Hipperholme Grammar School
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| Motto | Doctrina Fortior Armis (Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword) |
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| Established | 1648 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmaster | Mr. J. D. Williams B.Sc. (Hons) |
| Deputy Head | Mrs J.D. Griffiths B.Ed. |
| Chair | Mr. C.D. Redfern B.Sc. |
| Location | Bramley Lane Hipperholme West Yorkshire HX3 8JE England  |
| Staff | 51 |
| Students | 330 |
| Gender | Mixed-sex education |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Sunderland, Lister and Broadley |
| Website | www.hipperholmegrammar |
Coordinates: 53°43′43″N 1°48′48″W / 53.728489°N 1.813201°W
Hipperholme Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Hipperholme (near Halifax), West Yorkshire, England. It educates pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.
Hipperholme Grammar School is part of the Hipperholme Grammar School Foundation, which includes the grammar school's Junior School for pupils between the ages of 3 and 18.
It is believed[by whom?] the school was founded in 1530 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 and thus the school opened its doors on its current site in 1661.[citation needed]. The name of the current school houses originate from these 'founders'.
In 1783 a new school hall was constructed, designed by Longbottom. Originally a boys school, it became independent (SHMIS, AGBIS) in the 1980s and began admitting girls at the same time.[citation needed]
The former headmaster was Dr John Scarth B.Ed., Ph.D., a graduate of Lancaster University.[citation needed] He was succeeded by Jack Williams, a Sheffield University graduate with an undergraduate in Chemistry,[further explanation needed] and a softball umpire at national level.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable alumni
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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources cited within this article showing they are notable and alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (January 2012) |
- Richard Alexander – TV presenter and producer
- Gary Cady – actor, restaurateur
- Ashley Heppenstall – director and CEO[1][not in citation given]
- Danny McNamara – singer
- Richard McNamara – guitarist
- Sir Robert Peel – Victorian era Prime Minister and creator of the British police force[citation needed]
- Laurence Sterne – 18th century author and satirist
- Donald Thompson – former Conservative MP
- Paddy Tipping – former Labour MP
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