Queen Elizabeth'S School, Wimborne Minster

Queen Elizabeth's School is a co-educational secondary school in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. IntroductionQE is an upper school, taking students between the ages of 13 and 18. In November 2014 there were 1, 482 pupils, including 391 in the sixth form. It is situated to the west of Wimborne Minster alongside the National Trust's Kingston Lacy estate and serves a wide area. Students travel from as far afield as Sixpenny Handley near Salisbury to the north, Alderholt on the Hampshire border to the east and Blandford Forum to the west. However, most students live in or around Wimborne, the main feeder schools being Allenbourn Middle School, Cranborne Middle School, Emmanuel Middle School and St Michael's Middle School. QE is a Church of England school, with close links to the Minster in Wimborne. HistoryQueen Elizabeth's was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), the mother of Henry VII. Her father, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, occupied the Kingston Lacy estate in the mid-15th century and Lady Margaret was brought up there.

Queen Elizabeth's School is a co-educational secondary school in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. IntroductionQE is an upper school, taking students between the ages of 13 and 18. In November 2014 there were 1, 482 pupils, including 391 in the sixth form. It is situated to the west of Wimborne Minster alongside the National Trust's Kingston Lacy estate and serves a wide area. Students travel from as far afield as Sixpenny Handley near Salisbury to the north, Alderholt on the Hampshire border to the east and Blandford Forum to the west. However, most students live in or around Wimborne, the main feeder schools being Allenbourn Middle School, Cranborne Middle School, Emmanuel Middle School and St Michael's Middle School. QE is a Church of England school, with close links to the Minster in Wimborne. HistoryQueen Elizabeth's was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), the mother of Henry VII. Her father, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, occupied the Kingston Lacy estate in the mid-15th century and Lady Margaret was brought up there.