Ripon Grammar School

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Ripon Grammar School
Giorne ymb lare y diowatdomas
School type	Grammar School
Established	1555
Principal	Mr. Martin Pearman
Students	813
Sixth form	200
Email Telephone Fax	admin@ripongrammar.co.uk 01765 602647 01765 606388
Location	Clotherholme Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2DG
Website	http://www.ripongrammar.co.uk/

Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational, selective, state secondary grammar school and specialist engineering college located in Ripon, North Yorkshire. 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]

1 History
2 Current staff
- 2.1 Senior staff
- 2.2 Subject teachers
3 Librarians

[edit] History

It is claimed that 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 Ripon itself, there are attached, separate, boys and 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 from their 1555 re-founding. During this year, extensive fundraising 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.

[edit] Current staff

[edit] Senior staff

Mr Martin Pearman; Headmaster
Miss Marita Murray; Deputy Headmistress
Mr Noel McGrann; Deputy Headmaster
Dr Barry Saunders; Assistant Headmaster

Mrs Christienne Wise; Head of Sixth Form
Mr Nick Andrew; Deputy Head of Sixth Form

Mr Andrew Illingworth; Head of Upper School
Ms Felicity Hardman; Deputy Head of Upper School

Mr Terry Fell; Head of Lower School
Miss Donna Boultby; Deputy Head of Lower School

[edit] Subject teachers

Dr Richard Grime - Chemistry and Head of Science
Miss Donna Boultby - Chemistry
Mr Russell Newlands - Physics
Mrs Vicky Deighton - Physics
Mr Keith Miller - Biology
Mr R.E. Williams - Biology
Miss C.S. Charlton - Biology
Mr Thompson - Mathematics
Mrs Greta Hills - Mathematics
Miss Freda Bottomley - Girls' Physical Education
Mrs Kemp - Girls' PE
Mrs Mackenzie - Girls' PE/ Head of PE
Mr M.J. Garvey - Boys' PE/ Classics
Mr Ashley Casey - Boys' PE
Mr D. Rudland - Design Technology
Mr S. Mann - Design Technology
Mrs Swainston - French Language
Mr Steve Smith - French
Miss Virginie Passerat - French
Mrs F. Stevens - French
Mr S.K. Lewicki - English/ Drama and Theatre Studies
Mr Terry Fell - English/ Drama and Theatre Studies
Miss R.H. Sweeney - English
Mrs Wright - English/ Drama and Theatre Studies
Mrs E.A. Medway - English
Mr D.A. Duckworth - Art
Mrs Fiona Henson - Art
Mrs Howes - Art
Mr Andrew Illingworth - Geography
Miss M.J. Murray - Geography
Mrs Christienne Wise - Geography
Mrs Elizabeth Sparey - History
Mr Julian Clarke - RE
Mrs Carol Brooke - RE/IT/Technology
Mrs Maureen Blackburn - IT/Systems Monitor
Mrs England - Latin/Classics
Mr James Lancaster - Music
Miss Laura Jackson - Music
Mr R. Shannon - Business Studies
Mr Nick Andrew - Economics
Miss Scally - Psychology