| Queen Elizabeth's High School | |
|---|---|
 The school crest | |
| Address | |
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Morton Terrace , , DN21 2ST England | |
| Coordinates | 53°24′38″N 0°46′39″W / 53.410664°N 0.777519°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Selective community grammar school |
| Established | 1589 |
| Founder | Sir Robert Somerscale |
| Local authority | Lincolnshire County Council |
| Specialist | Language and music college |
| Department for Education URN | 120655 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chairman of the Governors | Mr D S Holmes |
| Headmaster | Mr David Allsop |
| Staff | c. 100 teaching, 28 support |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | c. 1200 |
| Houses | Austen, Brunel, Churchill, Darwin, Elgar and Scott |
| Colour(s) | Red, navy and gold |
| Publication | The Q.E. News |
| Former Pupils | Old Ganians |
| Website | http://qehs.lincs.sch.uk/ |
Queen Elizabeth's High School (QEHS) is a state grammar school in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. It was established by Sir Robert Somerscale in 1589. During the last 400 years the school site has moved from a small setting in the local All Saints Church, to Cox's Hill (where the Hickman Hill hotel is now located) and finally settling on the Morton Terrace Technical College site towards the north of the town, where the boys' grammar (Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School) merged with the girls' school (Gainsborough High School) to form the current set-up of QEHS in 1983.
The school annually admits around 1200 students altogether; around 1000 students make up the lower school (of those aged 11-16) and another 200 make up the sixth-form (16-18). Approximately 700 of those admitted are girls and 500 are boys. The current headmaster of the school, David Allsop, was a former student. He took over from David Smart in 2010 who himself took over from John Child (Cantab.) in 2006. John Child was responsible for setting up the sixth-form at QEHS in the 1990s.
Along with the majority of British secondary schools, students at QEHS will usually take ten or eleven GCSE examinations in Year Eleven and provided that they achieve satisfactory grades will be allowed to enter the sixth-form to take four A-Level qualifications. A number of external students are also admitted to the sixth-form each year. An Ofsted inspection in 2008 described the school as "outstanding"[1]. League tables released by the BBC also rank the school highly; ratings based on English Baccalaureate results place QEHS ninth in Lincolnshire[2]. The BBC A-Level league tables rank QEHS second best in Lincolnshire, second only to Caistor Grammar School. The majority of Year Thirteen sixth-form students at QEHS go on to higher education with many gaining Medicine places and a number each year getting offers from Oxbridge.
History
editQueen Elizabeth's Grammar School was founded in 1589 by Sir Robert Somerscale after he was granted a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to educate the young people of Gainsborough, primarily in the Classics and Divinity.
- ^ "The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Secondary school league tables in Lincolnshire". BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2012.