Established 1564 DfE number 909/5401 Phone +44 1768 864621 Founded 1564 | Headteacher Mr Paul Buckland DfE URN 136732 Tables Number of students 833 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
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Type Academy
Selective grammar school Location Ullswater Road
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 7EG
England Address Ullswater Rd, Penrith CA11 7EG, UK Motto Semper Eadem; (Always Constant) Similar Ullswater Community College, Appleby Grammar School, Caldew School, Keswick School, Trinity School | ||
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) is a coeducational selective grammar school in Penrith, Cumbria, England. The school currently has approximately 830 pupils.
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History
It moved from its original premises in St Andrew's churchyard to its present site on Ullswater Road (A592), close to the railway station, in 1917. It is Cumbria's only grammar school.
Admissions
The admission process is through an Eleven Plus style exam, which tests mathematics, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning or spatial intelligence. The top 128 applicants are offered places at the school.
Notable former pupils
References
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