Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford (QEGS) is a selective, co-educational, academy status Grammar School and Sixth Form in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. In 2010 the school held 547 pupils.
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Station Road , , LN13 9HY England | |
| Coordinates | 53°15′31″N 0°10′12″E |
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| Type | Grammar school; Academy |
| Motto | Cor Unum Via Una |
| Established | 1566 |
| Founder | Francis Spanning Sir William Cecil |
| Department for Education URN | 136315 Tables |
| Head teacher | Mr Thompson |
| Staff | 44 teaching 21 administrative |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 574 pupils (2012) |
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| Website | http://www.qegs.co.uk/ |
The headteacher is G.Thompson.
History
The school motto is Cor Unum Via Una which translates as "One heart, one way," 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 for the admittance of girls. The school attained grant-maintained status in 1989, and in 1999 was given Foundation status.
Notable former pupils
- Glenn Kirkham, England national team and GB hockey player
- John Hartoch, from Sutton-on-Sea, theatre director who taught the obsessive method actor Daniel Day-Lewis at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; Day-Lewis is the only actor to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor three times
- John Scampion CBE, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lifeline Project and the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator
- Ted Smith (conservationist), who founded The Wildlife Trusts
- Air Marshal Sir John Sutton KCB, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey 1990-05
Former teachers
- Francis Marbury in 1585
