806:"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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45:The first bluecoat school to be established was
896:, Liverpool Blue Coat School, archived from
307:Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School
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699:Housed in a former chapel built in 1304
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974:"The borough of Northampton: Schools"
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772:Bluecoat School CofE Junior School
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169:The building was replaced in 1859.
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927:, Listing, retrieved 28 July 2014
191:An independent junior prep school
101:Alexandra Nursery (Garden Centre)
16:Type of charity school in England
744:later a National Trust gift shop
419:Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
502:The Nottingham Bluecoat Academy
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445:Liverpool Blue Coat School
199:Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
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843:Bluecoat (disambiguation)
652:Addey and Stanhope School
1009:The Gentleman's Magazine
839:, type of school uniform
566:Reading Blue Coat School
376:Sir Thomas Rich's School
1023:"History: Recent Years"
982:Victoria County History
761:1641 by Ezekiel Barkham
545:Pilton Bluecoat Academy
49:. This was founded by
972:Page, William (1930).
612:Stamford, Lincolnshire
321:a comprehensive school
163:1711 by Richard Nelson
662:Old Swinford Hospital
1003:E. G. (April 1764).
707:York Bluecoat School
587:Boys' Charity School
524:The Blue Coat School
354:The Blue Coat School
345:The Blue Coat School
256:Oliver Whitby School
1058:on 9 September 2016
684:Old Bluecoat School
487:Earl of Northampton
435:St Mary's Guildhall
329:The King's Hospital
298:The Bluecoat School
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580:a secondary school
55:foundling hospital
1084:Christ's Hospital
951:Heritage Explorer
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1078:Categories
849:References
507:Nottingham
381:Gloucester
261:Chichester
248:, Chester.
182:Birmingham
35:frock coat
591:Sheffield
468:Wavertree
450:Liverpool
428:1602/1614
290:Edward VI
51:Edward VI
1032:23 March
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921:Archived
837:Bluecoat
831:See also
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689:Thatcham
637:1715 by
633:Lewisham
454:1708 by
403:Hereford
312:Coventry
138:1646 by
72:Location
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571:Reading
470:in 1906
424:Lincoln
284:Horsham
234:Chester
208:Clifton
204:Bristol
166:By 1921
114:Banbury
75:Founded
62:Schools
41:History
904:29 May
776:Durham
529:Oldham
359:Dudley
334:Dublin
78:Closed
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