Hipperholme Grammar School
| Hipperholme Grammar School | |
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Bramley Lane , , HX3 8JE England | |
| Coordinates | 53°43′43″N 1°48′48″W / 53.728489°N 1.813201°WCoordinates: 53°43′43″N 1°48′48″W / 53.728489°N 1.813201°W |
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| Type | Independent school |
| Motto | Doctrina Fortior Armis (Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1648 |
| Founders | Matthew Broadley, Joseph Lister, Samuel Sunderland |
| Department for Education URN | 107585 Tables |
| Chair of Governors | James Allison |
| Head Teacher | Mr Nick James |
| Staff | 51 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 3 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 371 |
| Houses | Sunderland, Lister and Broadley |
| Colour(s) | Red and blue |
| Publication | The Broadleian |
| Website | http://www.hgsf.org.uk/ |
Hipperholme Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Hipperholme (near Halifax), West Yorkshire, England. It educates pupils between the ages of 3 and 16.
Lightcliffe Preparatory School merged with Hipperholme Grammar School in 2003, under the Hipperholme Grammar Schools Foundation, and was subsequently renamed as Hipperholme Grammar Junior School.[1]
The school has it origins in 1529 within the chantry chapel of the nearby village of . In 1648 (the date the school classes as its founding year) Matthew Broadley, paymaster to Charles I, endowed a large sum of money to build a school on land donated by Samuel Sunderland of Coley Hall; the school opened its doors on its current site in 1661.[citation needed] Two of the current school houses, Broadley and Sunderland, are named after the founders.
In 1783 a new school hall was constructed, designed by Longbottom. Originally an all-boys school, it became independent (ISA, AGBIS) in the 1980s and began admitting girls at the same time.[citation needed]
Notable former pupils[]
- Richard Alexander, TV presenter and producer
- Sir Gordon Duff, Principal since 2014 of St Hilda's College, Oxford, and Chairman from 2013–14 of the MHRA
- George Stanley Faber, theologian
- David Halliwell, 1936–2006 Playwright and dramatist, 'Little Malcolm and his Struggle against the Eunuchs'
- Lawrence Heyworth, radical MP and merchant[2]
- Neil Hopkinson, classical scholar
- John Dyson Hutchinson, Liberal MP from 1877–82
- Courtney Kenny, liberal politician
- Wilf Lunn, prop maker
- Danny McNamara, singer
- Richard McNamara, guitarist
- Katie Ormerod, snowboarder[3]
- Sir Robert Peel, Victorian era Prime Minister and creator of the Metropolitan police[4]
- Percy Sladen, biologist
- Laurence Sterne, Anglo-Irish novelist
- Sir Donald Thompson, Conservative MP from 1979–83 for Sowerby and 1983-97 for Calder Valley
- Paddy Tipping, Nottinghamshire PCC since 2012, and Labour MP from 1991–2012 for Sherwood
References[]
- ^ "Tributes for Jacky, a headteacher for 30 years". www.halifaxcourier.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Newbigging, Thomas (1893), History of the Forest of Rossendale (Second ed.), The Rossendale Free Press, pp. 241–242
- ^ Examiner, Huddersfield (18 January 2011). "Brighouse snowboarder Katie Ormerod ranked second at European Open". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Sir Robert Peel". Tamworth. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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