Loughborough Grammar School
Loughborough Grammar School | |
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School crest The main quad at Loughborough Grammar School. | |
Address | |
Burton Walks , , LE11 2DU England | |
Coordinates | 52°45′55″N 1°12′02″W / 52.765398°N 1.200632°W |
Information | |
Type | 10–18 Independent Day and Boarding school for boys |
Motto | Vires Acquirit Eundo (Latin: "We Gather Strength As We Go") |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Established | 1495 |
Founder | Thomas Burton |
Department for Education URN | 120332 Tables |
Chair of Governors | Roger Harrison |
Head | Helen Foster |
Staff | c.130 |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 10 to 18 |
Enrolment | 923 |
Houses | Abney Yates Pulteney Davys |
Colour(s) | |
Former pupils | Loughburians |
Website | www |
Loughborough Grammar School is a 10–18 independent boys school in the town of
The Schools Foundation are separate independent schools in their own right but share a board of governors. In line with the charitable intent of its founders, Loughborough Grammar School and Loughborough High School offer a number of means-tested bursaries, called School Assisted Places (SAPs), which cover up to 100% of fees.[2]
History
Loughborough Grammar School was founded after Thomas Burton, a prosperous wool merchant from the town, who left money for priests to pray for his soul upon his death in 1495; these priests went on to found the school.[3][4]
Loughborough Grammar is one of England's oldest schools, pre-dating similar institutions such as
The school was founded in the Parish Church in the centre of Loughborough in 1495, but was moved by the trustees of the Burton Charity to its present location in 1852. A purpose-built site on Burton Walks became its permanent home, initially consisting of the main school building, lodgings, and a gatehouse at the Leicester Road entrance. These buildings were Grade II Listed in the 1980s.[8]
The school celebrated its quincentenary in 1995, when it was visited by
Overview
Campus
Loughborough is set within a multi-acre campus on the south side of the town centre; it occupies a site adjacent to
On the western side of Burton Walks are located the Ireland Building (Physics), the Norman Walter Building (Chemistry), Murray/Millward Building (Biology), Pullinger Building (Mathematics) as well as the Hodson Hall, where most school functions and assemblies are held, the Burton Hall, primarily a dining hall, and the Art and Design department, Sports Hall, The Year 6 classroom, swimming pool and the Combined Cadet Force's buildings. A number of houses on this side of the Walks are now owned by the School, including Buckland House, the administrative hub of the School, containing the Headmaster and Deputy Headmasters' offices as well as the general office. Other houses include Red House, formerly used for music lessons but now largely occupied by the Business Studies, Economics and Politics departments as well as reprographics; Friesland House containing Special Learning Support and Network Services, and one more houses the Bursary. Both the Headmaster of the Grammar School and the Headmistress of the High School traditionally reside in properties on the Walks.
The AstroTurf, tennis, and hockey pitches are not strictly part of the school, but are shared with the High School, although a new hockey pitch purely for the school's use was opened in January 2019. The Music Department (2006), is also another of these shared buildings, it includes a recital hall as well as practice rooms, classrooms and recording facilities.
In addition to the main campus, the School owns a 70-acre (280,000 m2) site at the nearby village of Quorn, consisting of sports facilities, including those for rugby, football, cricket, and athletics.
The Burton Chapel is located in Loughborough's Parish Church, school services are held in both this chapel and a second chapel located in the School's quadrangle.
There is a public right of way along Burton Walks connecting the area of Shelthorpe with Loughborough town centre.[11]
Academics
Candidates sit an entrance examination to gain admission to the school, in January of Year 6, so as to enter Year 7 at the age of 11.[12] However, the middle school system that still prevails in North West Leicestershire led the School to introduce a smaller Year 6 intake for pupils leaving their primary schools after Year 5, as happens in a middle school system. There is also a 13+ exam, for those wishing to enter at Year 9, and 16+ entrance based on GCSE performance for boys wishing to enter at Sixth Form level.
In keeping with many other Independent Schools, the choice of subjects at the school tends to be more traditional. The most popular subjects at A Level are Mathematics, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geography. Subjects such as Business Studies, Psychology and Physical Education have been introduced at A Level in recent years.[13]
In 2023, the school achieved 59% achieved grades 9-7 at GCSE and 47% attained A* or A grades at A-level.[14]
Extracurricular activities
Loughborough Grammar School runs a large
The school runs an active
Sport
The major sports at the School are
House system
The school operates a house system; every boy is placed in one of four houses: Abney (Green, after Sir Thomas Abney), Yates (Yellow, after William Yates), Pulteney (Purple, after Richard Pulteney) and Davys (Sky blue, after George Davys) and boys below the Upper Sixth have a small line in one of these colours on their school tie, between larger stripes for the school's red and navy colours. The houses are named after alumni. The house system provides internal competition in a number of sporting disciplines as well as quiz, chess, bridge and music competitions, with a points system (40 for winning an event down to 10 for finishing fourth) calculating the eventual winner of the Stamper Cup. The Eagle trophy is awarded to the house that wins the most points in non-sporting house competitions.
