Yeovil School
Yeovil School was a boys' Grammar School that existed from 1845 to 1975.[1]
History[]
In 1975 the school joined with (a girls' grammar school) and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School to form Westfield Comprehensive School, now Westfield Academy, Yeovil. The grammar school sixth forms moved to Yeovil College, and the former Yeovil School site became a science and business department for Yeovil College.
Notable alumni[]
- David Banfield (priest), Archdeacon of Bristol from 1990–98
- Frank Bentley (priest), Archdeacon of Worcester from 1984–99
- Sir John Hannam, Conservative MP from 1980-97 for Exeter
- John Parish, musician and record producer
- T. E. R. Phillips, astronomer, President from 1927-29 of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Alfred Pippard MBE FRS, President from 1958-59 of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Professor of Civil Engineering from 1933–56 at Imperial College London
- Edwin Seward, architect
References[]
Categories:
- 1845 establishments in England
- 1975 disestablishments in England
- Defunct grammar schools in England
- Defunct schools in Somerset
- Educational institutions established in 1845
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1975
- South West England school stubs
- Somerset building and structure stubs