Queenwood Ladies' College

Coordinates: 50°46′05″N 0°17′13″E / 50.768°N 0.287°E / 50.768; 0.287 Queenwood Ladies' College was a private school for girls, opened on a hill overlooking the sea in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.^[1] It was opened in 1871 by a Mrs Lawrance, the mother of Miss Grace Lawrance, founder of Queenwood School for Girls, Sydney. At this time the town was just beginning a period of growth and prosperity and seeing the arrival of many other private schools, thanks to its reputation for health, enhanced by bracing air and sea breezes.^[2]

Notable former pupils

Martita Hunt, actress

References

↑ "History". About Queenwood. Queenwood School for Girls. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
↑ Petrie Carew, Dorothea (1967), Many Years Many Girls, Dublin: The Author

Schools in East Sussex

Secondary	ARK William Parker Academy Beacon Academy Bexhill High Academy Bishop Bell School Blatchington Mill School Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Cardinal Newman Catholic School The Causeway School Cavendish School Chailey School Claverham Community College Dorothy Stringer High School The Eastbourne Academy Gildredge House Free School Hailsham Community College Hastings Academy Heathfield Community College Helenswood Academy Hove Park School King's School Longhill High School Patcham High School Peacehaven Community School Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Priory School Ratton School Ringmer Community College Robertsbridge Community College Rye College Rye Studio School The St Leonards Academy St Richard's Catholic College Seaford Head School Seahaven Academy Uckfield Community Technology College Uplands Community College UTC@Harbourside Varndean School Willingdon Community School

Special	Chailey Heritage School

Independent (senior)	Battle Abbey School Brighton College Brighton and Hove High School Buckswood School The Drive Prep School Lewes Old Grammar School Eastbourne College Greenfields School Mayfield School Moira House Girls School Roedean School St Bede's School Michael Hall School

Independent (preparatory)	The Dharma School Brighton College Preparatory School Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School St Aubyns School St Bede's Preparatory School Vinehall School

Sixth form colleges	Bexhill Brighton Hove & Sussex (BHSVIC) Varndean

Further Education colleges	Brighton & Hove (City) Hastings (Sussex Coast) Plumpton Lewes and Eastbourne (Sussex Downs)

Former	Ascham St Vincent's School Bodiam Manor School Falmer High School Jameah Islameah School Ladycross School Ovingdean Hall School Queenwood Ladies' College St Cyprian's School St Peter's School Southover Manor School Temple Grove School

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