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For many years it was known as Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) for Boys, after the Queen had issued Letters Patent authorising a Free Grammar School in Mansfield. Originally situated in buildings at Church Side, close to St Peter's Church in Mansfield town centre, construction of the present buildings started in 1875 with the school ...
BBC school broadcasts on television started in September 1957 - four Nottingham schools received the broadcasts from 24 September 1957 to 9 December 1957. WG Jackson, Nottingham Director of Education, said some people say that the vicarious experience of pictures on television is not good for the pupil, but that remains to be seen .
The school competed in the radio series Top of the Form in Heat 2 for England on Monday 8 October 1956 at 7.30pm on the Light Programme. The recording took place on 1 October. It lost against a grammar school team from the West Midlands. [1] The team appeared on the front page of the Nottingham Evening Post on 21 September 1956.
Chris Lewis (1984–1986) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles) (member, West Coast Eagles premiership teams, 1992 and 1994) Luke McPharlin (1995–1999) – AFL football player (Hawthorn and Fremantle) Eric Mackenzie (2001–2005) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles) Tom Swift (1996–2007) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles)
In 1970, Cummins, at age 11, was spotted by Middlesbrough Chief Scout Ray Grant playing for Ferryhill Grammar School. Grant told Boro's Assistant Manager, Harold Shepherdson, that Cummins had the keenest football brain he had encountered in a boy, and was the most naturally-talented player he had seen since Hughie Gallacher. Shepherdson signed ...
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Known for its reputatable GCSE and A-Level results, the academy received the second-best set of GCSE results from the Nottinghamshire LEA, tied with Rushcliffe School and behind Southwell Minster School. In 2010, Ofsted graded George Spencer "outstanding", the school having passed all 27 of the criteria. This grade was maintained in 2015.
The School is situated in Bramcote Hills on vast campus site which houses other schools, Bramcote Park Business & Enterprise School, Bramcote Hills Primary and Foxwood Foundation School & Technology College within its boundary with Moor Lane, the A52 and Coventry Lane, Bramcote Hills Sports and Community college is accessed by Moor Lane, Bramcote.