Pate's Grammar School

Pate's Grammar School

Motto	Latin: Patebit tum quod Latuit English: That which is hidden shall be revealed
Established	1574
Type	Grammar school; Academy
Headteacher	Russel Ellicott
Founder	Richard Pate
Location	Princess Elizabeth Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0HG England 51°54′25″N 2°07′01″W / 51.907°N 2.117°W / 51.907; -2.117Coordinates: 51°54′25″N 2°07′01″W / 51.907°N 2.117°W / 51.907; -2.117
DfE URN	136353 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff	87 teaching, 35 support
Students	995
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	Beaufort      Gloucester      Richmond      York      Pembroke
Colours	Black, Grey, White, Red
Publication	Pate's Progress The Grammar School Gazette
Alumni	Old Patesians
Website	www.patesgs.org

Pate's Grammar School is a grammar school academy status located in the Hesters Way area Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 18 and is a Beacon school. 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. In fact, the first female pupils came to the (Boys) Grammar School in 1971/72 to take their A-levels in the 6th form, and vice versa.

In November 2012 Pate's was awarded with State ‘Secondary School of the Year’ by The Sunday Times in their Good Schools Guide.^[1] Most recently, the school was given a "Beyond Outstanding" recognition from Ofsted inspectors.

Academic achievements

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 was recognised as the best in the country in a survey published by The Observer in May 2006.^[6]

In 2012, The Sunday Times ranked Pate's as the fourth best state secondary school in the UK. It was also awarded with State ‘Secondary School of the Year’.^[7]

Sporting achievements

The senior rugby team was coached by ex-England scrum-half Peter Kingston until his retirement in 2009. In 2007 Pate's senior rugby teams completed a season unbeaten for the first time in 21 years.

Community

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 school competes 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. The school was also named as one of the four winners of the annual BBC School's Question Time competition in 2009.^[8]

Pate's is also involved with charity work and has a Charity Committee appointed 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 deprived students were encouraged to apply.

The current headmaster is Russel Ellicott, who took over from Shaun Fenton in September 2012.

Developments

The school raised funds in order to complete new fitness facilities. The £50,000 fitness suite was officially opened by Geoff Hurst in April 2010.

In summer 2012, Pate's Grammar completed the construction of a new refectory, costing £1.75 million. This also involved upgrading the school canteen to a cashless catering system operated by sQuid. It was opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 5 October 2012.^[9]

In 2013, a new school block was opened named 'The George and Eve Tatam Block'.

Former Headmasters and Headmistresses

Pate's Grammar School

• 2012–present: Russel Ellicot
• 2006–2012: Shaun Fenton
• 2000–2006: Richard Kemp
• 1986–1999: David J. Barnes

Cheltenham Grammar School

• 1983–1986: P.J.Bamford
• 1971–1983: Bernard Wilkinson
• 1952–1971: Dr Arthur E.Bell
• 1937–1952: Geoffrey Heawood
• 1918–1937: R.R.Dobson
• 1882–1906: John Style
• 1868–1882: Henry Martyn Jeffery, FRS
• 1859–1868: Henry Hayman
• 1852–1859: Dr Edward Ruper Humphreys

Pate's Grammar School for Girls

• 1982–1986: J. Whiting (Acting Head)
• 1971–1982: Mary M. Moon
• 1970-1971: Jean O Huddlestone (Acting Head)
• 1952–1970: Margaret E. Lambrick
• 1946–1952: Margaret Miles
• 1934–1946: Muriel Jennings
• 1911–1934: Anita N. Miles
• 1905–1911: Helen Headley

Notable former pupils

Pate's Grammar School

• Ben Chacko, Editor since 2014 of the Morning Star
• Sian Berry, Green Party Leader in the London Assembly"
• Matt Smith, professional footballer ^[10]
• Michael White, FIDE Chess Master ^[11]
• Arby Li, Managing Editor of Hypebeast^[12]

Cheltenham Grammar School

• Adrian Bailey, Labour MP since 2000 for West Bromwich West
• Sir Benjamin Baker KCB KCMG FRS FRSE, engineer of the Forth Bridge.
• Rt Rev Ernest Blackie, Bishop of Grimsby from 1935-7
• Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, General Secretary from 1976-88 of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation
• Rear Admiral John Clink, Flag Officer Sea Training since 2015
• Prof William Henry Corfield who revolutionised hygiene and household sanitation in Victorian England.
• Prof Geoff Dimbleby, Professor of Human Environment from 1964-79 at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, and an expert on environmental archaeology
• Geoff Dyer, writer
• Kit Fine, philosopher
• Sir Frederick Handley Page CBE FRAeS, founder of the aircraft company Handley Page
• Gustav Holst, composer^[13]
• Prof Anthony Howe, Professor of Modern History since 2003 at UEA
• Sir Robert Hunt CBE, hydraulic and aeronautical engineer ^[14]
• Gilbert Jessop, cricketer^[13]
• Prof Martin Hume Johnson, Professor of Reproductive Sciences from 1992-2012 at the University of Cambridge (Christ's College)
• Brian Jones, musician and founder of The Rolling Stones^[13]
• Douglas Keen, the driving force behind Ladybird Books
• Sir Peter Lampl OBE, founder of the Sutton Trust
• Robert Lanchbury, Gloucestershire cricketer
• Philip Lane, composer
• Gordon Lewis CBE FREng, aeronautical engineer, and designer of the Olympus and Pegasus engines with Bristol Siddeley
• Dr Bob Parkinson, rocket engineer with British Aerospace, worked on HOTOL
• John Ringham, character actor
• John Roberts, Liberal MP from 1885–1906 for South Caernarfonshire, Eifion
• H. J. Round, scientist, played an important part in the discovery of light-emitting diodes
• Prof Robert Seymour, Professor of Applied Mathematics from 2002-10 at UCL^[15]
• Prof Malcolm Smith, Professor of Trumpet from 1993-2001 at the Royal College of Music (RCM)^[16]
• Rex Tucker, TV director
• Sir Edgar Vaughan, Ambassador from 1960-63 to Panama
• Francis Walley CB, structural engineer^[17]
• Desmond Wilcox, TV reporter, husband of Esther Rantzen

Pate's Grammar School for Girls

• Mary Honeyball, Labour MEP since 2000 for London
• Dame Felicity Lott, soprano
• Dame Lesley Rees, endocrinologist, Professor of Chemical Endocrinology since 1978 at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Prof Fiona Sampson, poet, Professor of Poetry since 2013 at the University of Roehampton
• Prof Anne Warner, Professor of Developmental Biology since 1986 at UCL, and Director from 1999-2006 of UCL's Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology

See also

• Old Patesians RFC

References

External links

• Pate's Grammar School, official site
• pgsccf.org.uk, official Pate's Combined Cadet Force (CCF) site