Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford

Infobox UK school
name = Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford


size = 150px
motto = "Cor Unum Via Una"
established = 1566
type = Selective
head = Miss A. Francis
founder = F. Spanning' Cecil ' Travers
specialist = Business & Enterprise College
Training school
city = Alford
county = Lincolnshire
country = England
postcode = LN13 9HY
LEA = Lincolnshire County Council
staff = 44 teaching
21 administrative
enrollment = 542
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
colours = color box|Navy color box|LightSkyBlue color box|White
website = http://www.qegs.co.uk/

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford (QEGS) is a selective, co-educational, foundation status Grammar School and Sixth Form College in Alford Lincolnshire. The school has obtained specialist status as a Business and Enterprise college and most recently as a training school. The school currently has 542 [ [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=120697 pupils on roll] ] students on roll.

The headteacher is Miss A. Francis, the First Deputy Headteacher is, from September 2008, Miss B. Allen and the Second Deputy Headteacher is Mr R. Saul. The school motto is "Cor Unum Via Una" which translates as "One heart and goal are we," and is also the title of the school song.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." In 1959, a new block was added to the school in preparation of girls being admitted. The school attained grant-maintained status in 1989, and in 1999 moved to Foundation status.

The school recently (2004) achieved business and enterprise status. This gave the school the funds to build a new ICT and Business/Maths suite. This new suite is complete with interactive whiteboards, projectors, 48 computers and video conferencing facilities. The new suite was completed in 2006 after a six month over run on the building project. The new suite adds another ICT room to the school's existing three. Additionally, in February 2007 the Schools Intranet was upgraded with the pupils being able to access their h: drives from home. The school was judged 'Outstanding' in the Ofsted inspection of March 2007.

The school frequently achieves a high pass rate at Year 11; in most years 97% or more pupils gain 5 or more C's or above at GCSE [cite web|url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?School=9255401&Mode=Z&Type=|title=Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Performance Tables|publisher=DFES|accessdate=2007-05-20|year=2007|month=May] , in 2007 the percentage of pupils gaining A* - C reached 100%.

QEGS offer their pupils an array of subjects. The availability of the subjects varies with some age limits applying to such lessons as Sociology and Psychology for example which are offered only in Sixth Form.

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External links

* [http://www.qegs.co.uk School website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/925_5401.stm BBC League Table Entry]
* [http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/imageLibrary.asp?catId=7966 Max Respect gallery]