Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
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The main building
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| Motto |
dum tempus habemus operemur bonum (Latin: "Whilst we have time, let us do good.") |
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| Established | 1586 |
| Type | Independent day school |
| Headteacher | Stephen W Holliday |
| Founder | John Carr |
| Location |
Berkeley Place Clifton Bristol BS8 1JX England Coordinates: 51°27′18″N 2°36′32″W / 51.455°N 2.609°W |
| DfE number | 801/6014 |
| DfE URN | 109370 Tables |
| Capacity | 670 |
| Students | 670 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 7–18 |
| Houses | Bird's Carr's Hartnell's Ramsey's |
| Colours | Blue and yellow |
| Former pupils | Old Elizabethans |
| Website | qehbristol |
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (also known as QEH) is an independent school for boys in Clifton, Bristol, England founded in 1586. Stephen Holliday has served as Headmaster since 2000, having succeeded Dr Richard Gliddon. The Queen is the School's patron, although QEH is named after its original patron Queen Elizabeth I.
Known traditionally as "The City School", Queen Elizabeth's Hospital was founded by the will of affluent merchant John Carr in 1586, gaining its first Royal Charter in 1590. It is now Bristol's only boys' school.
The school began as a boarding school, accepting 'day boys' for the first time in the early 1920s. Boarders continued to wear the traditional blue coat uniform on a daily basis until the 1980s. After that, it was only worn on special occasions. Following a steady decline in numbers QEH stopped accepting new boarders in 2004, and boarding closed completely in July 2008.
A junior school opened in September 2007 in terraced Georgian town houses in Upper Berkeley Place, adjacent to the main school.
The school is located in central Bristol, near Cabot Tower, in a building built of Brandon stone, designed by local architects Foster and Son and dating from 1847. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. The terrace steps and walls are also grade II listed, as are the walls, lodge and gates. Before moving to the site on Brandon Hill, it was previously housed at Gaunt's Hospital mansion house, Unity Street (1590–1767) and St. Bartholomew's, Christmas Steps (1767–1847). QEH has had close associations with Red Maids' School since the latter's founding in 1634.
To celebrate 425 years since the school's opening, a new school song was composed in 2015.
For much of its history, QEH has provided education for boys aged 11 to 18, although it now has an all-boys junior school from age 7 as well. In 2014 QEH began working with Redland High School on a co-educational infant school from age 2 – 7 years. QEH Senior School has an entrance examination in January for students entering at Year 7 and Year 9 levels, boys take papers in Maths, English, Verbal Reasoning and Non Verbal Reasoning. These papers are used to select those eligible for John Carr academic scholarships. Boys applying for Music scholarships are invited to an interview and audition, at which they perform music and complete an aural and sight reading test. Sports scholarships are awarded based on an interview and practical tasks. The Year 7 entrants are generally chosen by around Easter and attend an initiation day during the summer term. Boys also regularly enter the school at sixth form level, including international students as part of a scheme run in partnership with Redland High School for Girls. In April 2016 the school announced that it will be accepting girls into the sixth form as of September 2017
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