Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley

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Prince Henry's Grammar School (Specialist Language College) is a secondary school and sixth form in the historic market town of Otley, West Yorkshire. The school teaches boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18 and has around 1,400 pupils and 90 teachers. Despite the name, Prince Henry's is now a state comprehensive school rather than a grammar school.

Prince Henry's was founded under Royal Charter from King James I in 1607 and is named after his son Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales. As the Charter stipulates the name of the school to be Prince Henry's Grammar School, this name was perforce retained despite it becoming an anachronism when the school became a comprehensive. The school celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007.

[edit] Notable Achievements and Alumni

Famous ex-pupils include the cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale, William Paley, philosopher and creator of the famous watchmaker analogy, Joanna Coles, editor of the American edition of Marie Claire magazine, Liz Blackman, MP for Erewash and four out of the five members of the rock band Your Vegas.

In October 2005 Prince Henry's Grammar School became the first high school in the City of Leeds to be presented with the prestigious International School Award from the British Council.

In the 2003-2004 season the school rugby union team won the Daily Mail Under 18 Vase.