Ripon Grammar School
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| Ripon Grammar School | |
| Motto | Giorne ymb lare y diowatdomas (Old English: Eager to learn and seek after righteousness) |
| Established | 1555 |
| Type | grammar |
| Principal | Mr Martin Pearman |
| Chairman of Governors | Mr R Marsden |
| Specialism | Engineering |
| Location | Clotherholme Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2DG England  |
| LEA | North Yorkshire |
| Ofsted number | 121694 |
| Students | 813 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Sixth form | 200 |
| Email Telephone Fax |
admin@ripongrammar.co.uk 01765 602647 01765 606388 |
| Website | www.ripongrammar.co.uk |
| Coordinates: | |
Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational, selective, state secondary grammar school and specialist engineering college located in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. The current, full-time headmaster is Mr Martin Pearman
The school motto is the Old English phrase Giorne ymb lare y diowatdomas ('Eager to learn and seek after righteousness').[1][2]
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[edit] History
The school was originally founded in Saxon times, it was re-founded in 1555 during the reign of Queen Mary. The school became coeducational in the 1960s. Although most pupils are day-pupils from the surrounding area and Ripon itself, there are an attached boys' and a separate girls' boarding houses.
Ripon was the first school catchment area in England in which parents voted to keep a selective school in 2000.[3]
During 2005, Ripon Grammar celebrated their 450th Anniversary of its re-founding in 1555. During this year, extensive fund-raising occurred, which is now being spent on many new projects to improve the school's facilities. One of the most ambitious being the building of a new classroom block, and another being the refurbishment of at least four science labs.
In January 2006 the school was awarded engineering status, which will help fund the improvement of facilities in the science and technology departments. This was largely due to the efforts of current headmaster Martin Pearman. Whilst some of the modernisations are seen as progress for progress' sake, and should be discouraged, it cannot be denied that the school continues to remain a centre for excellence.
[edit] Current staff
[edit] Senior staff
Mr Martin Pearman; Headmaster
Miss Marita Murray; Deputy Headmistress
Mr Noel McGrann; Deputy Headmaster
Mrs Christine Wise; Head of Sixth Form
Mr Nick Andrew; Deputy Head of Sixth Form
Mr Andrew Illingworth; Head of Upper School
Miss Felicity Hardman; Deputy Head of Upper School
Mr Terry Fell; Head of Lower School
Miss Donna Boultby; Deputy Head of Lower School
[edit] Old Riponians
Former pupils are known as Old Riponians. Notable old Riponians include:
- David George Kendall, statistician
- Beilby Porteus, Georgian Bishop of Chester and London
- Matthew Hutton (Archbishop of Canterbury)
- William Stubbs the Victorian Bishop of Oxford
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer
- David Curry, local Member of Parliament (head boy in 1962)
- Richard Hammond, television presenter
- Paul Hullah, writer
- Andrew Williams, the current Mayor of Ripon [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Ripon Grammar School
- ^ Ripon Grammar School OFSTED report
- ^ "Grammar schools reject changes", BBC, 2004-07-14. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
- ^ Andrew williams