Head Teachers
The names of the earliest headmasters are not known, and the dates of a few of the early headmasters remain unclear.
- ?–1521 Robert Calton
- Richard Sharpe
- John Kyddal
- John Sharpe
- John Tomonne
- 1568–1615 John Dawson
- 1616–1619 Mr Spong
- 1620–1627 Mr Woodmansey
- 1627–1631 Mr Atkinson
- 1631–1632 Thomas Mould
- 1632–1642 Richard Layghtonhouse
- 1642–1644 Mr Wilde
- 1644–1647 John Blower
- 1647–1682 John Somervile
- 1682–1686 John Vickers
- 1686–1696 John Hoyland
- 1696–1748 Samuel Martin
- 1748–1773 Thomas Parkinson
- 1773–1792 Thomas Hadwen
- 1792–1811 Edward Shaw
- 1811–1813 John Morgan
- 1813–1844 Thomas Stevenson
- 1852–1860 John George Gordon
- 1860–1875 James Wallace
- 1876–1893 John Brise Colgrove
- 1894–1900 Cecil William Kaye
- 1901–1920 Bingham Dixon Turner
- 1920–1926 Tom Stinton
- 1926–1955 Sidney Russell Pullinger
- 1955–1959 Walter Lucian Garstang
- 1959–1973 Norman Sydney Walter
- 1973–1984 John Scandrett Millward "Henchman" or "Hench"
- 1984–1998 (David) Neville Ireland
- 1998–2015 Paul B Fisher
- 2016–2021 Duncan J Byrne
- 2021-2022 Dr Christopher Barnett (Interim)
- 2022–2023 Dr Daniel Koch
- 2023-present Helen M Foster
John Millward acquired the nickname "Hench" or "Henchman" as shortly after his appointment there was a criminal case and subsequent conviction involving a Ronald Millhench and this Millhench's forging of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's signature for use in a much reported insurance and property fraud. Thus the pupils conflated Millward to Millhench and then to "Henchman" or "Hench".
Old Loughburians
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Old boys of Loughborough Grammar School are called "Old Loughburians". They form an old boys' association, namely the Old Loughburians Association (commonly OLA).
Notable Old Loughburians include:
- Sir Thomas Abney (1640–1721), merchant, Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament
- Richard Pulteney FRS (1730–1801), botanist
- Thomas Green (1738–1788), geologist, Woodwardian Professor of Geology
- Rev. George Davys (1780–1864) educator of Queen Victoria, later Dean of Chester and Bishop of Peterborough
- Joseph Shaw (1786–1859), Academic and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
- William Yates (1792–1845), Baptist missionary and orientalist
- Thomas Hassall (1840–1920), Australian politician
- Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909), zoologist
- Rt Hon. Sir John Winfield Bonser PC (1847–1914), barrister and Privy Councillor
- Sir Walter HowellKCB (1854–1913), marine secretary to the Board of Trade
- Edward Anthony Wharton Gill (1859–1944), author
- Julius Hare (1859–1932), artist
- Charles McCurdy MP (1870–1941), Liberal MP and government minister
- W. Sampson HandleyFRCS (1872–1962), oncological surgeon
- G.W. Briggs(1875–1959), hymn author, author of school hymn
- Sir George Bailey (1879–1965), electrical engineer and industrialist
- Harry Linacre (1880–1957), footballer; Nottingham Forest and England goalkeeper
- Sir William Coates(1882–1963), civil servant and businessman, director of ICI
- Sir Sidney Wadsworth (1888–1976), judge in the Indian Civil Service
- John Moss CBE (1890–1976), lawyer
- Brig. Frederick ClarkeDSO (1892–1972), British Army officer
- Tom Hare MRCVS (1895–1959), veterinary pathologist
- Clifford Dyment (1914–1971), poet
- John Saxton CBE (1914–1980), physicist
- Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson CB CBE DSO and two Bars DFC and Bar (1915–2001) senior RAF officer and top-scoring British Second World War flying ace
- A.D. WalshFRS (1916–1977), chemist
- Thomas William Walker ONZM (1916–2010), soil scientist
- George W. Cooke FRS (1916–1992), chemist and deputy director of Rothamsted Research Station
- Peter Carter(1921–2004), law professor
- Sir Denys WilkinsonFRS (born 1922), nuclear physicist
- William Barry Pennington(1923–1968), mathematician
- John Stamper (1926–2003), aeronautical engineer.
- Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), actor and film and television director
- Peter Preston (1938-2018), journalist, former editor of The Guardian
- Richard Hudson (born 1939), linguist
- Sir Tim Brighouse(born 1940), educationalist
- Hubert Lacey (born 1944), psychiatrist
- Tudor Parfitt (born 1944), Distinguished Professor at Florida. International University, Emeritus Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Julian Besag FRS (1945–2010), statistician
- Robin Parfitt (1946–2006), educationalist and headmaster of Danes Hill School
- Roger Pratt (born 1947), cinematographer
- Stephen Mitchell (born 1949), journalist, Head of Radio News at the BBC
- David Elliott (born 1949), museum curator
- Lt Gen. Andrew Figgures CB CBE (born 1950), British Army officer
- Bruce Woolley (born 1953) performer/songwriter
- David Collier (born 1955), sports administrator
- Martin Goodman (born 1956), writer, publisher and Emeritus Professor University of Hull
- John Shaw (1957–2013), radio broadcaster
- Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE (born 1957), senior Royal Navy officer
- Englandfull-back
- Richard Merriman (born 1958), cricketer, Leicestershire CCC
- Chris Wreghitt (born 1958), professional cyclist
- John Dickie(born 1963), Italianist author, historian and academic
- Patrick MacLarnon (born 1963), cricketer and educator
- David Taylor (born 1963) author and professor of psychopharmacology
- Mike Nelson (born 1967), contemporary artist
- Martyn Gidley (born 1968), cricketer
- Felix Buxton (born 1971), one half of the dance duo Basement Jaxx
- Wayne Dessaur (born 1971), cricketer, Nottinghamshire CCC
- Christopher Hawkes (born 1972), cricketer
- Nigel Mills(born 1974) Conservative MP for Amber Valley since 2010
- Sqn Ldr Ben Murphy (RAF officer)(born 1975) RAF officer, Red Arrow and Red Bull Air Race Master Class[19]
- Giles Kristian (born 1975), author and former singer
- Ben Hammersley (born 1976), journalist
- Anthony Clark (born 1977), England badminton player
- Stig Abell (born 1980), Editor of the Times Literary Supplement, presenter on Times Radio
- Young, Nazi and Proud
- Charlie Bewley (born 1981), actor
- Firas Waez (born 1982), one half of the dance duo Waze & Odyssey
- Harry Gurney (born 1986), cricketer, England & Nottinghamshire CCC
- Sam Sweeney, (born 1989), folk musician, Bellowhead
- Coventry RFCand England U20 wing three-quarter
- The Football League and Premier League
- Matthew Everard (born 1990), rugby player, Nottingham R.F.C.
- David Condon (field hockey) (born 1991), Hockey player, England and Great Britain
- Aiden Morris (born 1993), cricketer
- Eben Kurtz (born 1995), cricketer
- George Martin (born 2001), rugby player[20] Leicester Tigers and England
Masters
Notable masters at the school include:
- Colin "The Bird" Tivey[21] (OL; 1913–2001), who would be commissioned as an officer in WWII and see service with the SOE in WWII taught languages at the school for many years both immediately before WWII and afterwards on his return from that War.
- William Williams (1925–2007), former Welsh rugby league international, taught mathematics and sport at the school 1950 to 1962.[22]
- Colin Dexter (1930–2017), the novelist was a sixth form classics master at the school (1957–59).[23]
- The Hon. Rodney Elton (born 1930), later 2nd Baron, was a master at the school between 1964 and 1967 and on an ad hoc basis at later times.
- Trevor Tunnicliffe (OL; born 1950), former first class cricketer, was director of cricket 1995–2013.
- Martyn Gidley (OL; born 1968), former first class cricketer, is currently (2024) a sports teacher at the school.
- Douglas Robb (born 1970), later headmaster of Oswestry and Gresham'
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Further reading
- History of Loughborough Endowed Schools by Alfred White, Loughborough Grammar School, Loughborough, 1969 ISBN 0-9500740-0-4
- Five Hundred Years Enduring: A History of Loughborough Grammar School, by Nigel Watson, James & James, London, 2000, pp. 144, E28.00, ISBN 0-907383-43-2.