Newcastle-under-Lyme School

Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Address
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	Mount Pleasant; Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1DB; England
Coordinates	53°00′37″N 2°13′04″W / 53.0104°N 2.2179°WCoordinates: 53°00′37″N 2°13′04″W / 53.0104°N 2.2179°W
Information
Type	Independent day school
Motto	Nunquam Non Nova, Summa Sequendo; (Latin for, "Never Not New, Strive for the Highest", usually taken to mean "Always Striving for New Heights")
Established	c. 1604; 417 years ago
Department for Education URN	124487 Tables
Chair of Governors	David Wallbank
Headmaster	Michael Getty
Staff	85
Gender	Mixed
Age	3 to 18
Enrolment	865
Houses	Barratt, Dutton, Kitchener and Myott
Colour(s)	Red and black
Former pupils	Castilians
Affiliation	Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Website	http://www.nuls.org.uk

Newcastle-under-Lyme School is a mixed Independent day school in the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It came about by a merger of the old Newcastle High School (founded in 1874)^[1] with the Orme Girls' School (founded in 1876).^[1] Earlier predecessors date back over 400 years.

Present day[]

The school nowadays consists of nursery and preparatory departments, a senior school and a sixth form. It takes boys and girls from the ages of 3–18. The current Headmaster is Michael Getty.^[2]

The school belongs to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It is one of the top 100 performing schools in England in terms of its A-level results,^[3] and managed record GCSE pass levels in 2020.^[4]

Notable former pupils[]

In birth order:

William Watkiss Lloyd (1813–1893), writer and scholar
T. E. Hulme (1883–1917), writer
George Wade (1891–1986), pottery manufacturer
Camilla Wedgwood (1901–1955), anthropologist
Frank Barlow (1911–2009), historian
Kenneth H. Roscoe (1914–1970), soil engineer
John Wain (1925–1994), writer, poet and academic
Peter G. "Spam" Hammersley CB OBE (1928–2020), Rear Admiral, Royal Navy^[5]
Clifford Boulton (1930–2015), parliamentary official
Rosemary O'Day, née Brookes, (born 1945), historian and author
Alan Sinclair (born 1952), diabetologist and clinical scientist
Robert Sinclair MacKay (born 1956), mathematician
David J. C. MacKay (1967–2016), academic engineer
Roger Johnson (born 1970), TV newsreader
Sarah Willingham (born 1973), media entrepreneur
Dominic Burgess (born 1982), TV and film actor
Dan Robson (born 1992), rugby player for Wasps RFC and England
Geraint Vincent (living), TV journalist

Gallery[]

Sixth Form Centre
Victoria Building

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "About the school". Newcastle-under-Lyme School.
^ School site. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "Top A-level results". The Sentinel. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ School results. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "Another Accolade...". Staffordshire Sentinel. 20 October 1988. p. 15.

[about-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "About the school". Newcastle-under-Lyme School.

[2] School site. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[3] "Top A-level results". The Sentinel. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

[4] School results. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[:0-5] "Another Accolade...". Staffordshire Sentinel. 20 October 1988. p. 15.

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Newcastle-under-Lyme School

Address
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
Mount Pleasant Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , ST5 1DB England
Coordinates	53°00′37″N 2°13′04″W / 53.0104°N 2.2179°W / 53.0104; -2.2179Coordinates: 53°00′37″N 2°13′04″W / 53.0104°N 2.2179°W / 53.0104; -2.2179
Information
Type	Independent day school
Motto	Nunquam Non Nova, Summa Sequendo (Latin for, "Never Not New, Strive for the Highest", usually taken to mean "Always Striving for New Heights")
Established	c. 1604; 417 years ago (1604)
Department for Education URN	124487 Tables
Chair of Governors	David Wallbank
Headmaster	Michael Getty
Staff	85
Gender	Mixed
Age	3 to 18
Enrolment	865
Houses	Barratt, Dutton, Kitchener and Myott
Colour(s)	Red and black
Former pupils	Castilians
Affiliation	Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Website	http://www.nuls.org.uk