Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate

Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate is an independent boarding and day school for girls and boys from 3 months to 19 years old, located in Thorpe Underwood, near Little Ouseburn, northwest of York, England. It is a member of the Independent Schools Association. It is named after Æthelburh of Kent.

Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate
Address
Thorpe Underwood

York
,
North Yorkshire
,
YO26 9SS

England
Coordinates54.02800°N 1.29325°W / 54.02800; -1.29325
Information
TypeIndependent Boarding & Day School
MottoTo be the best that I can with the gifts that I have
Established1912 (1912)
FounderNathaniel Woodard
TrustThe Collegiate Foundation
Chair School BoardAmy Martin
PrincipalSteven Jandrell
Age3 months to 19 years
Capacity1,600
Houses
  • Cantwara
  • Derwent
  • Eoforwic
  • Lyminge
Colour(s)Blue & Gold   
Websitewww.qe.org

The school is administered under the Collegiate Foundation, which oversees the school as two separate entities. The first, Queen Ethelburga's College, comprises three sections: the Chapter House preparatory school, King's Magna middle school, and a Key Stage 4 (GCSE) and Sixth Form (A Level) section.[1] The second is the Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's and is purely Key Stage 4 (GCSE) and Sixth Form (A Level and BTEC).[2]

History

20th century

The school originally belonged to the Woodard Corporation, founded by Nathaniel Woodard. The sister senior school was Queen Margaret's School at Escrick and the Junior School was Queen Mary's at Baldersby Park near Thirsk.

The School foundation stone was laid on 21 October 1910 by Viscountess Mountgarret, its inscription was 'Pro deo et ecclesia' – For God and the Church. It was laid on the right hand side of the school door facing the building.

The school was opened on 27 September 1912 by the Duchess of Albany, with Derwent and Lyminge opened by Lord Halifax on 18 June 1932. The Chapel was given by Lord Mountgarret and dedicated to St Aiden. Its foundation stone was laid on 8 May 1911 by the Archbishop of York and its inscription is 'Jesus himself being the chief corner stone'.

Modernity

In 1991 Queen Ethelburga's School left the Woodward Corporation, became independent and came to exist in the trust arrangement, renamed Queen Ethelburga's College. At this time, at the behest of the new owner Brian Martin, it moved from Harrogate to the present campus at Thorpe Underwood, the Martin family home, and a huge investment programme was commenced fuelled by the family's business fortune, being the owners and proprietors of E&L Insurance Group.

The senior school has been co-educational since 1999 and draws pupils from over 30 countries.[3]

QE has a long-standing relationship with the British Forces and in 2021 had over 390 Forces students boarding on site. Students at the Collegiate turned out in force in 2019 to pay a touching tribute to close neighbours 72 Squadron from the RAF. In recognition of it's commitment to supporting Forces students the Collegiate signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2021.[4][5]

Pupil numbers of Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate rose from a total of 550 in 2007 to 1,590 in 2015. In the same period a large £80m investment had been made in a new sports village, new boarding houses and new classrooms, and other facilities.[6][7]

Rankings

Queen Ethelburga's College was ranked 10th by The Daily Telegraph, for A*/A A-Level Results, in their 2015 UK Independent School League Tables. The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's was ranked 11th in the same League Table.[8] In 2017, Queen Ethelburga's College was ranked as the top performing independendent school in Yorkshire.[9] In 2018, it was the only independent school in Yorkshire to rank in the top 50 nationally.[10] In 2019, Queen Ethelburga's College was ranked second in the country with 85.7 per cent of students getting three A-levels at grades AAB or higher.[11]

The 2016 pass rate at Queen Ethelburga's College was 100%, with 98% of its A-Level grades A* to B. The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's on the other hand had achieved 91% Distinction or Distinction Star grades in all BTEC subjects, the two highest possible grade classifications.[12] In 2019, 80.05% of pupils scored A*-A for their A-Levels examination, whereas 80% scored A*-A for their GCSEs.[13] Results have remained consistently strong over the last few years and in 2021, students in the academically focused college achieved 85% percent A*/A at A Level (96 per cent A*/B),. The Faculty, which offers a wider range of academic, creative and vocational courses, achieved 77% percent A*/A (92 percent A*/B). The percentage of D*/D grades in The Faculty was 75%.[14][15]

Results at Key Stage 4 are also strong with 85% of College grades at 7 or above and 68% of Faculty grades at 6 or above in 2021. Faculty students are also able to take BTECs with more than 50% of grades at Distinction or Distinction* standard.[16]

