Lancaster Royal Grammar School
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| Lancaster Royal Grammar School | |
| Motto | "Praesis ut Prosis" - Lead in order to serve |
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| Contact Information | Phone: (01524) 580600 Fax: (01524) 847947 |
| Established | c.1235 |
| Type | Grammar school |
| Principal | Mr A M Jarman |
| Location | East Road Lancaster, Lancashire United Kingdom |
| District | City of Lancaster |
| Enrollment | 1083 students |
| Grades | Year 7 to Year 13 |
| Publication | The Lancastrian |
| Mascot | none |
| Website | www.lrgs.org.uk |
Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is a state grammar (day and boarding) school for boys in Lancaster, England. The school was in existence by 1253[1] and was endowed by John Gardyner in 1472, making it one of the oldest state schools in the country. It moved to its present East Road site in 1852, the year after it received the title 'Royal' from Queen Victoria.
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[edit] Old boy's club
The School is supported by the old boy's club "The Old Lancastrians".
[edit] Academic
The School has an enviable academic record, frequently achieving the best A Level and GCSE results for any state school in the North of England.
In 2005 just under three-quarters of A level entries resulted in grades A or B (excluding General Studies) whilst at GCSE three-quarters of all grades were A* or A, with nearly all pupils gaining 10 passes and five pupils gaining a clean sweep of A* grades. Over 90% of students go on to further education and a number gain places at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
[edit] History
The first definite mention of the old grammar school is found in a deed dated the 4th of August 1469, when the Abbess of Syon granted to John Gardyner, of Bailrigg (near Lancaster), a lease of a water-mill on the River Lune and some land nearby for two hundred years to maintaint a chaplain to celebrate worship in the Church of St. Mary, Lancaster, and to instruct boys in grammar freely, "unless perchance something shall be voluntarily offered by their friends". In 1472, John Gardyner's will made further provisions for the endowment of the school, and also for William Baxstonden to keep the school so long as he could teach the boys. In 1682 the school was rebuilt and in 1852 was removed from the old site on the slopes by the Priory to the outskirts of the city, where it now stands (though the city has expanded around it, so they are no longer the outskirts). The title "Royal" was granted by Queen Victoria in 1851.
In 1969 the School celebrated its Quincentenary and was honoured by a visit from Her Majesty the Queen. In 2001, to mark the 150th anniversary of becoming the Royal Grammar School, the school welcomed HRH The Princess Royal.
[edit] Distinguished Old Lancastrians
in no particular order;
- William Whewell (1794-1866), scientist;
- Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), naturalist;
- Sir Edward Frankland (1825-1899), chemist;
- David Roy Shackleton Bailey (1917-2005), Latin Scholar;
- John Wrathall (1913-1978), President of Rhodesia
- Prof Roger Ainsworth, Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford;
- Brig Alex Birtwistle, commanded army's campaign against the 2001 foot and mouth crisis;
- Phil Christophers, England rugby international
- Sir James Crosby, CEO HBOS plc;
- Don Foster, Liberal Democrat MP;
- Sir Ron Halstead CBE, Industrialist;
- Magnus Lund, England rugby international;
- Lord Cecil Parkinson, former Conservative Party chairman;
- Prof T. Hugh Pennington, Microbiologist, President of the Society for General Microbiology;
- Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi; (expelled from the School).
- Nigel Morris, co-Founder and former COO Capital One;
- Sir Oliver Coles CBE, Psychonaut;
- Colin Povey, former CEO Carlsberg Tetley plc;
- Jason Queally, World and Olympic cycling champion;
- Bob Satchwell, Executive Director, Society of Editors;
- Bob Shennan, Controller of Radio Five Live;
- Tom Sutcliffe, BBC and The Independent Arts Reviewer;
- Prof Paul Wellings, Vice Chancellor, Lancaster University;
- Dr Robert Woof, Wordsworth Trust Director;
- Prof Michael N. Forster, University of Chicago philosopher
- Martin Higginson, former CEO & Founder Monstermob
[edit] Sport
- Rugby: Alumni include; Magnus Lund, Sean Cox, Philip Christophers, Selorm Kuadey
- Rowing: The boat club has had 15 years of national success under master i/c Tim Lucas achieving medal success in either the School's Head, National School's Regatta or the National Rowing Championships for ten consecutive years from 1992 to 2002. The club has also made at least the final of a national event since 1992 to the present day. The club has had much international success with many members of the boat club rowing at a national level, including Mason Durant (Great Britain) in the Munich International Regatta in 2006 and Scott Durant (Great Britain) at the Coupe de la Jenuesse in 2006.
- American Football: George Askew picked for All-Star University England team 2006.
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