Magnus Church of England Academy

Magnus Church of England Academy
Established	1531
Type	Academy
Religion	Church of England
Headteacher	Mrs G.F. Barker BA
Chair	Chair of Governors Canon M. Arlington
Founder	Thomas Magnus
Location	Earp Avenue Newark-on-Trent Nottinghamshire NG24 4HU England Coordinates: 53°04′01″N 0°48′00″W / 53.067°N 0.8°W / 53.067; -0.8
DfE number	891/4017
DfE URN	140549 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	1085
Ages	11–18
Website	Magnus Church of England Academy website

Magnus Church of England Academy (formerly Magnus Church of England School and Magnus Grammar School before that) often abbreviated as 'Magnus', is a British secondary school located in the market town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England. It was founded as a grammar school by the 16th century English diplomat and cleric, Thomas Magnus; the original school building, located in Appletongate by the church, is now a small museum.

History

Foundation

The original school was "founded by Thomas Magnus in 1531"^[1]

"The original endowment of land and property was provided by Thomas Magnus, Archdeacon of the East Riding in the Metropolitan Church of York circa 1530." ^[2]

"One of Newark's most important benefactors, Thomas Magnus, built between 1529 and 1531 the Magnus School, containing schools for teaching grammar and music, and established and funded trusts for their staffing and maintenance, as well as for other charitable purposes in the town. This was by no means the first school in Newark, but it is certainly the only such institution still surviving from that time, albeit in somewhat newer premises (1909) than the original - the original building is now a part of Newark Museum."^[3]

Over the school entrance in Newark it reads "this grammar school was founded by the reverend Thomas Magnus, 1529."^[4]

"The Free Grammar school was founded in 1530, by Dr. Thomas Magnus, Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a native of Newark, who, by will in 1550, bequeathed lands for the support of a "school of grammar and a school of song." The income, amounting to nearly £2400, is thus appropriated: to the grammar school, £270; to the song school, £105; to ten singing boys, £37. 16.; to national schools, £150; to a dispensary, £150; to the commissioners for lighting, paving, and improving the town, £290; and to the churchwardens for the repair of the church, clerk's and sexton's salaries, &c., £750; besides incidental disbursements. There are two exhibitions of £80 per annum each, connected with the school, which are continued for three years to those who are elected to them." ^[5]

Grammar school

The school on Earp Avenue was built in 1909. In the 1950s, the school had around 450 boys, and had the same by the 1970s, with 100 in the sixth form. The girls' grammar school was called the Lilley & Stone Girls' High School, which was on London Road. The current Grove School was a secondary modern school.

Comprehensive

In 1977, a voluntary controlled comprehensive school, opened on the grounds of the Magnus Boys' Grammar School also known as the Thomas Magnus School on Earp Avenue. It was a co-educational 8-form entry school for ages 14–18, with 600 boys and girls, and 130 in the sixth form. It was originally planned to go comprehensive in 1976, and was planned to be known as the Magnus Upper School. The headmaster was Mr Potter. The Lilley and Stone School eventually the Newark High School, having become a co-educational comprehensive for ages 14–18. Newark High School closed in 2008 and the site is now used as a sixth form campus for The Newark Academy.

By the 1980s it was known as the Thomas Magnus (Controlled) Upper School. Mr Potter retired in 1980. Also in Newark was the Magdalene High School, a lower school (ages 11–14), on Barnby Road. The Grove School was twice the size of the Magnus School.

The Magdalene High School combined with the Thomas Magnus School in 1997 to form the current school, but essentially the Magdalene High School was closed. The school went into special measures in May 2008.

Academy

The school converted to academy status on 1 February 2014 and was renamed Magnus Church of England Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, but continues to coordinate with Nottinghamshire County Council for admissions.

Academic performance

It gets very low GCSE results, barely over the government minimum for comprehensive schools, but its A-level results are much better than national average. Both schools in Newark get quite low GCSE results. The Grove School gets lower A-level results.

Notable former pupils

Magnus Grammar School

Major Gonville Bromhead VC, won the VC at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879
Nigel Doughty, owner of Nottingham Forest F.C.
John Dudderidge, canoer who founded the British Canoe Union
Thomas Earp, writer
Sir Mark Grundy
Dusty Hare MBE, rugby player
John Wells, rugby player
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield CBE, electrical engineer, responsible for the CT scanner (or CAT scan) at the EMI Central Laboratories at Hayes, and joint-recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack, gave his name to the Hounsfield scale, and also led the team that built the EMIDEC 1100, Britain's first transistor computer, in 1959
Thomas Kerr CB, Director from 1980 to 1984 of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), and President from 1985 to 1986 of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), Director from 1974-80 of the National Gas Turbine Establishment, and involved in the development of the Fairey Delta 2 in 1956
Sir William Nicholson, artist
William Newzam Nicholson, engineer, MP and father of the above
Norman Pace, comedian
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford KCB CBE ADC RAF, Chief of the Air Staff
Arthur Richardson (politician), Liberal MP from 1917-8 for Rotherham
Prof Sam Richardson CBE, Principal from 1969-84 of the Canberra College of Advanced Education (became the University of Canberra in 1990)
Rt Rev Barry Rogerson, Bishop of Bristol from 1985–2002
Sir Donald Wolfit CBE, actor

Publication

Noel George Jackson, Newark Magnus: the Story of a Gift, Nottingham: J. & H. Bell, 1964

References

External links

News items

Education in Nottinghamshire

Primary schools	Ambleside Primary School Hempshill Hall Primary School The Nottingham Academy Serlby Park Academy Southwell Minster School

Secondary schools	Alderman White School All Saints' Catholic Academy Arnold Hill Academy Ashfield School The Becket School Bluecoat Beechdale Academy The Bramcote School The Brunts Academy The Bulwell Academy The Carlton Academy Carlton le Willows Academy Chilwell School Christ the King Catholic Academy Colonel Frank Seely School Djanogly City Academy The Dukeries Academy East Leake Academy The Elizabethan Academy Ellis Guilford School The Farnborough Academy Fernwood School Garibaldi College George Spencer Academy Hall Park Academy The Holgate Academy Joseph Whitaker School Kimberley School Kirkby College Magnus Church of England Academy The Manor Academy Meden School National Academy The Newark Academy The Nottingham Academy The Nottingham Bluecoat Academy Nottingham Emmanuel School Nottingham Free School Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham University Samworth Academy The Oakwood Academy Outwood Academy Portland Outwood Academy Valley Quarrydale Academy Redhill Academy Retford Oaks Academy Rushcliffe School Samworth Church Academy Selston High School Serlby Park Academy Sherwood Academy South Nottinghamshire Academy South Wolds Academy Southwell Minster School Sutton Community Academy Toot Hill School Top Valley Academy Trinity School Tuxford Academy West Bridgford School

Independent schools	Dagfa House School Dawn House School Hollygirt School Nottingham High School Nottingham Girls' High School Worksop College Worksop College Preparatory School

Further education	Bilborough College Central College Nottingham New College Nottingham North Nottinghamshire College St John's College Vision West Nottinghamshire College

Higher education	University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Law School

Defunct institutions	Al Karam Secondary School Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College Henry Mellish School Ordsall Hall School Portland School Rufford School

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