Stamford High School, Lincolnshire

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Stamford High School
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Stamford High School, Lincolnshire
High Street, St Martin's Without

Stamford
,
Lincolnshire
,
PE9 2LL

England
Coordinates 52°39′19″N0°28′18″W / 52.65520°N 0.47166°W / 52.65520; -0.47166
Information
Type Public school, day and boarding
MottoChrist me Spede
Established1877
FounderWilliam Radcliffe
Closed2023 (merged with Stamford School)
Local authorityLincolnshire
GenderAll
Age11to 18
HousesEliot, Cavell, Beale and Anderson. Boarding - Welland, St Martin’s, Park and Wothorpe
Colour(s)Red and navy blue
PublicationThe High School Herald
Website stamfordschools.org.uk

Stamford High School, founded in 1877, was an independent school for girls in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. In 2023, it merged with Stamford School to form a co-educational school.

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Education

Stamford High School provided education for students aged 11 (year 7) to 18 (year 13). From 2000 until 2023, Sixth form teaching was carried out jointly with Stamford School. The school belonged to the Stamford Endowed Schools, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. [1]

History

Stamford High School's music school Stamford High School, Music School - geograph.org.uk - 5906836.jpg
Stamford High School's music school

The school was founded in 1877 and, until it merged in 2023, stood on its original site on High Street, St Martin's, the part of Stamford south of the River Welland. The partner school, Stamford School was founded in 1532.

The funds for the foundation of the High School and the further endowment of the existing boys' school were appropriated from the endowment of Browne's Hospital by Act of Parliament in 1871.[ citation needed ] This trust had originally been established for the relief of poverty by William Browne (died 1489), a wealthy wool merchant and alderman of the town.

Second World War

117 girls of the coeducational Mundella Grammar School moved to Stamford [2] [3] on 5 September 1939, arriving by train. The group returned by train on 12 March 1940. [4]

352 girls from Camden School for Girls were evacuated to Uppingham School in September 1939, but it did not work as hoped. So, in October 1939 the Camden girls were moved to Grantham to be educated at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School; 450 girls were intended to have been evacuated. The Camden school moved to Stamford in March 1941, having stayed in Grantham for five terms. The girls stayed in Stamford for seven terms, leaving in summer 1943. [5] [6] Stamford girls were quite unaccustomed to these city dwellers. Local people often noticed the distinctive green school uniform of the Camden girls.

Improvements

In recent years, the two schools were united under the leadership of a single principal as the Stamford Endowed Schools. This organisation comprised Stamford Junior School, a co-educational establishment for pupils aged between 2 and 11 years and Stamford School and Stamford High School for students aged 11–18. Sixth form teaching was carried out jointly between Stamford School and Stamford High School.

Stamford Endowed Schools became co-educational from September 2023 and fully co-educational in every year group from 2024. The High School site is now used as a bespoke Sixth Form campus, named 'St Martin's'. [7]

School traditions

There was a house system for all students with houses named after famous heroines - Cavell, Beale, Anderson and Eliot. In the merger with Stamford School, the houses from both schools have joined together. Beale and Anderson are houses for Years 7-9 and Eliot and Cavell for Years 10-13.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference membership". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Sleaford Gazette Friday 23 February 1940, page 4
  3. ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 10 May 1940, page 8
  4. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 12 March 1940, page 8
  5. ↑ Grantham Journal Friday 1 August 1941, page 2
  6. ↑ Holloway Press Friday 30 January 1942, page 4
  7. ↑ "Co-educational School". stamfordcoed.org. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Izzy Bizu- 'It first started here'". Girls' Schools Association. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Author spells out her fears over books for the internet generation". The Yorkshire Post. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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