| Motto | Latin: Patebit tum quod Latuit English: That which is hidden shall be revealed |
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| Established | 1574 |
| Type | Voluntary aided, selective |
| Headteacher | Shaun Fenton MA |
| Founder | Richard Pate |
| Specialisms | Languages and Science |
| Location | Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0HG England |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
| DfE URN | 115754 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 87 teaching, 35 support |
| Students | 948 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Beaufort Gloucester Richmond York |
| Colours | Black, Grey, White, Red |
| Publication | Pate's Progress The Grammar School Gazette |
| Website | www.pates.gloucs.sch.uk |
Pate's Grammar School is a voluntary aided, selective grammar school in the Hesters Way area of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England catering for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was granted Language College status in 2001, is a Beacon school, and in February 2006 was one of the first in the country to be awarded "extra special status" — that is, both Language College and Science College status. The school was founded with a fund bestowed to Corpus Christi College, Oxford by Richard Pate in 1574. The school became co-educational in 1986, when Pate's Grammar School for Girls merged with Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys. In fact, the first female pupils came to the (Boys) Grammar School in 1971 or 72 to take their A-levels in the 6th Form, and vice versa.
In 2009, The Sunday Times ranked Pate's as the 9th best state secondary school in the UK.[1]
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At GCSE level in 2004, 100% of pupils entered earned five A* to C grades [2] and the school came twelfth in the BBC table of performance in A-/AS-Level.[3] Again in 2005 100% of pupils earned five A* to C grades at GCSE,[4] and in 2006, 100% of pupils passed in at least seven subjects with grades A* to C.[5] In 2008, more A* grades were achieved collectively than any other grade put together at GCSE level.
The Physics Department at Pate's was also recognised as the best Physics department in the country in a survey published by The Observer in May 2006.[6]
Pate's also has a strong sporting heritage, and this was continued in 2006, with the First XV Rugby squad achieving previously unparalleled successes on the pitch, under the guidance of ex-England scrum-half Peter Kingston.
In 2007 Pate's senior rugby teams completed a season unbeaten for the first time in 21 years captained by Tim Wells.
The school is currently near the end of the process of raising funds in order to complete new fitness facilities. The new £50,000 fitness suite, officially opened by Geoff Hurst, has been fully installed, and has been used to a great extent.
The school has a school council; the team of pupils and sixth formers from across the school is intended to help the students enjoy their time at Pate's more beneficially and give them a voice in school affairs. The council has so far been quite successful and fairly popular, and was voted the best in the South West by the Headteachers' Association in the academic year 2005–06.
The school is also known for its consistently good performance in the Young Enterprise competition held amongst schools nationwide. In 2007, it reached the national finals for the Make Your Mark Enterprise Challenge held in London. On one occasion in the 1970s, the school became the champion of the BBC Radio quiz programme Top of the Form. The school was also named as one of the four winners of the annual BBC School's Question Time competition in 2009.
Pate's is also heavily involved with charity work and has a very successful Charity Committee elected each year; in 2007–08, over £16,000 was raised. The school is situated in a deprived area of Cheltenham and under the headmaster Richard Kemp was well known for encouraging many deprived students to apply and hence making the school very mixed in its intake. The current headmaster is Shaun Fenton.
The headmaster, Shaun Fenton, can also claim celebrity links; his father being the singer and actor Alvin Stardust. His brother is the renowned musician Adam F.
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