South Park High School, Lincoln

Last updated August 16, 2023

South Park High School, Lincoln, opened in 1922 and closed in 1989,^[1] was a secondary school in Lincoln, England.

History

Grammar school

The school had originally opened in May 1922 as an all-girls grammar school (South Park High School for Girls) for the south of the city. New buildings were added in October 1938 and extensions in 1962 and between 1974 and 1977. Another girls' grammar school in the city was Christ's Hospital Girls' High School, which became Lincoln Christ's Hospital School in 1974.

Comprehensive

It became co-educational in September 1974. The school was closed on 27 July 1989 due to falling numbers.[2] South Park had been originally intended for 200 pupils, however, by the time it closed its size had reached 900.

City Technology College

The school was reopened as The Lincoln School of Science and Technology in September 1992

Notable former pupils

South Park High School for Girls

Prof Helen Atkinson CBE FIMechE FREng (nee Bavister), Professor of Materials Processing from 2002-17 at the University of Leicester
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Prof Diana Green CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 1998-2007 of Sheffield Hallam University (SHU)
Dr Rosemary Horrox, historian, Fellow and former Director of Studies in History at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Karen Lee, Labour MP for Lincoln from 2017-2019,^[2] former NHS nurse
Dame Shan Morgan, Ambassador to Argentina from 2008–12

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References

↑ Lincs to the past
↑ "Lee, Karen" . Who's Who . Vol. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2018.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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[1] Lincs to the past

[2] "Lee, Karen" . Who's Who . Vol. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2018.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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