Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
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| Motto | dum tempus habemus operemur bonum (Latin: "While we have time, let us do good") |
| Established | 1590 |
| School type | Independent |
| Headmaster | Stephen Holliday |
| Deputy Headmasters | Mr D Bateson, Mr S Ryan |
| Location | Clifton, Bristol, England |
| Enrollment | 500 students |
| Faculty | circa 70 full-time |
| Colours | Bird's - Yellow Carr's - Blue Hartnell's - Green Ramsey's - Red |
| Founder | John Carr |
| Patron | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Homepage | www.qehbristol.co.uk |
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (more commonly known as QEH) is an independent school for boys in Clifton, Bristol, England. Stephen Holliday has served as Headmaster since 2000, having succeeded Dr Richard Gliddon. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the School's patron though the QEH is named after its original patron Queen Elizabeth I. The school - according to The Times school league table - is one of the top 50 schools in the country, and currently the best in the South-West of England.
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital was founded in 1590 by the affluent merchant John Carr as a school for orphans and destitute children in Bristol. It is modelled on Christ's Hospital, at that time located in London and to this day shares the same distinctive Tudor blue coat uniform - though currently the uniform is only worn by boarders and choir members on special occasions.
The school is located in the heart of Bristol, near Cabot Tower, in an imposing building built of Brandon stone, designed by local architects Foster and Son and dating from 1847. It is a fairly small school of some 560 boys, a small proportion of whom are full-time boarders, and is now Bristol's only all-boys school.
Other projects include the building of a new state-of-the-art sixth form centre which is due for completion in 2007.
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[edit] Facilities
The school's yard is a listed structure, owing to the complex nature of the tiling involved in construction. It is one of the largest tiled surfaces in Europe, and by extension, globally. The buildings surrounding it were purchased when QEH moved from the original site in 1872.
The school also has an up-to-date ICT suite which allows boys access to the internet from within school and to certain programs that are less likely to be found on home computers, such as Visual Basic, as well as standard programs. Most departments are supported by computer programs. Boys can log onto the school server through a link on the school website.
The school library, located at the very top of the main building, contains both fiction and non-fiction. The library also takes thirty five periodicals, including magazines and national newspapers, in English, as well as French, Spanish and German, which are the three modern foreign languages offered to the boys for curricular study.
The school is currently phasing out its boarding facilities, due to lack of demand. Boarding will officially close at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year. As a new sixth form centre is being created, the school decided to create several new teaching rooms in place of the original, housing the geography department.
The school, like many independent schools in the Bristol area, possesses playing fields near the village of Failand.
[edit] Admittance
For much of its history, QEH has been for boys aged 11 to 18 - though it now has an all-boys junior school - with entrance examinations for students entering at Year 7 and Year 9 levels (ages 11 and 13 respectively). Entrance examinations are held jointly with the other major independent schools of Bristol - Bristol Grammar School, Bristol Cathedral School, Red Maids and Clifton High School. Examinations take place in three subjects - Maths, English and Reasoning.
[edit] House system
Like many independent schools, QEH has a house system in operation whereby all students are allocated to one of four "houses" for sports competitions and the like. At QEH, these are named after some of the school's more notable patrons. The four houses are Bird's (named after William Bird); Carr's (named after school founder John Carr); Hartnell's (named after Samuel Hartnell); Ramsey's (named after Lady Mary Ramsey).
Each House has its own colour, and that colour is worn on the school tie for all students up to year 11. Sixth form students who are house captains also wear house colours on their ties. Bird's house colour is yellow, Carr's blue, Hartnell's green and Ramsey's red.
The organisation of each house is done by a member of staff who is designated house master, and two sixth form students, the Captain and Vice Captain of the house, who are picked by the house master in conjunction with senior members of staff.
[edit] Publications
The school publishes several journals to parents and other interested parties. The QEH News is a small newsletter, published biannually and available from the school's website, containing various snippets about sports activities, gap year students, development plans and future events of import. There is also an annual publication, The Elizabethan, which gives a more in-depth commentary, as well as giving a showcase of pupils artistic and literary talents.
[edit] Past students (Old Elizabethans)
- Hugo Weaving, star of The Matrix trilogy, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and V for Vendetta.
- Jonathan Pearce, a British soccer commentator for the BBC.
- Ashley Pharoah, writer and co-creator of the television series Life on Mars.
[edit] QEH Theatre
Since opening in 1990 the QEH Theatre has hosted many productions both by QEH pupils and professional companies performing plays, dance and poetry. Open to the public, it seats 220 and is known in Bristol for its diverse programme. The theatre is used for performances open to the general public and as a way of broadening the pupils' learning by viewing historical and foreign language plays offered by the school.
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[edit] References
- The Elizabethan, 2000 edition.
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