Millthorpe School
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| Millthorpe School | |
| Established | 1985 |
| Headteacher | Mr T Wootton |
| Specialism | Language College |
| Location | Nunthorpe Avenue York North Yorkshire YO23 1WF England |
| LEA | York |
| Ofsted number | 121706 |
| Students | 1025 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.millthorpeschool.co.uk/ |
| Coordinates: | |
Millthorpe School is a coeducational secondary school in York. It comprises five blocks lettered A-E, and has over 1,100 pupils and 200 staff. It teaches a wide range of subjects from Information technology to Manufacturing.
Millthorpe opened in 1985 when the city changed over to a comprehensive system. It is the successor to Nunthorpe Grammar School, one of two single sex male state grammar schools in the City of York, which opened in 1920[1], and Mill Mount Grammar school for girls, whose pupils moved to the Nunthorpe site.
[edit] History
Nunthorpe Grammar School was centered on Nunthorpe Court, a large Victorian house built in 1856. The house was adapted to meet its new role as a school in 1920.
At first the school was entirely contained within the mansion. Now the house is used purely for offices and staff rooms, the Headteacher’s office being situated in what was the main bedroom. The school was added to at various stages as it grew in popularity. In 1927 a new wing was opened, containing four new classrooms, an art room, two storerooms and a cloakroom. The stableboys’ sleeping quarters from the old house were converted into a new school library. The stables themselves were converted into two laboratories. Even the stable yard was pressed into service. It was roofed over and became the assembly hall, and later still the school’s dining room as it still is to this day. The current hall and the completion of the quadrangle classrooms came in 1937. In 1959 the gym was added as well as what was for the next 25 years to be known as the “new block”, the building containing laboratories and classrooms. A Sixth Form block was added in 1974. In 1984 a new sports hall was built.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Steve McClaren (former England football manager)
- Marco Gabbiadini (ex-professional footballer)
- Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat MP)
- Mark Addy (actor)
- Nick Miller (BBC weather forecaster)
- Doug Cline (leading nuclear physicist)
- David Reeder (historian of education and town planning)
- Charles Worthington (hairdresser)
- Charles Whiting (author who also published under the pseudonyms Leo Kessler, Duncan Harding and John Kerrigan).
