817:"Founded in 1656 as a charity school for orphans and deprived children in the borough, Blue Coat Academy has a long and rich history of providing an excellent Christian education for its students. Although in the modern world, the lives of our students are very different, the desire for a good education, within a caring family, lives on. As a Church of England school, our ethos and values are based on Christian traditions but our students come from many different backgrounds and faiths, and we use the richness that this diversity brings to enhance learning opportunities."
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to care for and educate poor children. Between the 16th and late 18th centuries about 60 similar institutions were established in different parts of
England. These were not connected with Christ's Hospital, but if their pupils wore the blue uniform, they were known as bluecoat schools.
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schools" because of the distinctive blue uniform originally worn by their pupils. The colour blue was traditionally the colour of charity and was a common colour for clothing at the time. The uniform included a blue
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Founded in 1708 by local traders and began above a pub ("Ye Bull's Head") in the corner of the market place near St
Nicholas' Church and stayed there until 1811. Now housed in a modern building in Newton Hall.
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257:Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
56:The first bluecoat school to be established was
907:, Liverpool Blue Coat School, archived from
318:Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School
64:in Newgate Street, London, in 1552, as a
710:Housed in a former chapel built in 1304
48:and yellow stockings with white bands.
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989:A History of the County of Northampton
612:Popularly known as the Bluecoat School
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985:"The borough of Northampton: Schools"
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805:Blue Coat Church of England Academy
783:Bluecoat School CofE Junior School
103:Parish Lane, Penge, Bromley, London
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180:The building was replaced in 1859.
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1038:The Old Bluecoat School, Thatcham
938:, Listing, retrieved 28 July 2014
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112:Alexandra Nursery (Garden Centre)
27:Type of charity school in England
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430:Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
513:The Nottingham Bluecoat Academy
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188:Birmingham Blue Coat School
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456:Liverpool Blue Coat School
210:Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
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854:Bluecoat (disambiguation)
663:Addey and Stanhope School
1020:The Gentleman's Magazine
850:, type of school uniform
577:Reading Blue Coat School
387:Sir Thomas Rich's School
1034:"History: Recent Years"
993:Victoria County History
772:1641 by Ezekiel Barkham
556:Pilton Bluecoat Academy
60:. This was founded by
983:Page, William (1930).
623:Stamford, Lincolnshire
332:a comprehensive school
174:1711 by Richard Nelson
673:Old Swinford Hospital
1014:E. G. (April 1764).
718:York Bluecoat School
598:Boys' Charity School
535:The Blue Coat School
365:The Blue Coat School
356:The Blue Coat School
267:Oliver Whitby School
1069:on 9 September 2016
695:Old Bluecoat School
498:Earl of Northampton
446:St Mary's Guildhall
340:The King's Hospital
309:The Bluecoat School
964:. Historic England
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591:a secondary school
66:foundling hospital
1095:Christ's Hospital
962:Heritage Explorer
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745:Westminster
678:Stourbridge
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477:, moved to
145:Basingstoke
1089:Categories
860:References
518:Nottingham
392:Gloucester
272:Chichester
259:, Chester.
193:Birmingham
46:frock coat
602:Sheffield
479:Wavertree
461:Liverpool
439:1602/1614
301:Edward VI
62:Edward VI
1043:23 March
999:23 March
968:23 March
932:Archived
848:Bluecoat
842:See also
809:Walsall
700:Thatcham
648:1715 by
644:Lewisham
465:1708 by
414:Hereford
323:Coventry
149:1646 by
83:Location
41:bluecoat
582:Reading
481:in 1906
435:Lincoln
295:Horsham
245:Chester
219:Clifton
215:Bristol
177:By 1921
125:Banbury
86:Founded
73:Schools
52:History
915:29 May
787:Durham
540:Oldham
370:Dudley
345:Dublin
89:Closed
882:(PDF)
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95:Refs
92:Notes
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730:1947
727:1705
723:York
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704:1707
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377:1989
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279:1949
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224:1586
197:1722
170:Bath
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129:1705
109:1968
106:1841
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