Sports

Queen Ethelburga's has 42 acres of outdoor sports pitches and a full time team of grounds keepers to maintain them all in top condition.[17] As well as providing an excellent facility for students and visiting schools, it has also played host to Newcastle United and a number of other sports teams for summer training.[18] The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's offers The Performance Sport Programme (PSP), a specialist programme which allows students to focus on their chosen sport alongside strength and conditioning, nutrition and performance analysis. This is built into the curriculum alongside a full GCSE/BTEC and/or A-level/BTEC progamme. Students in Key Stage 4 have access to a minimum of 3 hours per week and Key Stage 5 have a minimum of 8 hours per week dedicated to PSP. Sports include; athletics, basketball, cricket, football, rugby, netball, hockey and swimming.  Each students' bespoke programme follows a unique scheme of work including the latest tactical, technical, physical and mental training. They are designed with individual talent development as the key component and present opportunities for students to develop their skills through to UK and international competition.[19]

Athletics

In 2016 Queen Ethelburga's College student Joshua Schofield won the Independent School Association National Cross Country finals.[20] In 2016 Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Tom Somers made his indoor international debut breaking two event records representing England at the Under-20 International meet in Cardiff. He won the 200 metres in 21.89 seconds beating the previous record of 21.97 seconds. Tom was also part of the 4x200m relay team who took the gold with a time of 27.09 seconds.[21]

In 2019 the Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Josh Dickinson won the Independent School Association National Cross Country finals.[22]

In June 2021 the Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Kiikii Brown became the U20 Northern long jump champion with a jump of 5.49m.[23]

Rugby

Queen Ethelburga's rugby union first team secured the 2015 British Colleges National Cup.[24]

In March 2017, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Sam Pocklington was selected for the England Counties U18 Squad.[25]

In March 2017, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Edward Brown was selected for the England Counties U18 Squad.[25]

In March 2017, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Harry Butler was selected for the England Counties U18 Squad.[25]

In July 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Suva Ma'asi was signed by The Cornish Pirates Rugby Team.[26]

In April 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Joseph Sawdon was selected to represent the 2019 ISRFC Lambs South Africa Touring Squad.[27]

In 2021, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Jason Qareqare made his professional debut for Castleford Tigers Rugby League Team, scoring an unbelievable try and being voted man of the match.[28]

Netball

In January 2018, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Alice Currie was named in the U17 squad selected for the Netball Europe Championship.[29]

In March 2018, The U18 Netball squad won the Independent Schools Association National Netball Cup.[30]

In September 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Erin Peters made her debut for The Republic of Ireland in the 2019 European Netball Championship. [31]

In September 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Alice Currie was selected to represent Scotland at the U21 Netball Europe Championships.[32]

In September 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Emma Grant was selected to represent Scotland at the U21 Netball Europe Championships.[32]

In November 2020, Queen Ethelburga's College student Amy Braithwaite was selected to represent the Leeds Rhino's U19 squad. [33]

In November 2020, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Emma Grant was selected to represent the Leeds Rhino's U17 squad. [33]

In November 2020, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Olivia Stephenson was selected to represent the Leeds Rhino's U17 squad. [33]

In October 2021, Queen Ethelburga's College student Amy Braithwaite was selected to represent Leeds Rhino's in the Fast5 competition. [34]

Cricket

In 2016 Yorkshire County Cricket Club agreed a partnership with the school which includes the creation of a joint cricket academy for 16 to 19-year-old players.[35]

In 2018, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Dominic Leech was selected to represent England U19 Squad, and in August 2020 made his first-class debut with Yorkshire Country Cricket Club. [36]

In June 2021, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Harry Crawshaw made his debut for Durham in the 2021 T20 Blast. [37]

In November 2021 Harry Crawshaw was selected to represent England and Wales Cricket Board U19 Young Lions squad in their Sr Lanka tour in November 2021.[38]

Basketball

In December 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Elijah Walsh was selected to represent England U18 men in the Tri-Nations Tournament.[39]

In December 2019, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Latrell Davis was selected to represent England U16 boys in the Tri-Nations Tournament.[39]

Football

In March 2020, The Senior Football squad made it to the final of the Independent Schools Football Association Cup (ISFA) which was held at Milton Keynes Dons Football Club. The game finished 5-4 to Millfield in what ISFA described as 'arguably the most thrilling Boodles ISFA Cup Final of all time'.[40]

In 2020, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Jay McGrath was signed by Coventry City Football Club.[41] In 2021, he was then selected for The Ireland U19 Training Camp.[42]

In 2021, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Faith Martin was selected to represent Hull City Ladies Football Club.[43]

In December 2021, The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's student Heath Richardson was selected to represent The Independent Schools Football Association (ISFA) national squad.

