Hipperholme Grammar School
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.
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Bramley Lane , , HX3 8JE England | |
| Coordinates | 53°43′43″N 1°48′48″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/ |
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 Coley. 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. 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.
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]
- John Dyson Hutchinson, Liberal MP from 1877–82
- Courtney Kenny, liberal politician
- Laurence Sterne, Anglo-Irish novelist
- 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, 18th-century author and satirist
- 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.
