Queen Elizabeth's Hospital

Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
The main building
Address
Berkeley Place, Clifton Bristol , BS8 1JX England
Coordinates	51°27′17″N 2°36′33″W / 51.4547°N 2.6093°W / 51.4547; -2.6093
Information
Other name	QEH
Type	7–18 Private boys day school, with co–educational Sixth Form
Motto	Latin: Dum tempus habemus operemur bonum (Whilst we have time, let us do good)
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
Established	1586; 438 years ago (1586)
Founder	John Carr
Local authority	Bristol City Council
Department for Education URN	109370 Tables
Headmaster	Rupert Heathcoate
Gender	Boys
Age	7 to 18
Enrolment	670
Capacity	670
Houses	Bird's Carr's Hartnell's Ramsey's
Colour(s)	Blue and yellow
Alumni	Old Elizabethans
Website	www.qehbristol.co.uk

Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (also known as QEH) is a 7–18 private boys' day school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1586. QEH is named after its original patron, Queen Elizabeth I. Known traditionally as "The City School", Queen Elizabeth's Hospital was founded by the will of affluent soap merchant John Carr in 1586,^[1] gaining its first royal charter in 1590.

The school accepts boys from ages 7 to 18 and, since September 2017, girls aged 16 to 18 into the co-educational Sixth Form. The school began as a boarding school, accepting 'day boys' for the first time in the early 1920s. Boarders continued to wear the traditional blue coat uniform on a daily basis until the 1980s. After that, it was only worn on special occasions. Following a steady decline in numbers QEH stopped accepting new boarders in 2004, and boarding closed completely in July 2008. A Junior School opened in September 2007 in terraced Georgian town houses in Upper Berkeley Place, adjacent to the main school.^[2]