Other

In December 2021 King's Magna students Lily-May Horn won the Independent School Association (ISA) National Clay Pigeon Shooting competition in the Senior womens category scoring 46/50.[44]

Awards

Students at the Collegiate enjoy delicious, healthy cuisine prepared by award winning, highly trained staff.[45] The catering team were crowned Independent School Caterer of the Year in 2017[46] while School Food Development Chef, James Brown, has been two time runner up in the regional School Chef of the Year competition, in 2017 and 2019.[47] A group of students were crowned McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year in 2017.[48]

It was shortlisted for the Healthy School of the Year in the 2016 TES Awards,[49] as well as the Independent Schools Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sport 2015[50] and the Outstanding Progress Award at an Independent School at the Education Business Awards.[51] In 2017 the school won the Independent School Caterer of the Year Award at the Educatering Excellence Awards, along with the School Food Plan Award.[52]

In 2020, Queen Ethelburga's was shortlisted for the TES Independent Schools Awards in the School Sports category.[53]

An amazing individual award was won by the Collegiate Head Boy in 2021, Cyrus Zarrebini. Cyrus was the winner of the Lexden Prize, a prestigious accolade awarded by the Independent Schools Association (ISA), for ‘the most remarkable sixth form student’. Faculty of Queen Ethelburga’s student, Elijah Walsh, was also added to the Lexden Roll of Honour in the same category.[54]

Inspection

The most recent ISI Inspection took place in 2019 and was a Regulatory Compliance and Educational Quality Inspection. The report found both schools to be fully compliant and rated the achievements of the pupils, including their academic development, and their personal development, as ‘Excellent’. The Early Years Foundation Stage, as part of Queen Ethelburga’s College, received an ‘Outstanding’ rating for the effectiveness of its early years provision.

The full inspection report noted that “pupils display great self-confidence, self-awareness and resilience; they reflect on their learning and demonstrate an excellent understanding of how to improve further.” Additionally, inspectors commented on the way in which students were confident to take risks and enjoy taking on new challenges. Queen Ethelburga’s is an international school with students from over 50 different nationalities, and inspectors appreciated the atmosphere of tolerance and understanding across the Collegiate.[55][56]

Charitable work

A charity committee, made up of student volunteers, holds regular fundraising events throughout the year, raising significant sums of money for charities chosen by the students themselves.[57] Many fundraising activities are student led, including in 2021 a virtual QE to Dunkirk charity bike ride which was organised by a Year 8 student in aid of the Royal British Legion.[58]

The Collegiate has a close recent relationship with the Rotary Club of Knaresborough, undertaking activities such as crocus planting for Polio awareness and supporting the annual shoe box appeal in aid of children's homes and orphanages in Eastern Europe.[59]

In 2016, pupils raised £5,500 over the span of a week for the Chinese earthquake appeal.[60]

Controversies

Inspections

In mid 2015 the school was given notice to improve after an inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, conducted at the request of the Department of Education, described a large CCTV network on the school site. The CCTV network counted 700 cameras at the time of inspection.[61] As of late 2015, the school was given a clean bill of health and in 2019, both the College and the Faculty were graded as excellent in all categories by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.[62][63]

Chair of Governors conviction for sexual assault of pupils

As of 10 July 2018, Brian Martin, Chair of Governors until 2015, was facing three charges, all against pupils at the college: two of indecently assaulting a girl in the early 1990s and one of sexually assaulting a boy in the late 2000s, on all of which the jury had been unable to reach verdicts.[64] At a subsequent trial, Martin was found guilty of an indecent assault on a girl and a sexual assault on a boy. On 2 July 2021 he received a sentence of three years and three months.[65][66]

Money laundering

In May 2016 The Guardian reported that, in March 2012, $20,792 (£14,350) was sent via Lloyds Bank in Harrogate to Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate. This was said to be money laundered from the Russian Hermitage Capital Management fraud.[67]

In September 2017 The Guardian reported that £89,800 was transferred to Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate in 2014. The money was reportedly connected to the Azerbaijani Laundromat scandal, in which the Azerbaijani government is supposedly involved.[68]

Charity Commission investigation into linked charities

In August 2018, the Charity Commission had begun an investigation into two charities linked to the Queen Ethelburga's College and Queen Ethelburga's Faculty schools based on the same site. The charities are The Collegiate Charitable Foundation and The Martin Foundation. The primary activity of these charities is to "...provide bursaries to enable students to attend independent primary and secondary schools; provide advertising, facilities and equipment, and assist the local community.” The Commission has taken over the management of the two charities, owing to “… clear and ongoing serious regulatory issues relating to the administration of the charities by the trustees. These included the management of conflicts of interest, protecting and properly accounting for the charities’ assets, and potential unauthorised trustee benefit.”[69][70]

Child pornography conviction

In 2018 staff member Thomas Ball, who held a junior role at Queen Ethelburga's, was arrested on a series of charges including three counts of making indecent images of children as well as downloading child pornography. In March 2021 Ball was jailed for 20 months.[71]

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