Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne - 01335 343685

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is an academy school for 11- to 18-year-olds in the town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. In the academic year 2009–10, there were 1396 pupils on roll.Both the main school and 6th form are often within the top 25 in league tables, and in October 2008, Ofsted marked the school as "good" or "outstanding" in all sections. In 2009 the school celebrated 100 years at the Green Road site.HistoryThe school was founded in 1585 by a group of men including Sir Thomas Cokayne, High Sheriff of Derbyshire, and Thomas Carter. Sir Thomas Cokayne granted £4 a year out of his lands towards the maintenance of the school. He is often credited as the founder of the school; this is due to his Lordship of the Town of Ashbourne and the fact the school took his family's coat of arms. The original building still exists today.The school relocated to its current site on The Green Road in 1909. In 1973 QEGS took over the Ashbourne County Secondary School on Old Derby Road, but they both remained as two separate sites. QEGS was awarded technology specialist status in 2005, and a new technology block was built with the funding received. On 1 August 2011 it converted to Academy Status and became an Independent State School but still serves the same catchment area and has the same admissions procedures.

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