Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford | |
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Station Road , , LN13 9HY England | |
Coordinates | 53°15′31″N0°10′12″E / 53.2586°N 0.1699°E |
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Type | Grammar school; Academy |
Motto | Cor Unum Via Una |
Established | 1566 |
Founder | Francis Spanning, Sir William Cecil |
Department for Education URN | 136315 Tables |
Head teacher | Glen Thompson |
Staff | 39 teaching 21 administrative |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 544 pupils (2021) |
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Website | http://www.qegs.co.uk/ |
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford (QEGS) is a selective, co-educational, academy status grammar school with sixth form in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. In 2021, the school held 544 pupils. [1]
The school motto is Cor Unum Via Una which translates from Latin to English as: "One heart, one way." It is also the title of the school song.
Currently the school has one headteacher and three assistant headteachers, all of whom make up members of the senior leadership team (SLT). There is one head of lower school (Years 7-8), one head of middle school (Years 9-11) and one head of sixth form. There is also one second in middle school.[ clarification needed ] There are 12 Subject leaders. Altogether, there are 39 teachers (including subject leaders and SLT). [2]
In each year there are approximately 90 students, apart from the sixth form years, each of which contain approximately 60 students. There are three houses that make up the school: Spanning, Cecil and Travers. Each year is divided into three, with equal numbers in all houses
The school was first established in 1566 with the donation of £50 from an Alford merchant. In 1576 a charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth I "for the Education, Instruction and bringing up of children and Youth for ever to continue."[ citation needed ]
Diana, wife of Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, gave out the prizes in July 1927. Former Olympic rower, Ralph Shove, gave out the prizes on Friday 21 July 1950. [3]
In September 1951 it became a voluntary controlled school, as it had to find £50,000 for new buildings, and being voluntary-aided would mean incurring more of that cost. [4]
In July 1954 the prizes were handed out by Sir Raymond Hatherell Fooks, the chief constable. In July 1958 the head of the FA, Sir Stanley Rous, and a former grammar school sports teacher, presented the prizes, later head of FIFA from 1961 to 1974. [5]
By 1955 the new buildings required would cost £70,000. [6] In November 1955, the government gave £70,000 for new buildings, to start construction in 1956, [7] to accommodate 330 boys and girls, a two-form entry. 150 boys were at the school in the late 1950s. [8] By 1957 it would cost £85,000, with work to start in September 1957. [9]
In one block there would be a gym, two rooms, a domestic science room, and staff room on the ground floor. On the first floor would be four rooms and two science labs. The dining room would be converted into a wood and metal work room. Seven more teachers would be needed. [10]
Construction started on Monday 27 October 1958, [11] built by J.T. Barber & Son of Boston, [12] in preparation for the admittance of girls.
80 girls joined the school, with 150 boys, on Monday 14 September 1959. [13]
In March 1960, the school produced its first coeducational drama production, A Midsummer Night's Dream . John Hartoch, from Hillside Avenue in Sutton-on-Sea, the son of an Alford bank manager, [14] played the part of Puck; Hartoch would study English and History at Keele University, later working at the RSC and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, as a theatre director. [15]
On Friday 10 June 1960 much-needed new buildings were officially opened by the headmaster of Manchester Grammar School, Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme. [16] Since 1939 the deputy head had been Mr TH Williams, who had taught at Manchester Grammar School. [17]
In July 1964 the headmaster's brother, William Dyer, presented the prizes; at the time, he was the Sheriff of Nottingham (position). [18] Lord Burghley, the Olympic 440 yards hurdler, attended the 400th anniversary in March 1966. [19]
The school attained grant-maintained status in 1989, and in 1999 was given Foundation status.[ citation needed ]