Kirkby Stephen Grammar School

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Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
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Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
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CA17 4HA

England
Coordinates 54°28′27″N2°21′15″W / 54.47425°N 2.35414°W / 54.47425; -2.35414
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Type Academy
MottoesDio volendo io lo faro
(Translation: God willing I will do it)
Together we will achieve our potential
Established1566;458 years ago (1566)
Founder Baron Thomas Wharton
Local authority Westmorland and Furness
Department for Education URN 137107 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherGary Hartley
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Website http://www.ksgs.cumbria.sch.uk/

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is a coeducational secondary school. It is an Academy and has a sixth form. It is located in Kirkby Stephen in the English county of Cumbria. [1]

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The school was founded in 1566 by Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, under letters patent granted by Queen Elizabeth I. Although it has retained the grammar school in its name, Kirkby Stephen became a comprehensive school in 1959 and converted to academy status in 2011.

Kirkby Stephen Grammar School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and vocational courses.

Notable former pupils

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