the face of adversity.
Wednesday 23 July 2025 Year 7 Rhineland Trip - 14th-17th July 2025 On Sunday 14th July 2025, not long past midnight 45 excited and not at all tired Year 7 students set off for their visit to the Rhineland. We arrived in Dover for the 7.40 ferry and enjoyed a calm crossing. The journey to Bad Salzig passed fairly quickly and we arrived at our hotel at about 17.00. After settling in and having our evening meal, we went for a walk through the town down to the Rhine and went to bed early.
Monday 21 July 2025 Sixth Form Students Support Local Primary School Sports Day 2025 On Friday 11th July, fourteen Sixth Form students from QEGS supported Horncastle Primary School with their annual sports day. Throughout the day, the students played a key role in helping staff to set up events, score races, assist with activities, and tidy up afterwards.
Thursday 17 July 2025 Celebrating Sixth Form Life - QEGS Teams Excel at National Schools Competition On Friday 27th June, QEGS entered two teams into the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Schools Competition at Nottingham Trent University.
Tuesday 15 July 2025 Ex-student is now a British Champion! Sadly, Riley McElnea (Y9) left QEGS at Christmas due to her sporting commitments and to further enhance her chances of becoming a professional tennis player. Since leaving QEGS, Riley has been following her dream and travelling around the world to play in various tennis competitions.
Monday 14 July 2025 Clean sweep for the boys rounders teams On Wed. 9th July, QEGS hosted the district boys rounders tournament for Y7 and 9. After the success of the Y8 and 10 boys rounders teams a couple of weeks ago, the Y7 and 9 teams were under pressure to deliver the same results.
Friday 11 July 2025 Sixth Form students take on Charity Trek for St Barnabas!
Friday 4 July 2025 Celebrating Sixth Form Life - Year 12 Visit to Christ’s College, University of Cambridge On Monday 23rd June, a group of Year 12 students visited Christ’s College at the University of Cambridge as part of a day designed to support their aspirations and next steps in higher education.
Thursday 3 July 2025 Under 13s narrowly lose out in district cricket finals day On Wednesday 2nd July, the under 13s cricket team travelled to Boston to play in a triangular district finals day, taking on 2 cricketing powerhouses in Spalding Grammar School and Kings School from Grantham.The team pleasantly surprised themselves (and Mr Wilkinson) by easing to victory over Spalding Grammar by 5 wickets. They then took Kings School to the wire, losing out by just 1 wicket in a nail biting second game.The work rate and ethic shown by all players was superb!
Tuesday 1 July 2025 QEGS Open Evening 2025
Tuesday 1 July 2025 Celebrating Sixth Form Life - Nat Sutcliffe Wins Bronze at World Drug-Free Powerlifting Championships in Rome!
Monday 30 June 2025 Boys District Rounders Tournaments 2025 On Wednesday 25th June, QEGS hosted the annual Y8 and Y10 boys Coastal and Wolds District Rounders Tournament. QEGS had a team representing each year group, however they could’ve had more due to the amount of talented rounders players we have in Y8 and Y10.
Thursday 26 June 2025 Coastal & Wolds Year 10 Girls Rounders Tournament 2025
Thursday 26 June 2025 QEGS Sixth Form band 'Fluffy Socks' visits Huttoft Primary School
Friday 20 June 2025 My Trip to France and Belgium with Boston United Academy - David Olubanjo My trip to France and Belgium with Boston United Academy was an unforgettable and enriching experience that I will cherish for years to come. The tour took place from the 4th to the 7th of April and was filled with excitement, learning, and cultural discovery.
Wednesday 11 June 2025 Notification of Change from SatchelOne to My Child At School on Bromcom
Wednesday 11 June 2025 QEGS Book Swap Jun 2025 The thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
Thursday 5 June 2025 Celebrating Sixth Form Life – Y13 Leavers Day May 2025
Friday 23 May 2025 Wilf Trestrail Wilmslow Golf Club U16 National Championship
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Horncastle Primary Visit to Sing! 2025 On Tuesday 20th May the KS3 choir went to Horncastle primary School to perform to years 4-6. They sang a variety of pop and musical theatre songs, including Defying Gravity from Wicked and Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins. Several students performed solos as part of the programme and there was even a Year 8 student accompanying the singing. It was a wonderful morning, and we look forward to going again next year!
Thursday 15 May 2025 QEGS lose narrowly to St Hughes The Year U13 cricket team played their first competitive fixture of the summer term on 13th May. The team narrowly lost out to St Hughes school but just 10 runs. St Hughes scored 123/6, QEGS reached 114 for the loss of only 4 wickets Excellent performances by all, and plenty to build on for our future games.
Tuesday 13 May 2025 Celebrating Sixth Form Life – Sixth Former takes charity trek for the Alzheimer's Society On July 12th, one of our L6th formers, Joshua Lascelles (bravely accompanied by his mum Mrs Lascelles and 4 other members of their family) will be walking 26.2 miles across the North Yorkshire moors to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. This is a cause very close to Joshua's heart as his maternal grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in April 2023. Calling themselves the 'Douglas Ronald Ramblers' after Joshua's grandfather, the group are aiming to raise £2,100 to help combat this dreadful disease. Any contributions to their challenge would be gratefully received and would go a long way to spurring them on over the hills!! If you would like to contribute, please do click on the link below and you will be taken to the "Douglas Ronald Ramblers' JustGiving page which has been set up for the team by Rosie Barnes (Joshua's cousin).
Friday 9 May 2025 Tennis season up and running!
Thursday 24 April 2025 QEGS Italy Trip 2025 For the full size images, please see the gallery at the bottom of this page.36 students and 4 members of staff thoroughly enjoyed the 2025 Geography trip to Southern Italy. Following an overnight coach journey from Horncastle to Gatwick and an early morning flight we arrived in Sicily tired but keen to learn about the local landscape and culture. First stop was the beautiful hill-top town of Taormina and its breath-taking amphitheatre that dates back to the time of Ancient Greece.
Friday 4 April 2025 QEGS Drama and Arts Students Take on London Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th March
Thursday 3 April 2025 Open Mic Lunch Spring 2025 At lunchtime today we held our termly open mic lunch. Organised by two members of Y13, six students sang and played piano/guitar to a large audience. Songs included Adele, Coldplay and one original. It was a lovely way to spend our lunchtime and everyone did themselves proud.
Monday 31 March 2025 The boys making history for QEGS
Thursday 27 March 2025 Lincolnshire Schools Golf Invitational 2025 On Wed. 26th March, QEGS competed in the first Lincolnshire Schools Golf Invitational, which was played on the Bracken Course at Woodhall Spa Golf Course. The team comprising of W. Trestrail, J. Lascelles, J. Robertson and A. Craigs competed against students from Boston Grammar and Oakham.

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