Queen Elizabeth's Community College
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Queen Elizabeth's Community College is a comprehensive school
in Crediton
, Devon
. It is Devon's only state boarding school, and serves over 1600 students, of whom around one in forty are boarders. It was formed as a comprehensive school
in the early 1970s by a merger of The Shelley Secondary Modern with the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
.
The grammar school
was founded in 1547 and started teaching in 1572 with 10 pupils. The grammar school moved to new buildings in 1861, merged with the girls high school in 1966.
The college now serves over 1600 school students, as well as offering education and facilities to the wider public.
Along with being a secondary school of good standing, QECC also has a sixth form, for students wishing to extend their education past year 11. In the most recent Ofsted
review of the school, said sixth form received an "Outstanding" - the best title Ofsted hands out.
Despite technically being a Technology College
, QECC is known for its excellence in the fields of performing arts such as music and drama. Each year a play or musical is held by the drama and music departments, with the set decorated by members of the art department staff, and have regularly achieved good feedback.
The college has 13 "feeder" primary school, of which it is usual that the pupils from said schools continue their education at QECC past the age of 11.
The college's coat of arms shows prominently the figure of Saint Boniface
, the patron saint of the town and the most famous person to have ever been born and raised there.
For years the college management has been wishing to amalgamate the two parts of the school- QECC Lower, (Years 7 and 8) and QECC Upper, (Years 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13) into a single-site college building. However, despite it being high on the to-do list, it seems unlikely that such a development will occur in the near future, mainly due to funding. The current buildings are in a somewhat dilapidated state, though it hasn't affected the school's performance records. A new humanities block composed primarily of permanent classroom "blocks" (lowered onto each other by crane) has recently been erected in place of the old Quad courts, and are yet to be opened as of 29/01/2010.
Of which opened in May 2010. The block holds humanities lessons to all Upper School children. At the moment the upper school tech block is being refurbished.
On February 31, 2011, the school requested to become an academy. The decision is still pending, although it is assumed that academy status will be granted.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Crediton
Crediton
Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837...
, Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
. It is Devon's only state boarding school, and serves over 1600 students, of whom around one in forty are boarders. It was formed as a comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in the early 1970s by a merger of The Shelley Secondary Modern with the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Crediton
The former Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Crediton, Devon, England was founded in 1547 by Edward VI and re-endowed and renamed in 1559 by Elizabeth I.-Foundation:...
.
The grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
was founded in 1547 and started teaching in 1572 with 10 pupils. The grammar school moved to new buildings in 1861, merged with the girls high school in 1966.
The college now serves over 1600 school students, as well as offering education and facilities to the wider public.
Along with being a secondary school of good standing, QECC also has a sixth form, for students wishing to extend their education past year 11. In the most recent Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
review of the school, said sixth form received an "Outstanding" - the best title Ofsted hands out.
Despite technically being a Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
, QECC is known for its excellence in the fields of performing arts such as music and drama. Each year a play or musical is held by the drama and music departments, with the set decorated by members of the art department staff, and have regularly achieved good feedback.
The college has 13 "feeder" primary school, of which it is usual that the pupils from said schools continue their education at QECC past the age of 11.
The college's coat of arms shows prominently the figure of Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex, probably at Crediton , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. He is the patron saint of Germany and the first archbishop of Mainz...
, the patron saint of the town and the most famous person to have ever been born and raised there.
For years the college management has been wishing to amalgamate the two parts of the school- QECC Lower, (Years 7 and 8) and QECC Upper, (Years 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13) into a single-site college building. However, despite it being high on the to-do list, it seems unlikely that such a development will occur in the near future, mainly due to funding. The current buildings are in a somewhat dilapidated state, though it hasn't affected the school's performance records. A new humanities block composed primarily of permanent classroom "blocks" (lowered onto each other by crane) has recently been erected in place of the old Quad courts, and are yet to be opened as of 29/01/2010.
Of which opened in May 2010. The block holds humanities lessons to all Upper School children. At the moment the upper school tech block is being refurbished.
On February 31, 2011, the school requested to become an academy. The decision is still pending, although it is assumed that academy status will be granted.