Bradford Grammar School

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Bradford Grammar School
Address
Bradford Grammar School
A650 Keighley Road

Bradford
,
West Yorkshire
,
BD9 4JP

England
Coordinates 53°48′52″N1°46′11″W / 53.81455°N 1.76981°W / 53.81455; -1.76981
Information
Type Private day school
Grammar school
Motto Latin: hoc age
(Do this)
Established1548;477 years ago (1548)
HeadmasterSimon Hinchliffe
Gender Co-educational
Age4to 18
Enrolment1122
Colour(s)Blue & Maroon   
Co-education since1999
Website bradfordgrammar.com

Bradford Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational private day school located in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Entrance is by examination, except for the sixth form, where admission is based on GCSE results. The school gives means-tested bursaries to help with fees. Like many other independent schools, BGS also offers a small number of scholarships based on academic achievement.

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History

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Bradford Grammar School

The school was founded in 1548 and granted its Charter by King Charles II in 1662. [1] The Reverend William Hulton Keeling became the headmaster in 1871. He had transformed the grammar school in Northampton, and here he did the same, joining forces with the merchant Jacob Behrens, Bradford Observer editor William Byles and Vincent William Ryan Vicar of Bradford. [2] The school was considered as good as the best public schools in 1895 and Keeling died in 1916 having been given the Freedom of the City. His daughter Dorothy Keeling ran The Bradford Guild of Help and transformed voluntary work in the UK. [2]

Second World War

The new school building in Frizinghall was actually completed in 1939, however the start of the Second World War prevented the building from being opened as a school. During the war, the main school building was used as a Primary Training Centre, [3] and there is still evidence of this around the building. During this time, many BGS pupils were evacuated to Settle, [4] and returned when the building was released from army occupation and completed. Inside the school there is a large memorial to the former pupils who died in the war.

Frizinghall railway station

Frizinghall railway station closed in 1965 and remained closed for 22 years. During this time, staff and pupils at the school campaigned to get the station reopened. In the end, it was due to the efforts of an English teacher, Robin Sisson, [5] that the station was reopened as a halt.

Until 1975 it was a direct grant grammar school, and when this scheme was abolished it chose to become independent. [6] The school motto is Latin : Hoc Age (just do it). [7]

Education

31 courses are offered for A-Levels, and 97% of sixth-form pupils went on to study further education or deferred a year. [8]

Sport

The school has a rowing club, which is affiliated to British Rowing, with a boat code of BRG. [9]

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of the School". Bradford Grammar School. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/72786, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72786 , retrieved 24 December 2022
  3. ↑ The people's war Archived 22 July 2012 at archive.today A recollection by a soldier who was at BGS during the war
  4. ↑ "The peoples war". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2007.
  5. ↑ "Robin Sisson".
  6. ↑ "Direct Grant Schools". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . 22 March 1978.
  7. ↑ Merriam-Webster definition of Hoc-Age
  8. ↑ "Bradford Grammar School – Bradford – West Yorkshire – BD9 4JP".
  9. ↑ "Bradford Grammar School BC". Speedway in Memoriam. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  10. ↑ Eddington, A. S. (1940). "Sir Frank Watson Dyson. 1868–1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (8): 159–172. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.1940.0015 . JSTOR   768881. S2CID   161595112.
  11. ↑ "Janus: The Papers of C. T. R. Wilson".
  12. ↑ Schoolnet info Archived 17 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ "Bradford Libraries". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  14. ↑ "Paus, Christopher Lintrup, C.B.E.". Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. 1963. p. 1813.
  15. ↑ "Archaeological Sciences" (PDF).
  16. ↑ Oxford biography Archived 29 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ History Honor Society
  18. ↑ "Login". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  19. ↑ Leeds University Honorary graduands Archived 1 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ Autobiography Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ "University of Leeds Centenary 1904 – 2004 – Centenary celebration ceremony – Presentation addresses – Sir Ken Morrison citation, by Victor Watson".
  22. ↑ "Bio – David Hockney".
  23. ↑ Vacher, Peter (10 November 2009). "Malcolm Laycock Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  24. ↑ Michael Jack official website
  25. ↑ Hockney, David (22 November 1997). "King of Salt's Mill". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  26. ↑ T&A article
  27. ↑ PlayLouder interview Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ↑ RFU profile Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  29. 1 2 "Brownlee brothers return to Bradford Grammar School". BBC News. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  30. ↑ Barnett, David (9 May 2008). "Child star Georgie is back in Narnia". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  31. ↑ "Old Bradfordian, William Luxton". Old Bradfordians LinkedIn. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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