Queen Elizabeth's Academy (formerly The Queen Elizabeth's Endowed School) is a

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and

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located in

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in the

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History

The school was first established in 1561 during the reign of

Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history ...

, after whom the school is named. Celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary in July 2011 included a gala day and garden party. A sports pavilion, a

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, was erected on the main playing field, chiefly funded by old boys to honour those from the school who had died in the first war. It was opened in 1928 by Field Marshall Viscount Allenby.

Grammar school

For many years it was known as Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) for Boys, after the Queen had issued

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authorising a Free Grammar School in Mansfield. Originally situated in buildings at Church Side, close to St Peter's Church in Mansfield town centre, construction of the present buildings started in 1875 with the school taking residence in 1878. In 1993, the school merged with the former Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Girls.ANNALS OF MANSFIELD FROM 1086 TO 1999
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Girls' School

From 1875, school trustees were allowed to contribute £1,000 annually to the provision of girls' education. A temporary facility was established in a

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house on Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, during 1884, opening in January, 1885 with 35 pupils. Expansion necessitated purchase of the house next door until new school buildings were established nearby, to open on 22 September 1891 with 143 pupils. The girls' school operated independently until August 1993, after which it was amalgamated into the boys' school premises.

Comprehensive

In more modern times it was a

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administered by

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. In 2011 the school was placed into special measures after a critical Ofsted report deriving from a March audit was published in May. In January 2012 The Queen Elizabeth's Endowed School converted to academy status and was renamed Queen Elizabeth's Academy. In September 2016 the school became part of the Diverse Academies Learning Partnership trust (DALP) following an "inadequate" finding from a January 2016 Ofsted report, including "leadership and management" – the third time in four years that the worst rating had been issued. It continues to be a Church of England school under the jurisdiction of the

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Subjects

Queen Elizabeth's Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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and further BTECs. Sixth form education at Queen Elizabeth's Academy is offered as part of the Hucknall Sixth Form Centre, a consortium of three schools within the Diverse Academies Trust based at a dedicated site in

Hucknall Hucknall () is a market town in the Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, north of Nottingham, southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, from Mansfield and south of Sutton-in-Ashfield. Hucknall is on the west ba ...

Notable former pupils

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys

* James Barnes (cricketer) *

Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth John Blackstocke Butterworth, Baron Butterworth, (13 March 1918 – 19 June 2003) was a British lawyer and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick. He was the chair of the committee that published the Butterworth Report on socia ...

, first vice-chancellor from 1965 to 1985 of the

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''Birmingham Daily Post'' Wednesday 27 May 1970, page 21 *

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, former professional football player and football manager, most recently of

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Samuel Jebb Samuel Jebb ( – 9 March 1772) was an English physician, nonjuror and literary scholar. Life He was born about 1694, probably at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, the second son of Samuel Jebb, a maltster, and Elizabeth Gilliver. His eldest brother, ...

* David Pye (zoologist), Professor of Zoology from 1973 to 1991 at

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* Mike Woodcock, Conservative MP from 1983 to 1992 for

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References

External links

* {{authority control Academies in Nottinghamshire Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Educational institutions established in the 1560s Schools in Mansfield Secondary schools in Nottinghamshire 1561 establishments in England