Queen Elizabeth High School is a high school with academy status situated in

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

, on the outskirts of

Bromyard Bromyard is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the valley of the River Frome. It lies near the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 between Leominster and Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered buildings, inclu ...

. The school meets the educational needs of the children in the area, with feeder primary schools including Burley Gate Primary School, St Peters Primary School, Brockhamton Primary School, Bredenbury Primary School and Pencombe C of E Primary School . The governing board recently changed the name back to Queen Elizabeth High School from Queen Elizabeth Humanities College.

History

Education in

can be traced back to 1394 when a chantry school was founded. After the dissolution of the chantries, the

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was granted a charter for its re-foundation as a Boy's Grammar School by Queen

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in 1566. In 1958, the Grammar School, which had been admitting boys and girls from the beginning of this century, combined with the secondary school established in 1961 to open the school as Bromyard County Secondary School in 1963. In 1976, Sixth Form education was concentrated at Hereford Sixth Form College and this school became a

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catering for pupils aged 11 to 16. Since 2007, the college has progressed notably, producing high GCSE results. A school inspection in 2011 found that "Teachers, support staff and governors all share a strong sense of moral purpose that their students deserve the best possible education, and this leads to the current culture of continuous improvement and 96% of parents surveyed stated that they were happy with their child's experience of this school" Ofsted Inspection report reference 137703, inspection number 388266, 6-7th December 2011, Richard Barbour On 1 December 2011, the school officially gained academy status. A former pupil of the school was Robin Chater, Secretary-General of the

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References

External links

School Home Page

OFSTED reports

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GCSE info

Term Time Dates 2018/19.
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1961 Academies in Herefordshire 1961 establishments in England Secondary schools in Herefordshire Bromyard