Queen Elizabeth's Academy

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Queen Elizabeth's Academy
QE Mansfield logo.png
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The old School House with assembly hall to far right and main playing field to front
Address
Chesterfield Road South

Mansfield

Nottinghamshire
,
NG19 7AP

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoSemper eadem
(Always the same)
Religious affiliation(s) Church of England
Established1561 (1561)
Local authority Nottinghamshire
TrustDiverse Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 144486 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalDonna Percival
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 18
Enrollment603 (April 2021)
Website www.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk
The old Girls' School main building is Grade II listed, together with the boundary wall and gate pillars. The building was converted into residential apartments, with planning consent granted in 1997 for 25 four-and-five bedroomed new-build houses within the grounds. Old Queen Elizabeth Girls School, Mansfield (5).jpg
The old Girls' School main building is Grade II listed, together with the boundary wall and gate pillars. The building was converted into residential apartments, with planning consent granted in 1997 for 25 four-and-five bedroomed new-build houses within the grounds.

Queen Elizabeth's Academy (formerly The Queen Elizabeth's Endowed School) is a co-educational Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in Mansfield in the English county of Nottinghamshire. [4]

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History

The school was first established in 1561 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, after whom the school is named. Celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary in July 2011 included a gala day and garden party. [5] [6]

A sports pavilion, a listed building, was erected on the main playing field, chiefly funded by old boys to honour those from the school who had died in the first war. It was opened in 1928 by Field Marshall Viscount Allenby. [7]

Grammar school

For many years it was known as Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) for Boys, after the Queen had issued Letters Patent authorising a Free Grammar School in Mansfield. Originally situated in buildings at Church Side, close to St Peter's Church in Mansfield town centre, construction of the present buildings started in 1875 with the school taking residence in 1878. In 1993, the school merged with the former Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Girls. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Girls' School

From 1875, school trustees were allowed to contribute £1,000 annually to the provision of girls' education. A temporary facility was established in a semi-detached house on Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, during 1884, opening in January, 1885 with 35 pupils. Expansion necessitated purchase of the house next door until new school buildings were established nearby, to open on 22 September 1891 with 143 pupils. The girls' school operated independently until August 1993, after which it was amalgamated into the boys' school premises. [13]

Comprehensive

In more modern times it was a voluntary aided school administered by Nottinghamshire County Council. [14]

In 2011 the school was placed into special measures after a critical Ofsted report deriving from a March audit was published in May. [15] In January 2012 The Queen Elizabeth's Endowed School converted to academy status and was renamed Queen Elizabeth's Academy. [16]

In September 2016 the school became part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership trust (DALP) following an "inadequate" finding from a January 2016 Ofsted report, including "leadership and management" – the third time in four years that the worst rating had been issued. [17] [18] It continues to be a Church of England school under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. [19]

Subjects

Queen Elizabeth's Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, [20] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, Cambridge Technicals and further BTECs. [21]

Sixth form education at Queen Elizabeth's Academy is offered as part of the Hucknall Sixth Form Centre, a consortium of three schools within the Diverse Academies Trust based at a dedicated site in Hucknall. [22]

Notable former pupils

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys

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  2. ↑ Crow Hill Drive Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan Mansfield District Council, April 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2022
  3. ↑ Reserved matterers application for erection of 25 No. 4 and 5 bedroom detached houses with garages Mansfield District Council Planning, January–March, 1997. Retrieved 5 February 2022
  4. ↑ "Home". Queen Elizabeth’s Academy.
  5. ↑ "Chairman is 'proud' of QE milestone." Chad, 13 July, 2011, p.19. Accessed 18 February 2023
  6. ↑ "Mansfield school launches 460th anniversary celebrations". www.chad.co.uk. 5 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Remembering those Mansfield QE pupils who made untimate sacrifice" Chad, 26 October, 2011, p.12 Accessed 17 April 2023
  8. ↑ ANNALS OF MANSFIELD FROM 1086 TO 1999 Crute, David. ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk (Mansfield District Council Museum Service). Retrieved 6 August 2021
  9. ↑ Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Mansfield, c 1956 Inspire (Nottinghamshire County Council Library Services). Retrieved 6 August 2021
  10. ↑ Mansfield - Queen Elizabeth Boys' Grammar Roll of Honour, Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 6 August 2021
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  12. ↑ A History Of Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School For Boys Mansfield Author listing at Google Books. Retrieved 6 August 2021
  13. ↑ Queen Elizabeth's former pupils help launch display at Mansfield Museum. Chad, 2010, pp.4-5. Accessed 5 February 2022
  14. ↑ "The Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  15. ↑ "QE will strive for Academy status". Chad, 1 June 2011, p.5. Accessed 30 September 2021
  16. ↑ "Queen Elizabeth's Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  17. ↑ Struggling schools join trust. Chad, 7 September 2016, p.13. Accessed 9 January 2022
  18. ↑ "Secondary".
  19. ↑ "SIAMS".
  20. ↑ "Our curriculum".
  21. ↑ "Curriculum".
  22. ↑ "Our sixth form".
  23. ↑ Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 27 May 1970, page 21
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