Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith.
Motto	Semper Eadem (Always Constant)
Established	1564
Type	Academy Selective grammar school
Headteacher	Mr Paul Buckland
Location	Ullswater Road Penrith Cumbria CA11 7EG England Coordinates: 54°39′33″N 2°45′29″W / 54.65912°N 2.75799°W / 54.65912; -2.75799
DfE number	909/5401
DfE URN	136732 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	833
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	Blencow, Lowther, Tudor.
Colours	Blue and Silver.
Website	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.

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 128 applicants are offered places at the school.

Notable former pupils

Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Microbiologist
Charlie Hunnam, British Actor
Oliver Turvey, Racing Driver
Will Addison, Rugby Player
Sarah Hall, Novelist

References

Schools in Cumbria

Primary	Chetwynde School Holme St Cuthbert School Stanwix School

Secondary	Appleby Grammar School Caldew School Cartmel Priory School Chetwynde School Cockermouth School Dallam School Dowdales School Energy Coast UTC Furness Academy John Ruskin School Keswick School Kirkbie Kendal School Kirkby Stephen Grammar School The Lakes School Millom School Nelson Thomlinson School Newman Catholic School Queen Elizabeth School Queen Katherine School Richard Rose Central Academy Richard Rose Morton Academy St Bernard's Catholic High School St Benedict's Catholic High School Samuel King's School Settlebeck School Solway Community Technology College Trinity School Ullswater Community College Ulverston Victoria High School Walney School West Lakes Academy The Whitehaven Academy William Howard School Workington Academy

Grammar	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Special	Eden Grove School Witherslack Hall School

Independent	Austin Friars St Monica's School Sedbergh School Windermere School

Sixth form & FE colleges	Barrow Sixth Form College Furness College Kendal College Lakes College

Defunct	Barrow-in-Furness Grammar Schools Barrow-in-Furness Higher Grade School Casterton School Barrow-in-Furness Technical School Hawkshead Grammar School John Whinnerah Institute Parkview School St Bees School Salterbeck School Urswick Grammar School Wigton School Workington School

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