Office 365 Email

At Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, we use Microsoft’s Office 365 for our Email service.

This is provided for both staff and student usage. Outlook Web App (OWA) is the webmail based system for you to use to read and reply to any emails (amongst other features). You need to login to this system to be able to use your student advantage offering.

Staff

  • Username: Your Staff email address as StaffID@qegs.cumbria.sch.uk (Same as your network login with the added @qegs.cumbria.sch.uk)
  • Password: Your Network Login password (Used to logon to the school computers)

Students

  • Username: Your student email address as StudentID@pupil.qegs.cumbria.sch.uk Where “StudentID” is your Network Username.
  • Password: Your Network Login password (Used to logon to the school computers)

FAQs

Q. How do I access my Email?
A. Clicking the link above or by typing https://www.outlook.com/qegs.cumbria.sch.uk into your browser.
Q.  What is the limit on attachment size?
A.  The outgoing and incoming attachment size limit is 25MB.
Q.  Which web browsers support the ‘premium’ version of OWA?
A.  Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome all support the premium version.  Safari on ipad and Opera both use the lite version.
Q. Which version of Internet Explorer is recommended for use with OWA?
A.  Microsoft will withdraw support for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in April 2014.  We therefore recommend that you use IE9.