Hipperholme Grammar School

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Hipperholme Grammar School
Hipperholme Grammar School.jpg
Motto Doctrina Fortior Armis
(Latin: The pen is mightier than the sword)
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 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 / 53.728489; -1.813201

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]

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