Bluecoat
Bluecoat or Blue Coat can refer to many things:
Education
- Bluecoat, a style of school uniform used in some British schools.
- Charity schools can be known as Blue Coat Schools, in the United Kingdom.
Including:
- Christ's Hospital, Horsham, an independent boarding school founded in 1552. The first and oldest surviving Bluecoat school.
- Reading Blue Coat School, a secondary school founded in 1646.
- Old Swinford Hospital, at Stourbridge founded in 1667.
- Blue Coat School Dublin, an Irish school founded in 1669.
- St Mary's School, Banbury, a primary school founded as Bluecoat School in 1705.
- Nottingham Bluecoat School, a church school founded in 1706.
- Liverpool Blue Coat School, a church school founded in 1708.
- Coventry Blue Coat Church of England School, a comprehensive school founded in 1714.
- The Blue Coat School, Oldham, a school established in 1834.
- The Blue Coat School, Dudley, a school opened in 1869 and closed in 1989.
- Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School, a school founded in 1973.
- Pilton Bluecoat CofE Primary School, a junior school in Devon.
- A House at the The King's Hospital, Dublin.
Companies
- Blue Coat Systems, a proxy-server manufacturer previously known as CacheFlow.
- Bluecoat Press, a Liverpool-based publisher.
Buildings
- Blue School, Dublin which housed the Irish Houses of Parliament before 1729.
- Law Society of Ireland offices, in the former Blue Coat School buildings.
- Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool will host the Liverpool Arts Centre from 2008.
Military
- Operation Bluecoat, a British offensive during World War II in 1944.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bluecoat (disambiguation)". Image Credit.
Extended Definition: BLUECOAT
Bluecoat
The bluecoat is a traditional style of dress code, usually used in British private schools.
The main element of the bluecoat is a long (dark blue or black) coat, belted at the waist, with white neck decoration. Underneath a white shirt and grey shorts are worn, with knee-length socks and smart shoes.
Most Bluecoat schools have abandoned the uniform and replaced it with more modern styles. There are a few schools however that still retain the uniform, but use it for special occasions only. Only one school in the UK, Christ's Hospital, still uses bluecoat uniform as normal day wear.
 The bluecoat uniform as worn at Christ's Hospital |
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bluecoat". Image Credit.
