Queen Elizabeth's Community College

Queen Elizabeth's Community College is an academy school in Crediton, Devon. It is Devon's only state boarding school, and serves over 1600 students, of whom around one in forty are boarders. It was formed as a comprehensive school in the early 1970s by a merger of The Shelley Secondary Modern with the Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. The grammar school was founded in 1547 and started teaching in 1572 with 10 pupils. The grammar school moved to new buildings in 1861, merged with the girls high school in 1966. The college now serves over 1600 school students, as well as offering education and facilities to the wider public. Along with being a secondary school of good standing, QECC also has a sixth form, for students wishing to extend...