Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn

53°45′11″N 2°29′46″W / 53.753°N 2.496°W / 53.753; -2.496

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
Address
West Park Road

Blackburn
,
Lancashire
,
BB2 6DF

England
Information
TypeFree school
MottoDisce Prodesse
(Loosely translated as "Learn to be of service")
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1509 (1509)
FounderThomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby
Local authorityBlackburn with Darwen
Department for Education URN141165 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherClaire Gammon
GenderCoeducational
Age4 to 18
Houses6
Colour(s)   
PublicationQ-news, Q-review
Former PupilsOld Blackburnians
School SealLatin: SIGILIUM COMUNE LIBERAE SCHOLAE GRAMATICALIS DNAE REGINA ELIZABETH BLACKBURNIA
Common seal of Queen Elizabeth's free grammar school Blackburn
Websitehttp://www.qegsblackburn.com

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) is a co-educational state-funded comprehensive free school in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Founded in 1509 as a boys' school, it is now a co-educational all-through free school with over 1200 students from ages 4 to 18. Pupils come from a very wide geographical area, from Bolton to the south and to Colne in the east. It consists of an Infant School (Reception to Year 2), Junior School (Years 3 to 6), Senior School (Years 7 to 11) and Sixth Form.