John Hampden Grammar School
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| John Hampden Grammar School | |
| Quit Ye Like Men | |
| Established | 1893 |
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| School type | Boys' Grammar School |
| Headteacher | Mr Stephen Nokes |
| Location | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Students | 1004 |
| office@johnhampdengrammar.bucks.sch.uk | |
| Website | www.johnhampdengrammar.bucks.sch.uk |
John Hampden Grammar School is a boys' grammar school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom. It is named after politician and English Civil War participant John Hampden. It should not be confused with the similarly named John Hampden School, which is a primary school in Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
The school was originally the Wycombe Technical High School, which was founded in the building to the east of the town centre vacated by the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, when the latter moved to its present site to the north of the town. In 1966 when the WTHS moved to a new site to the south of the town, it was renamed as The John Hampden School (TJHS), and later took on the Grammar school name (JHGS).
As the original name suggested, the school was more practically orientated than the Royal Grammar, and the new building included woodwork and metalwork classrooms. In 2001 the school was awarded specialist school status as a Technology College, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). [1]
The school has also conducted many Rugby and Football tours, the website for the most recent being http://www.jhgstour.com.
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[edit] Miscellaneous
Amusingly, when in 2003, the Royal Grammar School was used as the location for two seasons of the television series That'll Teach 'em for Channel 4, the head teacher was the retired head of the John Hampden Grammar School, Andrew MacTavish. Mr. MacTavish was himself a pupil at the RGS, and started his teaching career there. [2]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Terry Pratchett, author.[3]
- David Shayler, member of MI5 prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act.[4]
- Simon Burnett, swimmer.[5]
- Abdul Waheed, 2006 terrorism suspect.[citation needed]
- Steve Wilson, journalist.[citation needed]
- Heston Blumenthal, chef.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Specialist Schools Home. DfES (July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
- ^ Back to the future. NCSL - ldr magazine (1st June 2004). Retrieved on 2006-08-01.
- ^ Discworld heroes were old masters. Bucks Free Press (13 February 2002). Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
- ^ Shayler: The exiled spy. BBC news (26 February 2000). Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
- ^ Spring Newsletter. John Hampden Grammar School (March 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-01.
- ^ Parent's Association Newsletter. John Hampden Grammar School (February 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
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