Hipperholme Grammar School
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| Established | 1648 |
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| School type | Private |
| Head of School | Dr J. Scarth |
| Location | Hipperholme, West Yorkshire, England |
| Website | Official Website |
Hipperholme Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Hipperholme, West Yorkshire, England. It educates pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.
It is believed 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.
1783 saw the construction of a new school hall as designed by Longbottom. Originally a boys school, it became independent (SHMIS, AGBIS) in the 1980s and began admitting girls in the early 1990s. The headmaster, Dr J. Scarth, B.Ed. Ph.D. was appointed in September 2005.
Its most notable alumni include:
- Sir Robert Peel, the Victorian era Prime Minister and creator of the British police force
- Laurence Sterne, 18th century author and satirist
- Professor C.S. Kenny, late Cambridge professor of English jurisdiction
- Sir Donald Thompson, a former Conservative MP
- Danny and Richard McNamara of the band Embrace
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