Queen Elizabeth's Academy

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.[1]

This article is about the secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. For the secondary school in Atherstone, Warwickshire, see The Queen Elizabeth Academy.
Queen Elizabeth's Academy
The old School House with assembly hall to far right
Address
Chesterfield Road South

Mansfield

Nottinghamshire
,
NG19 7AP

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoSemper eadem
(Always the same)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1561 (1561)
Local authorityNottinghamshire
TrustDiverse Academies Trust
Department for Education URN144486 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalKimberley Willmot
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrollment603 (April 2021)
Websitewww.queenelizabeths-ac.org.uk

History

The school was first established in 1561 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, whom the school is named after.[2]

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.[3][4][5][6][7]

Comprehensive

In more modern times it was a voluntary aided school administered by Nottinghamshire County Council.[8]

In 2011 the school was placed into special measures after a critical Ofsted report deriving from a March audit was published in May.[9] In January 2012 The Queen Elizabeth's Endowed School converted to academy status and was renamed Queen Elizabeth's Academy.[10] In September 2016 the school became part of the Diverse Academies Trust.[11] It continues to be a Church of England school under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.[12]

Subjects

Queen Elizabeth's Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,[13] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, Cambridge Technicals and further BTECs.[14]

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.[15]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Home". Queen Elizabeth’s Academy.
  2. "Mansfield school launches 460th anniversary celebrations". www.chad.co.uk.
  3. ANNALS OF MANSFIELD FROM 1086 TO 1999 Crute, David. ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk (Mansfield District Council Museum Service). Retrieved 6 August 2021
  4. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Mansfield, c 1956 Inspire (Nottinghamshire County Council Library Services). Retrieved 6 August 2021
  5. Mansfield - Queen Elizabeth Boys' Grammar Roll of Honour, Nottinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 6 August 2021
  6. A History Of Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School For Boys Mansfield Brettel, L. Book listing at Google Books. Retrieved 6 August 2021
  7. A History Of Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School For Boys Mansfield Author listing at Google Books. Retrieved 6 August 2021
  8. "The Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  9. "QE will strive for Academy status". Chad, 1 June 2011, p.5. Accessed 30 September 2021
  10. "Queen Elizabeth's Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  11. "Secondary".
  12. "SIAMS".
  13. "Our curriculum".
  14. "Curriculum".
  15. "Our sixth form".
  16. Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 27 May 1970, page 21
  17. "At Home event - David Pye biographical details" (PDF). Institute of Physics. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2021.


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