Birmingham Blue Coat School
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The Blue Coat School is a preparatory school
in Birmingham
, England for children aged two to 11. The school was founded in 1722. In 1930, it moved from the northeast corner of St. Philip's Square to its current location on Somerset Road, on the border between Edgbaston
and Harborne
. It has 15 acres of gardens and playing fields. There are three sections to the school - Buttons, Pre-Prep and Main School.
of St Philip's Church, now Birmingham Cathedral
. At its outset, it provided food, clothing and education to 32 boys and 20 girls from poor families, aged between nine and 14.
by Marie Bethell Beauclerc
, a pioneer in the teaching of shorthand.
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England for children aged two to 11. The school was founded in 1722. In 1930, it moved from the northeast corner of St. Philip's Square to its current location on Somerset Road, on the border between Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton....
and Harborne
Harborne
Harborne is an area three miles southwest from Birmingham city centre, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward in the formal district and in the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston.- Geography :...
. It has 15 acres of gardens and playing fields. There are three sections to the school - Buttons, Pre-Prep and Main School.
History
The school was founded as a charity school under the guidance of Reverend William Higgs, RectorRector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of St Philip's Church, now Birmingham Cathedral
St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham
The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church and consecrated in 1715, St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham in the West Midlands in 1905...
. At its outset, it provided food, clothing and education to 32 boys and 20 girls from poor families, aged between nine and 14.
Teachers
During the 1880s, the older boys were instructed in phonologyPhonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
by Marie Bethell Beauclerc
Marie Bethell Beauclerc
Marie Bethell Beauclerc was a pioneer in the teaching of Pitman's shorthand and typing in Birmingham, England. In 1888 she was the first woman to be appointed as a teacher in an English boys' public school. The school was Rugby...
, a pioneer in the teaching of shorthand.