Godalming Grammar School

Godalming Grammar School
Godalming Grammar School
Address
	Tuesley Lane; Godalming, Surrey; England
Coordinates	51°10′19″N 0°36′58″W / 51.172°N 0.616°W
Information
Type	Grammar school
Established	1930
Closed	1978
Local authority	Surrey
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 18
Destiny	Became Godalming College

Godalming Grammar School was a state-funded selective grammar School taking both boys and girls, situated in Tuesley Lane, Godalming, England.

Organisation

Post-war, students were selected via the eleven-plus examination. From the early 1960s, there were three classes in each of the first five year groups. Each class held about thirty students and was referenced using the year group number and house system letter: J (for Jekyll), F (for Fearon) or P (for Page) - Jekyll, Fearon and Page being famous people with some connection to the Godalming area; for example class '1J'. Students were usually allocated to a class based on age, with students in 'J' being the older students. (Prior to the early 1960s, there had been four houses: Freyberg, Mallory, Phillips and McKenna.) After year five, students were able to join the sixth form for two further years, the lower sixth and the upper sixth.

Sports

The school held an annual sports day with numerous track and field events. Students competed to earn points for their respective houses. At the end of the day the points were totalled and the winning house declared.

History

The school was founded in 1930. It was formally known as Godalming County Grammar School. In 1978, it closed as a grammar school and became Godalming College, a sixth form college.

Alumni

Louis George Alexander, lexicographer
Dr Paul Ellison, musicologist and choral director
Ben Elton, writer
Gabrielle Glaister, actress who appeared in Brookside
Paul McCue, military historian
Bob Mitchell, Labour MP from 1966-70 for Southampton Test and from 1971-83 for Southampton Itchen
John Noble (baritone)
Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable from 2002-9 of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Deborah Paige, theatre director
David Reading OBE, Director since 1996 of the Anaphylaxis Campaign
Dr Chris Tame, who founded the Libertarian Alliance

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