Queen Mary's Grammar School QMGS is a selective grammar school located on the Sutton Road in Walsall, England, just outside the town centre. It was founded in 1554 by George and Nicholas Hawe, two leading townsmen, with Queen Mary I as its royal patron and benefactor. At this time it had about sixty pupils, all boys, and taught Classics almost exclusively. Today it is still mainly single-sex, though with a few girls in the sixth form.
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- Queen Mary's Grammar School QMGS is a selective grammar school located on the Sutton Road in Walsall, England, just outside the town centre. It was founded in 1554 by George and Nicholas Hawe, two leading townsmen, with Queen Mary I as its royal patron and benefactor. At this time it had about sixty pupils, all boys, and taught Classics almost exclusively. Today it is still mainly single-sex, though with a few girls in the sixth form. Female pupils attend its sister school, Queen Mary's High School. It has grown since its foundation and moved three times. Originally housed in an old town guild-hall near St Matthew's Parish church, it moved to Park Street in 1811, into new buildings in Lichfield Street in 1850 (a site now used by the High School) and finally to a purpose-built school on the Mayfield site in 1965. Despite expansion, it is still small by modern standards, with about 650 pupils. The school's badge is that of Queen Mary and reflects her parentage, being formed from half a Tudor rose (a symbol of Henry VIII) and a sheaf of arrows (a symbol of Katharine of Aragon). In 2004, the school celebrated its 450th anniversary. Queen Mary's performs very well in exams across the board, with consistent success in the sixth form. In recent years, the school has become a specialist Language College. The extra funds from this have, amongst other things, facilitated the building of a new wing of the school buildings. Language College status came at a price, however. Latin, after 450 years, was removed from the school's curriculum and replaced by Spanish. Queen Mary's recently completed work on a new sports hall to support the current gym and swimming facilities. The Science Block was also updated, with new Biology labs being built. The school badge was modified slightly during the 2006/2007 school year. A red rose (hardly historical!) was changed to an accurate red and white Tudor rose, which is usually shown with a red outer rose and a white inner one. However the school's Tudor rose, based on early school records, has a white outer rose and a red inner one, which the College of Heralds accepts as equally valid. The change was implemented when significant embarrassment was felt by the school after a visiting foreign student was able to notice the mistake. A host of extracurricular activities is available for pupils, including plays and drama, sports teams, subject-related societies, and a Combined Cadet Force contingent (Army and RAF sections). The school's motto is "Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes", although "Floreat Reginae Schola Mariae" is also used (literally, "May the school of Queen Mary flourish"). The school has a close relationship with its sister school, Queen Mary's High School. Pupils from the Sixth Form at QMGS are currently working on two drama productions: Peter Shaffer's 'Black Comedy,' scheduled for performance at the end of February, and William Shakespeare's 'Othello. ' The two schools participate in a German exchange every year with a school in the town of Biedenkopf. In sport, the school's Under 18 and Under 16 hockey teams both won the Staffordshire Cup for their respective age groups in the same season. QMGS also hosted the national finals of Junior Schools' Challenge quiz on 24 June 2007, with a team from the school winning the Plate Final. In 2008, the school hosted and reached the national final, losing out in the final. The school is the only school in the country to have won the UKMT Junior Maths Team Competition twice, doing so in successive years. The competition attracts over 1000 schools every year. The school's current headmaster is Mr Tim Swain, who succeeded Mr Stuart Holtam when he retired at the end of the 2007/2008 school year. The Second Master (a post that goes back to Tudor times) is Mr Tim Lawrence and the Senior Master is Mr Mark Donnan.
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