Oldham Hulme Grammar School

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Hulme Grammar School
Address
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Chamber Road Oldham , Greater Manchester , OL8 4BX England
Coordinates	53°31′47″N 2°07′25″W / 53.5298°N 2.1236°W / 53.5298; -2.1236Coordinates: 53°31′47″N 2°07′25″W / 53.5298°N 2.1236°W / 53.5298; -2.1236
Information
Former name	Oldham Grammar School
Type	Grammar school Independent day school
Motto	Fide Sed Cui Vide (Trust But See To Whom)
Established	1611
Local authority	Oldham
Department for Education URN	105745 Tables
Head	Mr. Craig Mairs
Gender	Separate (11-16) Co-educational (16+)
Age	3 to 18
Enrolment	1,046
Houses	Assheton, Booth-Platt, Hulme, Lees
Colour(s)	Navy Blue & Gold
Website	www.ohgs.co.uk

Oldham Hulme Grammar School, formerly Hulme Grammar School, is an independent grammar school in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

History[]

Oldham Grammar School was founded in 1611 by several charitable individuals including Laurence Chadeton, but closed in 1866 and was refounded, under the Endowed Schools Act 1869 (hence the claim to be a continuation of this earlier school is debated). The doorway of the original Oldham Grammar School building with its date stone and a window were incorporated into the current school building in the 1920s.^[1] When the school was refounded in 1887 it obtained some money from a charitable trust created in 1691 by a bequest from William Hulme, after whom the new school was named. The main buildings, incorporating were erected in 1895 by the Hulme Trust.^[2]

The school was a direct grant grammar school from 1946 until 1976. It reverted to independence with the phasing-out of the Direct Grant scheme, and is now an independent school which selects its students by examination and interview.

Features[]

The Principal of the Hulme Grammar Schools is Mr. Craig Mairs. Previously the boys' and girls' schools had separate heads. The boys' head, Mr Kenneth Jones, retired in 2006 which resulted in the executive decision by the governors to appoint a new head of both schools. Dr Paul Neeson was appointed as the first principal of the Oldham Hulme Grammar Schools.

Boys and girls are taught separately from the ages of 11 to 16, but there is a joint sixth form. The combined number of pupils is around 770.

There are coeducational junior schools for pupils aged 7 to 11 - "Hulme Court" for the year 3 and 4, and "Estcourt" for the year 5 and 6. There are also mixed nursery and infants classes hosted at 'Thorneycroft'.

In recent years the number of admissions to the school has been reduced. Thus up to the mid-1990s the school was admitting 120 boys per year;^[3] in recent years the number admitted has been in the 90s,^[4] though in 2009, 120 were admitted.^[5]

Notable alumni[]

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See also[]

• William Hulme
• Hulme Trust
• William Hulme's Grammar School
• Category:People educated at Hulme Grammar School

References[]

External links[]

• Hulme Grammar School