Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Address
Map
West Street

, ,
LN9 5AD

Coordinates53°12′35″N 0°07′19″W / 53.2098°N 0.1219°W / 53.2098; -0.1219
Information
Type
MottoLiberae Scholae De Comune Sigilum
("Free School with a Public Seal")
Established
FounderEdward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
Department for Education URN138665 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsPaul Brewster
Head teacherSimon Furness
Staff122
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment837 pupils
Colour(s)Maroon, navy and black
School SealLatin: COMUNE SIGILIUM LIBERAE SCHOLAE DE...
Common seal of the free school of...
Websitehttp://www.qegs.lincs.sch.uk/

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle, is a co-educational grammar school with academy status in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. In 2009, there were 877 pupils, of whom 271 were in the sixth form.[1]

Although royally chartered by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571, there had already been a school in Horncastle for 251 years. The original charter document, with its royal seal, remains in the custody of the school's governors.

The school's catchment area includes Horncastle and the surrounding area: Wragby, Bardney and Woodhall Spa to the west, the Lincolnshire Wolds to the north and east, and Coningsby.

  1. ^ "Ofsted report" (PDF). Ofsted. January 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2016.