Student Success

Student Success

Students Shine in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Production

27th February 2024

Students from Queen Mary’s College’s  Performing Arts Centre of Excellence were met with standing ovations when they performed, “Beauty and the Beast,” earlier this month. Based on the Academy Award-winning Disney film, the musical production included dazzling numbers such as the beloved title song and “Be Our Guest.” Beauty and the Beast is a classic…

Senior Kangaroo Challenge 2023

8th December 2023

A selection of our Maths students. On 15th November, a group of QMC maths students who achieved a Gold award in the Senior Maths Challenge progressed on and competed in the the Senior Kangaroo Challenge. The Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo Challenge is an international mathematics competition as a follow-on round to the Maths Challenge. Each…

Senior Maths Challenge 2023

2nd November 2023

Maths students at Queen Mary’s College celebrated the results of their excellent efforts following the recent Senior Maths Challenge (SMT). Aimed at students who are in year 13 or below, this is an international competition regulated by the UK Maths Trust. The Challenge consists of a 90-minute paper with 25 multiple-choice questions where participants all…

QMC Sports Awards

31st March 2023

QMC’s Sport and PE Department hosted their annual Sports Awards today at the QM Sports Centre, recognising the hard work and dedication of the students in various sports. The ceremony celebrated the achievements of the students across different categories, including Sportsman of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, Team of the Year, Most Improved Player,…

Senior Maths Challenge

10th November 2022

Maths students at Queen Mary’s College are celebrating the results of their efforts following the recent UK Senior Maths Challenge (SMT). Of the 67 students who sat the paper, 52 gained certificates of merit (23 Bronze awards, 22 Silver and 7 Gold). The UK senior maths challenge is a national competition, open to all schools…

Results Day 2022

16th August 2022

The headlines are in and we are celebrating 99% A Level pass rate, 57% A*-B and 81% A*-C! The very best of luck to all our students who are collecting results this morning! _____________________________________________________________ Continuing Exam Success for Queen Mary’s College 99% pass rate at A Level: 81% A*-C grades  69 % High Grades for…

Graphics Prize to Asher Ross

5th April 2022

To round off our focus on Fundamental British Values this month, Assistant Principal Beth Linklater dropped in on one of our Graphics classes this morning to award a special prize to Asher Ross for their type collage focused on Democracy. Asher created it as part of their typography project, and all students on the course…

QMC takes part in biggest Rubgy 7s Tournament

28th March 2022

The Rosslyn Park National schools 7s is the world’s biggest rugby 7s tournament. There were over 150 schools in this year’s under 18 Vase tournament and Queen Mary’s College were the only team in Hampshire to make it through to the final. QMC were drawn against the Samuel Ryder Academy from Hertfordshire, Farlingaye High School Suffolk and Welsh…

New Mural going up in the Spectrum

16th March 2022

This design was created by L3 Art student Jessica Jesudian. This artwork will be painted as a mural in the Spectrum, within the Foundation Learning Corridor. The painting is starting this week which is very exciting! The other runners up will be printed and displayed around the College. It was a very close vote, so…

QMC Conference 2022

15th February 2022

What is the role of risk in progress and excellence? This was the theme of the QMC Conference last week. The hugely popular annual conference – now in its third year – encourages students out of their comfort zones to take on really big interdisciplinary questions. Guest speaker Aisha Washington (Interim CEO of @get_further) made a…