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'''The Blue Coat School''' is a [[preparatory school (UK)|preparatory school]] in [[Birmingham, England]] for children aged 3 to 11. It has 15 acres of gardens and playing fields. There are two sections to the school - Pre-Prep (including Nursery) and Prep. The school opened in November 1722, originally as a free boarding school for poor and orphaned children.

In 1930, the school moved from its original site next to St Philip's Church to its current site on Somerset Road. The following year, there were protests over proposals to construct an administrative building on the former site of the school, citing its value to the community.

== History ==
===Creation===
[[File:Blue plaque - Birmingham Blue Coat School.jpg|right|thumb|Blue plaque on the site of the original Blue Coat School]]
The school was founded on 16 November 1722 as a [[charity school]] under the guidance of Reverend William Higgs, [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of St Philip's Church, now [[St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham|Birmingham Cathedral]].<ref name="bdm_23feb1886">((cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103556785 |title=Birmingham Charities: The Blue Coat School |newspaper=The Birmingham Daily Mail |page=4 |date=23 February 1886))</ref> At its outset, it provided food, clothing and education to 32 boys and 20 girls from poor families, aged between nine and 14.<ref>((cite web |url=http://billdargue.jimdo.com/downloads/ |title=Downloads - History of Birmingham Places & Placenames a to Y |access-date=2012-05-10 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608053931/http://billdargue.jimdo.com/downloads/ |archive-date=2012-06-08 )) Dargue's History of Birmingham, p. 294</ref> Construction of a plain brick building took place in 1724 and was significantly enlarged 70 years later in 1794, which included addition of the stone facade which is present today. Figures of a boy and a girl are placed at either side of the building, sculpted by Edward Grubb. Most of the children who were originally admitted were either orphans or who had lost a parent, with the school often assuming the role of guardian for those children. Records from 1884 showed an enrollment of 141 boys and 88 girls.<ref name="bdm_23feb1886"/>

The school was originally located at 5 St Philip's Place (formerly the Prudential Assurance building). The old school site is now commemorated by a [[blue plaque]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://openplaques.org/people/5553 |title=Blue Coat School, Birmingham |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Open Plaques |publisher=Open Plaques community-based project |access-date=13 November 2019 ))</ref> During its early history, many local people chose to bequeath property and assets to the school, the first person being Elizabeth White in 1722, who bequeathed ((convert|30|acres)) of land.<ref name="bdm_23feb1886"/>

===New building===
[[File:Blue Coat School Birmingham Map 1918.jpg|thumb|Blue Coat School on an Ordnance Survey map dated 1918]]
On 29 October 1930, the new school building was officially opened,<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103994330 |title=New Blue Coat School |newspaper=Birmingham Gazette |page=12 |date=30 October 1930))</ref> having moved from the northeast corner of St. Philip's Square to new buildings designed by [[Henry Walter Simister]] at its current location on Somerset Road, on the border between [[Edgbaston]] and [[Harborne]]. At the time of the relocation, the school housed 108 and 82 girls. The freehold for the old site was acquired by the council in July 1927 for £121,000, with suggestions at the time that the building may be put to use as offices for corporation departments, who at that time were suffering with congestion at their existing accommodation.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103992352 |title=Old Blue Coat School: Corporation Considering Its Future |newspaper=Birmingham Gazette |page=5 |date=27 September 1930))</ref> Shortly after the relocation, the old school building was housing some staff from the education department and it was hoped that any future plans would preserve the external appearance of the building, in particular the facade. The new ((convert|17|acre)) site cost £7,500, with children housed in self-contained hostels and a central building used for meal times.<ref name="bg_22oct1930">((cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103994515 |title=Fate of the Blue Coat School: Committee's Desire to Preserve its External Appearance |page=4 |date=22 October 1930))</ref>

In January 1931, the Lord Major Alderman Saunders received a letter from the secretary of the Birmingham and District Property Owners' Association in protest at the proposal to construct an administrative building on the former school site, noting that the site was "valuable" and that equally good alternate sites were available closer to the existing council house were departments where then based from.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103993776 |title=Property Owners' Protest |newspaper=Birmingham Gazette |page=5 |date=28 January 1932))</ref> In 1939, it cost around £14,000 a year to educate, feed and house up to around 150 pupils.<ref name="bp_28jul1954"/>

===Fee-paying proposals===
Reports in 1954 suggested that the school was struggling for funds and was considering admitting fee-paying students. It was reported that school governors had closed two of the school's houses, a decision described as "scandalous" by local councillor [[Denis Howell]], on advice of the [[Ministry of Education]]. The considerations towards allowing fee-paying students to enroll at the school was thought to be contrary to the original intentions of the founders, which was that the school would be freely available to the poor and orphans. There was discrepancies in what the school's budget deficit was, with the governing body reporting a shortfall of around £25,000 yet Councillor Howell believed it to be closer to £9,000.<ref name="bp_28jul1954">((cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103556248 |title=Blue Coat School Fees Proposal |newspaper=Birmingham Post |page=25 |date=28 July 1954))</ref>

== Teachers ==
During the 1880s, the older boys were instructed in [[phonology]] by [[Marie Bethell Beauclerc]], a pioneer in the teaching of shorthand.((Citation needed|date=June 2010))

==Further reading==
John D Myhill. ''Blue Coat: A History of the Blue Coat School, Birmingham, 1722-1990''. Meridian Books, 1991.

==External links==
* [http://www.thebluecoatschool.com/ Official web site]

==References==
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((Schools in Birmingham))
((Schools In Harborne))
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[[Category:Private schools in Birmingham, West Midlands]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1722]]
[[Category:1722 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Bluecoat schools]]
[[Category:Harborne]]

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