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Bluecoat school - Wikipedia

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A bluecoat school is a type of charity school in England, the first of which was founded in the 16th century. Most of them have closed; some remain open as schools, often on different sites, and some of the original buildings have been adapted for other purposes. They are known as "bluecoat schools" because of the distinctive blue uniform originally worn by their pupils.^[1] The colour blue was traditionally the colour of charity and was a common colour for clothing at the time. The uniform included a blue frock coat and yellow stockings with white bands.^[2]

History

The first bluecoat school to be established was Christ's Hospital. This was founded by Edward VI in Newgate Street, London, in 1552, as a foundling hospital 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. The original Christ's Hospital, while retaining its name, has moved its site to West Sussex and developed into an independent school, with much of its costs being met by a charitable foundation.^[1]

Schools

Name	Location	Founded	Closed	Notes	Refs
Bluecoat School	Parish Lane, Penge, Bromley, London	1841	1968	Alexandra Nursery (Garden Centre)
St Mary's School	Banbury	1705		A primary school
Basingstoke Blue Coat School	Basingstoke	1646 by Richard Aldworth	1888
Bluecoat School	Bath	1711 by Richard Nelson	By 1921	The building was replaced in 1859.	^[3]
Birmingham Blue Coat School	Birmingham	1722		An independent junior prep school
Queen Elizabeth's Hospital	Bristol (Clifton)	1586		also known as The City School
Bluecoat School	Chester	1717	1949	Its name has been incorporated in Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School, Chester.
Oliver Whitby School	Chichester	1702	1949	Foundation now supports scholars at Christ's Hospital and at Chichester Prebendal School.	^[4]
Christ's Hospital	Horsham	1552 by King Edward VI		the first and oldest surviving bluecoat school, known as The Bluecoat School
Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School	Coventry	1714		a comprehensive school
The King's Hospital	Dublin	1669		also known as The Blue Coat School
The Blue Coat School	Dudley	1869	1989
Sir Thomas Rich's School	Gloucester	1666		a grammar school
Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School	Hereford	1973
Lincoln Christ's Hospital School	Lincoln	1602/1614		Set up under the will of Dr Richard Smith, who died in 1602, but established in 1614 in the St Mary's Guildhall, Moved to Christ's Hospital Terrace Lincoln in 1623 where the boys school continued until 1883, when the endowment was transferred to a new Christ's Hospital Girls school. Became Grammar School in 1906 and a state comprehensive in 1974
Liverpool Blue Coat School	Liverpool	1708 by Bryan Blundell		a grammar school formerly at Bluecoat Chambers, moved to Wavertree in 1906
Blue Coat School	Northampton	1755 by the Earl of Northampton	1811	Merged with the Orange School and the Green Coat School to form the Corporation Charity School. In 1923 this closed and funded the Blue Coat Corporation Charity School Foundation	^[5]^[6]
The Nottingham Bluecoat Academy	Nottingham	1706		a church school
The Blue Coat School	Oldham	1834
Pilton Bluecoat Academy	Pilton, Devon			a junior school
Reading Blue Coat School	Reading	1646		a secondary school
Boys' Charity School	Sheffield	1706	1939	Popularly known as the Bluecoat School	^[7]
Bluecoat Primary School & Nursery	Stamford, Lincolnshire	18th century
Stanhope School	Lewisham	1715 by George Stanhope	1894	Merged with Addey School in 1894 to form Addey and Stanhope School, still extant
Old Swinford Hospital	Stourbridge	1667		Formerly sometimes called "Foley's Blue Coat School" or "Foley's Blue Coat Hospital"
Old Bluecoat School	Thatcham	1707	1914	Housed in a former chapel built in 1304	^[8]
York Bluecoat School	York	1705	1947
Blewcoat School	Westminster	1709	1926	later a National Trust gift shop
The Blue School	Wells, Somerset	1641 by Ezekiel Barkham
Bluecoat School CofE Junior School	Durham	1708^[9]		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.
Blue Coat Church of England Academy	Walsall	1656		"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."
Warrington Blue Coat School	Warrington	1665	1948

References

^ ^a ^b Records of Christ's Hospital and Bluecoat Schools (PDF), London Metropolitan Archives, 2010, retrieved 24 November 2015
^ A brief history of the school, Liverpool Blue Coat School, archived from the original on 7 July 2013, retrieved 29 May 2013
^ Bluecoat House Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Listing, retrieved 28 July 2014
^ Oliver Whitby School Chichester, A History. Peter J Hughes. Published by Phillimore.
^ "The Corporation Charity School, Northampton, Northamptonshire". Heritage Explorer. Historic England. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ Page, William (1930). "The borough of Northampton: Schools". A History of the County of Northampton. Victoria County History via British History Online. pp. Volume 3 pages 61–62. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ E. G. (April 1764). "Natural History of Sheffield". The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 34, no. 4. Open Court Publishing Co. p. 157.
^ "History: Recent Years". The Old Bluecoat School, Thatcham. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "Blue Coat C of E Junior School Celebrates itsTercentenary | Blue Coat CE (Aided) Junior School". www.bluecoatcofejunior.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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