Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster
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| Motto | Delivering Academic Excellence |
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| Established | 1497 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Martin McLeman |
| Founder | Lady Margaret Beaufort |
| Location |
Blandford Road Pamphill, Wimborne Minster Dorset BH21 4DT England Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 2°00′13″W / 50.805623°N 2.003717°W |
| Local authority | Dorset |
| DfE number | 835/4504 |
| DfE URN | 113883 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 108 |
| Students | 1,477 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 13–18 |
| Houses | Lancaster, Stuart, Tudor, Wessex, York |
| Colours | Blue and Black |
| Website | QE School |
Queen Elizabeth's School (also known as QE) is a co-educational secondary school in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.
QE is an upper school, taking students between the ages of 13 and 18. In November 2014 there were 1,482 pupils, including 391 in the sixth form.
It is situated to the west of Wimborne Minster alongside the National Trust's Kingston Lacy estate and serves a wide area. Students travel from as far afield as Sixpenny Handley near Salisbury to the north, Alderholt in Hampshire to the east and Blandford Forum to the west. However, most students live in or around Wimborne, the main feeder schools being Allenbourn Middle School, Cranborne Middle School, Emmanuel Middle School and St Michael's Middle School.
QE is a Church of England school, with close links to the Minster in Wimborne.
Queen Elizabeth's was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), the mother of Henry VII. Her father, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, occupied the Kingston Lacy estate in the mid-15th century and Lady Margaret was brought up there.
When John Beaufort died he was buried at Wimborne Minster and his daughter set up a chantry to say masses for his soul in perpetuity. Later, in her will, she included a provision that the chantry priest "should teach Grammar freely to all who come thereto". Tithes on properties belonging to her estate were assigned for the payment of the Grammar School's expenses.
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