Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School | |
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![]() Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith. | |
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Ullswater Road , , CA11 7EG | |
Coordinates | 54°39′33″N 2°45′29″W / 54.65912°N 2.75799°W |
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Type | Academy Selective grammar school |
Motto | Semper Eadem (Always Constant) |
Established | 1564 |
Department for Education URN | 136732 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Mr Paul Buckland |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 833 |
Houses | Blencow
Lowther Tudor |
Colour(s) | |
Website | http://www.qegs.cumbria.sch.uk |
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) is a coeducational selective grammar school in Penrith, Cumbria, England. The school currently has approximately 830 pupils. The current headteacher is Mr Paul Buckland, who took over in September 2015.[1] The headteacher from September 2004 to August 2015 was Mr Chris Kirkup.[2]
Each year group is split on to four forms that have usually 32 students each. Each form is identified by the academic year followed by the initials of the form tutor who is usually a teacher at the school (i.e. 7BW). Students are also divided into one of the school's three houses; Blencow, Lowther and Tudor, which are mainly used for sport events.
History
It moved from its original premises in St Andrew's churchyard to its present site on Ullswater Road (A592), close to the railway station, in 1917. It is Cumbria's only grammar school.
Admissions
The admission process is through an Eleven Plus style exam, which tests mathematics, verbal reasoning and non verbal reasoning or spatial intelligence. The top 160 applicants are offered places at the school. If a student at the school decides to leave their place, it is offered to a child who nearly made it into the top 160 of that year group.
The number of applicants accepted into the school was increased from 128, to an additional thirty two in the entrance exams of 2018.
Notable former and current pupils
- Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, a microbiologist
- Charlie Hunnam, actor, star of Queer as Folk and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
- Oliver Turvey, racing driver
- Will Addison, rugby player
- Sarah Hall, novelist
References
- ^ "New head at the helm of Penrith Grammar School". www.cwherald.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Grammar school head to leave Penrith stage after 11 years in charge". cwherald.com. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2018.