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The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a grammar school in Liverpool, England.It was founded in 1708 by Bryan Blundell and the Reverend Robert Styth as the Liverpool Blue Coat Hospital and was for many years a boys' boarding school before restoring in 2002 its original policy of accepting boys and girls.
Blue Coat School: Northampton: 1755 by the Earl of Northampton: 1811: Merged with the Orange School and the Green Coat School to form the Corporation Charity School. In 1923 this closed and funded the Blue Coat Corporation Charity School Foundation [6] [7] The Nottingham Bluecoat Academy: Nottingham: 1706: a church school: The Blue Coat School ...
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Captain of School 2002/3, dressed in traditional bluecoat uniform, standing by the statue of a pupil in bluecoat uniform. The bluecoat is a style of dress code, traditionally worn in bluecoat schools (English private schools deriving from charity schools).
Blue School, Dublin which housed the Irish Houses of Parliament before 1729; Law Society of Ireland offices, in the former Blue Coat School buildings; Bluecoat Chambers, oldest building in central Liverpool and home of the Bluecoat arts centre
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Pupils at St Swithun's School in school uniform. School uniforms in England are worn in over 90% of primary and secondary schools in England. [1] Parents are required to purchase the uniform which in 2015 averaged roughly £212.88 per child. [2] The Department for Education encourages all schools in England to have a uniform. [citation needed]
Blue coat schools were mainly founded in the 16th century across England as charity schools, where they were known as "bluecoat schools" because of their distinctive blue uniform. [3] Blue was traditionally the colour of charity and was a common colour for clothing. The uniform included a blue frock coat and yellow stockings with white bands ...
Charity schools, sometimes called blue coat schools, or simply the Blue School, were significant in the history of education in England. They were built and maintained in various parishes by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants to teach poor children to read and write, and for other necessary parts of education.