Penrith Grammar School
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith.
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| Motto |
Semper Eadem (Always Constant) |
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| Established | 1564 |
| Type |
Academy Selective grammar school |
| Headteacher | Mr Paul Buckland |
| Location |
Ullswater Road Penrith Cumbria CA11 7EG United Kingdom 54°39′33″N 2°45′29″W / 54.65912°N 2.75799°WCoordinates: 54°39′33″N 2°45′29″W / 54.65912°N 2.75799°W |
| 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.
Each year group is split on to four forms that have usually 31 students each. Forms are named by the year groups number (e.g 7 for year seven) and then the form tutor's initials (e.g BW for Bobby Watty) making the form be called 7BW. There are also three house (Blencow, Lowther and Tudor) which are mainly used for sport events.
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.
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. If a student at the school decides to leave their place if offered to a child who nearly made it into the top 128 of that year group.
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